Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-12-23
THE SUCCESSFUL GOING on OF MAJOR
JONES coURT>HIP.

Mr.. Thomps ND ar SIR :-Cris-
mu- IS over, aud The lhIng'> ded. You
know | told you ~ ny Last letter
Wa gwinc 10 bring Mis- Mary up 10
The chalk rlsmus. Well, | done II,
~ slick as a whistle. thu il come NIGH
~ nigh bein Seriuns undcrtakin.-
But In tell you all about the whole
circumstance The fact is, Id made
my mind up murc'n twenty times 10
ip>i q aud come rite oui with Tie
whule business, but Whenever ! gnt
hai she was. and whenever she l"ok-
ed At me with her wtichln eyes, aud
kind o'blu,hed al ne, | always ieIt
suri o'skeered and FANNY. aud all what
made upiu tell her was forgot, so |
couldn't think of 1t 10 save me. But
You're a,narred man Mr.. Thompson,
5" ! couldn't tell you nothing about
poppin the question. as they call II =
Its might, great favor TO AK Of rite
pretty gal, aud TO people as amt used
10 it, II goes monstous hard, don't il?
They say widdcrs don't mind il more'n
noihin. But Pm maxim transgress
ion, as the preacher SEES.
Erasmus eve put on my new suit
and shaved my face as slick as smoo-
ihIn iron and went over TO old Miss
SlauIry's As soon as | went into the
parl'r wbar they was all a sitting
round III" fire, Miss CarIlne and Miss
KesI,h both laughed rite out
There. there" SEES they. Il told
you 50, knew il would be Juseph."
What's duae Miss I aaline?"srs |.
you come under sisters chicken
bone. and do believe she knew YOU
was comm when she pu, il over the
dour"
NO, | didn't didn't no such
thing now" ses Mss Mary, and her
face blnshcd red all over.
oh. you needn't deny H." SEES Miss
Kcsiah, ''you long t" Joseph now, jeS
as sure as TIERS any charm IN chicken
bones"
| know'l that was first rate chance
. W. NhN Spuit'tilY But ttH' ''''S
Greater looked so sorry aud KEEP blush
in 80, | cou dn't say uothIn z,ctly 10
the pini. So ] tuck chair and reacdcd
up and tuck down the bonc, and put il!
la my pocket.
What are you gwine IT, do with
that bone nov, M'jor?" SEES Miss Ma
ry.
ppm gwine 10 keep it as long as |
live" SEES |, "as a Crsmus present
from The hanisncsI g,i in Georgia"
When scd that she bIushed worse
and worse
"Ainl you shamed, MajoI?" ses she.
"Now YOU ought To give her Girls
mus gift. Joseph, 10 hce AL her lie, )"
srs Miss CarIlnr.
"Ah,' SEES old Miss Stanley, when
was gu we used Ia hang up our
sIockIn,'-
why mother !" SEES all Of 'em,
"io say SO k,nS rite alurc-"
Then felt aIiiIIe sireaked too. caus
: they was all bu,uslin as hard az they
could.
"llghiy-lity!" SEES the old lady
what 'hnenrn'. Id like Ia know
what har'p there is b., storkrnS Poo
pie now a-day> i e ulng so mra.y-
mourhed that they cau'l call nothing
BY lis name. ana don't see rs they're
any better than the old time people
was When was gal like you, enid,
] used To hang up my siucklns and git
EN- full of presents -
The e,s kept laughin.
! Never mind" SEES MISS Mary, "the
Mslnr's got % give me Cris nus gin
wont yon M.jor?"
"0h, yes, SEES |, you know prom
i>ed YOU one"
"Rnt Didn't mean that" ses she
live got one @"r you, wha, want
you 10 keep all your life, but il would
take a-three busheI bag 10 hold It,"
srs
.'Oh, ihai's The kind" ses she.
"Bnh will y"u keep il as long as you
iivr?" srs
"Cerrainly | viii. Major"
New YOU hear thai, Miss Carline,'
ses |; ''sh'' Sc> ,hr'll keep II all her life
Yes | will, SEES Mary -"bu, what
,sn?"
Never mind" ses !. 'you hang up
a haS big enough 20 hold It aud you'll
lind "nt what it is IA the murnin -
Miss Carlne wiuked at Miss Krsi-
ah aud then whispered 10 her-rhen
Ih,N hnih I'm ,hrh and llnkr.I N r,n q.