Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-07-08

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affirmative. Therefore, | think ii safe
to suppose that Paul PLANTS father and
mother must have been as negative a
pair as ever came together, for Paul
was the most affirmative man that has
yet been heard of. He always says
eyes" to every thing that was said,
proposed, suggested, insinuated, or
limited to him. He was true admin
'istration man under all governments,
never being in the opposition. He was
one of those over polite, over good ma
tured, oh be easy, acquiescent mortals,
who seem to be sent into the world for
no other purpose than to show how
much man may suffer for little con-
tramindedness. EYES" "Certainly."
"By all means" s'No doubt of it"
"With all my heart" Very happy
to oblige you" "Entirely at your
service" "Oh yes" ooh yes"
"Oh yes" Such were Pauls constant
replies. AS to saying "no," it was i'm
possible to get it out as Mac5eths GA
men!" When he had most need Of
denying, it 'stuck in his throat" |
don't know that he ever sat in the Lee
gislature, but | am sure that if he ever
did, when the "yeas had it," they had
Paul also. He would not have cried
."Mic posUaiam" in the Polish Diet,
if the words could have demolished
the partition treaty. Though he was
not in the opposition, yeti think hard
ly correct to call him a Jackson man,
for he never ventured anything in his
life, unless, in The style of the honest
country representative, "Mr Speaker,
l shall give my vote in favor of this
BILL" In short, Paul was the very pink
of assentment--an incarnation of
neDa. con-.
Now this is very good character
for man to bear, on some accounts,
for it gets one Interpolation of good
natured fellow; and as the world COM
monty pretends to have high opinion
of good natured fellow, and accord
ing to proverb, "opinion is the queen
of the world" the reader may think
Paul must have had happy time of it.
No such thing. Paul's good nature
brought him into more endorsements
and yexations that if he had been the
crossest cur that ever snarled. lspeak
not of lending umbrellas-'tis the lot
of mortality. To lend money is about
the same, though money sometimes
does come back. But who would be-
lieve that good natured man. merely
by reason'of his good nature, and for
10 other fault under the sun, could be
led through such rigmarole dance of
adventure by the perversity Of fortune,
that he fought duel and almost mar
ried widow!
The widow Wilful was lady of a
certain age, she made the best Of time,
and time returned the compliment.
She had shed many tears for the loss of
her good man-so she protested, and
! cannot help thinking she spoke the
truth, for she tried very hardto get an
other. However, this did hot prove
SO easy matter, for although the wild
dow was not without charms, the men
were shy. What could be the reason?
Shega splendid parties & had sparks
and danglers without number, but it
was never match. What could be
the reason? the reader will ask again.
Ii is not exactly my business to tell,
as the story will be plain enough with
out it, and if the reader cannot guess,
it would not much help him to let out
the whole mystery.
"This is truly delightful" said Paul,
one evening TO the widow, as he lean
ed his arm over the back Of the chair,
worked his face up to the blandest
of all his acIuiescent smiles, and es-
sayed some fiattering compliment con-
corning the widows fine entertainment.
'"This is truly delightful; so much hi
larity and cbeerfulness-so many hap
py faces, love to look on them"
Paul inadvertently raised his eyes
as he uttered these words, and at the
close of his speech was looking straight
into the widows face. He ment not
the least harm in the world; but the
widow pretended TO blush. She purs-
ed up her pretty mouth.
"Oh, Mr. PLANT, you are great fiat
terer, but we know you are honest.
You never say one thing and mean an
other"