Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1837-01-18
Vol. mo. 81

Us. but what was said, can no more
remember tl,anif had been addressed
bv the women IN the moon. At length
I was seated III the corner Of room,
the sweat rolled from, me, xasln such
.agony. At last ! silly took z huge
chew Of tobacco, and was more than
ready to engage III ii the manly practice
Of splitting, when Miss Louisa asked
me 4 question. was now il predi-
cament. I could not speak without
discharging the amber from my mouth,
and I could not do that upon the spien-
did carpet. In short, unwittingly'
swallowed juice, tobacco and al! Now
was fixed! and l staggered 10 the
door with terrible stretchings. Q, To-
bacco! tobacco!
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I now found myself in 4 chamber re-
clininE ona bed viii, several persons
around me, and amongs. them was
Louisa. gazed at all around and f.
nally recollected how, got INTO ms
sseapez / will cure myself Of MI bash
fulness, said I iAtcrnaily. wifisprove
to the world that who would have run
from apetticoafl 1ag, am as b:.avessa Tex
ian, and brazen asthe ssrpentof Moses.
began my reformation in earnest !:
for l instantly, exclaimed Miss Louisa,
how the devil did get hcrc?'
The lovely girl thought / was deli
rious and was trying to think of "a
suitable reply, when her sister came
I'M and stated that I had been taken
suddenly ill, the evening previous,
owing to the confined air Of the room,
as she supposed.
mo it was mt said /.
They now had reason to believe me
erazy. Nevertheless they did not
eat me up, noreven bite me. And be-
gan gradually. to think women were
not terrible creaturesa as Isupposed. In
factinless than fortnight was promen-
aiding in Mrs. Haason's garden with
Louisa and Margaret on either arm.
Reader will you believeit? l was
in love with them both; l adorcd them
and began to think seriously Of mar
aging. But in choosing between then,
lay the difficultys One day, however, /
ventnred to statea case parallel to mine
&askedt the opinion Of Louisa& Marpa-
ret. They both agreed that the only al.
Tentative for two young ladies equally
favored by young gentlemen, and at
tachcd to him was to draw siraws.
On my visit Margaret was very
distant and reserved whilst Louisa was
As playful as 2 .ksitiea.-i ,asaei.the,s.
had drawn straws sure enough, and
had decided that should take the
eldest, which was Louisa, and therefore,
determined to defeat their design, |
.wooed, and did my best to win the
retiring Margaret.
In this at length. succeeded, and
the vow was made; Of which the fulfil
ment was to bind our fates indissolubly
together; bat could not help signing
at the thought Of Louisa dissappoint-
ment. But ! was undeceived for
Louisa was married to -- -.
two moaths before led my lovely
Margaret to tbs altar of Hymen.
Reader, have now beenmarried FIVE
years, and am as happy as the gods
allow although did not live UPON
nectar and ambrosia. / have thrown
away my tobacco box, for obvious rea-
sons; and as for drinking, do that
POLITICALLY. In fact, ! have unlearnt all
that was fought at college, and forgot
every particle Of Greek, except one
amatory line, which I often address to
my pearl Of Margaret:
BY Heaven above and Earth below,
Zoe mon, sas agap; q
Every thing around, delights me,
even to the insects. / have several