Litchfield enquirer., 1838-10-04
aIANAeBMRNT-A YANKgB gToRY.

ave heHrn folks say that the Wimin vas
contrary, well they Is leetle so, bur ifyou7
manage 'en rite, hawl in here, aud let 'em
out there, you can drive 'em along without
whip or spur, jest which way you want 'em
to 60.
When lived down at Elton, there was
good many 6rst-rate gals down there, but
didnt take likin' to any on 'em ill squire
| Cummins cum down there to live. The
squire had an almity putty darter.- sed
sum Of the gals was fGs rate, but Nancy
Cummins was first rate aud leette more
There was many dressed finer aud looked
grander, but there was somethin jam about
Nance, that they couldn't hold candle to.
If Teller seed her wunce, he c0nldn't look
at another gal for week. TUX likin to
her rite of, and we got as thick as thieves.
We had used to go to the same meetin and
sot in the same pew. II took me to find
the sarms and hims for her, and we'd swell
'em out in manner shockin to hardened
sinners; then we'd mosey hum together,
while the gals and fellors sept looking on
as tho they'd like to mix in. I'd sIwaysl
stay to supper, and the way she Good make
injun cakes, and the way good slick 'en,
over with molasses and put 'em away, was
nuthin to nobody. She was dredfnl civil
tew always gettin sumthin nice for me.
was uP to the hub in love, and was goin in
for her like locomotive. Well, things
went on this way spell, till she tho't she
had me lite enuff. Then she begin to show
off kinder independent like. When I'D go
to meetin, there was no room for me 10 the
pew when she'd cum out she'd streake off
anti h che -,
fingers at the dool. listed ofsticken to me
as she used to do, she got cunnin around
with all the fellors jest as ifshe cared nuthin
about me no more, none whatsumever.-
got considerably riled and thot mout as
well come to the end ofita wuncs: 90 down
] went to have it out with her, there was
hull grist of fellers there. They seemed
nifty quiet till went in, then she got talkin
all manner of nonsense, sed nothin to me
and darnd little ofthat. tried to keep my
dander down, but it warn't no use. kept
moovin about as il had pin in my trow-
sers. sweat as IL had bin thrashin.-|
My collar hung down az il had been hung
over my stock to dry. ] coodn't stand it,
50 cleared out as quick as Good, for seed
twas no use trying to say nothing to her.
went strate to bed, and thot the matter
over spell; thinks ] that gal is jest ryin
Of a'e. faint no use Of her playin possum
Ill take the kink Of her; If ] din't fotch
her out that high grass use ma for sassage
meat. ] hearn tell Of . boy, swunce. that
got to skswl late one Sunday morniag,
master ses, you tarnel sleepin erittsr. what
kept you 80 Iatei why ses the boy, It's 80
evsrlastin slippy out, coodn't get along no
how every step I took lorrard, went tew
steps backward, and tcO0dn't have Got here
at oil, il hadn't turned back TO 60 iulher
way. Nov, that's jest my case have
been putin after that gal considerable time.
Now. thinks /, III 60 luther way-shs's
| been slitin Of me, now I'LL site hsr-what's
sass for the goose Is sass for the gender
Well, went no more 10 iNance's. Next
Sabbaday, I slicked myself up, and dew
say. when ] got my 6xinss 90, took the
shirt tail clean of Of any specimen Of human
nature about our parts. Aboutmselin time
off I put to Ethan Dodge's-Palience
Dodge was as nice gal as you'd see 'swixt
here and yonder, any more than She wasn't
Jest like Nancy Cummins. Ephraim Mas
scy had used to 60 TO see her; he was .
clever teller, but he was dredful jslus.-
Well. I went to meetn with Patience, and
sot right afore Nance didn't set my eyes
on her till arter meeliD; she had Teller
with her who had blazin red he'd, and legs
like pair Of compasses; she had Q face as
long as a grace afore thsnksgiyin dinner.
knowd who she was thinkin about, an
'lwarnt the chap with the red head, nu.her.
Well, I gets boein Patience about spell.
Kept my eye ON Nance, seed how the cat
was jumpin, she didn't cut abOot like she
did, aud look'd rather solsmnly; she'd lin
! her tsw eyes TO kiss and make up. KEEP
il up until I like to have cot into mess
about Patience. The critter thot ] was GO
in arter her for good, and got as proud as q
lame turkey. Won day Ephs cum down
to our place lookin as raihy as naalisby
ossifer on q trainin day look here, SEES he,
Seth Stokes, as loud No q small thunder
clap, Ill be darnd -. Halo! sss !,
what's broke l. Why, ses be, cum down
to have satisfaction about Patience Dodge,
here I've been q eoretiN her ever since last
grass year, and she was jest as good as
niue, till you cum gOin arter her an now
I can't tuch her with forty foot pOle.-I
She amt like the same gal, an I'm darnd il
I'm goin TO stand it. Why, ses I, what on
airth air you talkin about, ! aint got DotI,in
10 do with your gal, bu! spose had, there's
nolhin for you to get wolfey about. Iftbe
| gal has taken likin to me, faint my fault
| if I've taken to her faint her fault, and if
we've taken IikiO to one another faint
your fault but ] aint so almiiy taken with
her, an you may have her for me, SO you
hadnt ought to get savage about nOibin.-
Well, says he, (rsiher cooled down. ! am
the upluckiest thing 10 creation. vent
tuther day to place where there was an