, 1840-02-29
From the Lalys' IaHudl Register.
MANAGEMENT-A YANKEE STORY

MANAUE VEN "A NEE SIOlf,
have hearn folks say the wimin war con
trary; well they is a leetle So, but if you
manage EN- rite, hawl in here, and h.m Gu
there, you can drive EN- along without WHIP
or spar, Jest which way You want em to 70
When | lived down to Etan there was
a good many fast rate gals down there but
didn't take 2 lIaen To any OF en till Squire
Lnnmins cum down there to live. The
squire had Il mighty putty darter. ] sed
some Of the gals was fust rate, but
Nancy Camnins was fust rate, and
n lcetic more. There was may dress
ed finer and loo~kedGanIer. bat there
was sumthin jam about Nancy, that
they couldn't hold Il candle 10. Ii a fclier
seed ner wunce. he couldn't look at othar gals
for a week. took 4 ligin 70 her rite of.
and we got as thick as thieves. We had
iised TO 60 to the same meetin. and SGT in the
same pew. 1t took me to find tie sarms and
INNS for her. and wed swell em out in a
manner shockir to hardened sinners; and
then we'd mosy hnn together. while tie
g.ls and felle:s kept Ioo;in on IA though
they'dlike tomixin. Id alwas stay TO- supper.
AMI the way she Good make injun cltcS, and
tie wav ! could slick I'm over :lh lasses.
and put EN- away was nothlar 70 nobody.
She was dreadful civil lew, always gettin
somethin nice for me. | was up to the hub
in love. and was goin fer il like Il lnkvmotive.
We'll things went on in tbs wav for spell.
till she had me tight enough. Then she be-
gun to show Of kander independent like
When I'd go 10 meetin, there was no room
in the pew; when she'd come out she'd streak
oil. with another chap, and leave me TO
sucking my fingers at the door. Instead of
stlcing to me as she used to, she got to cutt.n
round with all the fel!ers jist as if she cared
nothing about me no more. nnna whatsorn-
ever. got considerably relied, and thort ]
mount as well cum to the end ut wunce: so
down Igoes to have it ont with her. There
was a hull grist Of Teller: there. They seem
ed mighty quiet till | went in, Il en- she got
talkin all manner of norsenca, srd notlin
to me, and darned little of that. | tried to
keep my dander down, but If warn't no use
i kept movin about rs if ] had a pin in
,:ty trowsurs. ] sweat as if | had been
t~hrashin. Ny collar hung down as if it had
peen hung over my stock TO dry. ! couldn't
stand it, SO / ciared out as quick as | could:
tor | seed .twas nc Use to say nothin to her.
went strate 10 bed, ana thought the matter
over a spell;-thinksl ], that gal is Jest irwin
Of Inc: faint no use of our playin possum;
III take the kink out other; i'll don't fetch her
out of that high grass, use me for ~sassage
meat. heard tell Of a boy wunce, that got
10 skewl late OF Sunday morning; master
ses, you tarnel sleepy c%reatur, what kept
you so late why, ses the boy. it is SO ever
lastin slippery out, | couldn't ret along no
how; every step | took forerd, | went two
steps backward, and | couldn't have got here
at all if ! hadn't turned back TO 60 tother
way. Now that's jest my case-rve been
putin after that gal for a considerable time.
Now, thinks ], III go tother way--she's been
slitin of me, now I'll site her-what's sass
for the goose is sass for the gander.
Well,I went no more to Nancy's Next
Sabbath, ! sIicked myself up, and dew saw,
when | got my fixens on ! tuck the shirt tail
of any specimen OF human natur in our
parts. About meeting time off | put to e.
!ham Dodge's.-Patieace Dodge was a nice