Litchfield enquirer., 1836-01-21
From, tAe Ner. York lNi,yo.r-.

ANOW E.ollV DateS IlYeU Win uetkuu
Bunce, and all the neighbprs said she. was
one of the. incest gals ia ll,e-casntry. I'ue
seen P"lly /" meetin every Snnday;ss reg
ular as tire Sunday come, and 4 always
thought she was good modest gal, and
would make no bad help mate either for
any body that could get her, although she
was two or three years younger than nv
sell, and her eyes were as bright as "A new
brass kettle, aud her love as pure and as
wa.clltul as the stars, and her heart as SYM
pathIzIn as the waters. and tender as the
! young lamb :; her hair was as black AS a
crow, end her cheeks aud lips we're as red
as the sumner mornings sky aud her teeth
as white and os regular as a row Of white
! pint bowls on cupboard shelf But
, thinks To- myself, who knews but Polly
may take notion for me any how no
eud was ever lost or won that was not frs,
tried for; aud il she tells me no. WIN then
twill be all over with ME and | can 90 10
tookin up somebody else that will suit me
as well as'Poily, and who will tell me YES,
So the next Sunday night greas'd nv
new COW hide boots nice. put on bran
new shirt, and my new brown hun, made
clothes, and my best hat, and then got ON
old Bob, and started otto see Polly. Well,
/ went into the dekun's, and found 'em all
settin round the fire and guess Polly and
must look queer enough, for the very
mint she see me come III dressed SO nice,
1t seemed as though there was Kind of
sympathizin feelin that run through her
mind, that told her what I'de come for,
| Tor she color'd us deep as mill pond but
ifput ON good honest face, as could,
and begun to talk to the deakun, after TAX
10 a chair, about the scrmon,' his congre-
Cation, and his farm, as tho I'D come to
see him and not Polly. But the old dea-
kun had been member OF the church too
long not to know what was what, SO he
made some excuse for goin into the other
room with his wife, and, LEFT Polly and
alone in the kitchen-and then I guess we
looked queerer than ever Horsepower,
| heard the squire's daughter say that
faint heart never won pretty Polly, and
so mustered up all my courage. '4
After Polly had got a basin Of apples
and a mug of cider and we had eat two ,
piece, and drunk mp most Of the cider. we
began To get a little over it. and had quite
a SOCIAL chat, so that T staid ill nearly ten
! o'clock when took another drink of cider,
bid Poly goodnight and started for hum;
but on gOin Il. the hOs-post, Hound old
Bob, who want used 10 keepin such late
hours, had broken his bride, and left me
to Plod hum two miles through the snow
on foot. Howsun,syer, this didn't cool
my love any, tor there was a thousand
fanciful ideas Of comfort flyin through my
brains, and walked SO fast and SO heed-
lessly. that went half mile past hum afore
i found I'D got there. Such tricks love
will play US, Harry but as you always GO
in Il carriage you never need be afraid Of
your drivers ,goin step further than he's
obliged to. Well, / went TO see Polly a
few times, and thinkin she liked me pretty
well, / made up my mind to ask her to
marry nae. So went up to}the deakun's
again the next Sunday night, Determined to
have my lot cast Polly looked as plump
and as bIoomin as hill covered with dai.
ses, and when set down 10 the corner
opposite 10 her. never felt SO odd in my
life. '' =
| This love feeiin, Harry, makes such
fools Of us that we cant hardly tell crow
bar from. a meetin house steeple, aud we
are no more fit for business when we are
in love than a duck is for danein MASTER
My heart was full as a brook in the spring,
and thought every mint that it would
melt or break. Horsepower brought on
the subject as well as could, but felt
sort Of odd at being so fur off from Polly,
so / drawed my chair close up TO hers, and
kept tryin TO ask her the question. but
finding that the fonger / waited the worse
! grew, / ven.nred to take hold Of Polly's
hand and oh the touch oft it thrilled
ihro' every vein in my body like clap Of
thunder thro' brush heap. Then seein
the ice broke, / asked her .plumply II she
would marry me She blusb'd red as a
trainers feather, trembled like q thorn
hedge. and fiRally she said ".vEs.', Ny
suspense was then all over my heart lsapt
into my month, like a frog into apuddle,
and.I could have chawed ID up for joy
Tue next Sunday tbs parsoR published us,
and the next thing was to get married
They were goin TO have an apple bee at
one Of the. neighbours The next "Wednesday
night, so after doing up my chores. the
squire weut with mo up to the deaknp's
and Polly went - pot on her best calico
frock, TO have the ceremony perfoEmed,
and While she was out some Of her young
friends. who didn't know that she was goin
to be married. $50 singh bad she kept il,
slept jn 10 get her TO GO 70 apple bee. She
told 'em 10 wait until the squire had mar
ried Us, and then we'd all go together. So
the squire tied the knot for us. and then
we all started of for the apple bee, 10 high
glee, With the wages whicis then had,
and them that Polly and I afterwards