Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-03-10
Aunt Magwire's Experience.
BY THE AUTHOR OF WIDOW BEDoTT.


Don't care a snap for him, hay! Now, Nan
CIV Harrington " ant to know if you think you're
a gwine to make me believe such story as
that know tetter. | can see as fur into mill
stone as anybody-and know and have knOw'd
for better'n six months how't you and Jasper
Doolittle tuck notion TO one another. Ills
extrawnary how gals will talk If you don't
care snap for him what makes you 60 with
him to lecterS, and concerts, and sleigh rides,
and all o'dewrs! Don't tell me you don't care
a snap for him. He's real nice young man
tew-stiddy and ndustrus and dewin well-you
never'l have better chance in yer life-mab-
BY he haint said nothin perticker to you yet
but that's no sigh he amt ewiDe tew as soon
as he gifts his curridge up. He'- ru,her bashful
you know-it takes them sort o'fellers longer
to come to the pint in such matters: they want
considerable spurrin up. and advise you not to
let nobody else hear you say you don't care
nothn about Jasper Doolittle-trouble comes,
osick speeches. know by experience come
purity nigh losin yer uncle Joshaway BY makir
an unprudent remark o'that mater. Ill tell you
how twas, and mabby you'll take warm by it.
l rember egzackly when twas-'twas in the
month o'March. about tew year and half ar
ter sister, Bedott was married: yer uncle and
med ben keepln company all winter: he come
t our honse every Sabberday evenin reglarlv,
besides always seein on me hum from singin-
school and evenin meetins, and so forth-twas
town talk that We was engaged-Joshaway
Magwire and Mellssy Poole-that was The sto-
~ all round. But all this time, mind you-he
hadent said word tew me about havia on him
though was suspectin every day when he
would. You see he was awful bashful. Well
ono night cwas in the month O March,) we was
a gwine hum from singin-school-nary one OH
us dident say nothn for some WAYS. At last
yer uncle hand and haw'd tew or three times,
and then SAYS be to me, says he, "Melissy y
says ], shay F'-but he ddent continner for some
time-arter spell he hand and haw'd agin-
and he says to me, says he '.Melissy f'-says
.sWell- what F'-but still he dldent continner.
AT last see We was gittin purity nigh hum
so saysto him, says !, 'sJoshaway-whatI
was you a gwine to remark q So then he says
says he, 81 was CIV inc to say-"but his cur
ridge failed and he dident finish. Afore long
we come to the gate, and there we stopt, 1--WE
used TO stop awhile at the gate in gineral way)
and says he, sMelissy = says /, "Joshaway
Mcguire, what dew you want e. sWhy," says |
he, 81 was gwine to AK YOU" Jest then yer |
grant ther Poole opened the door and come ont |
and SO yer uncle went off and went in. Well |
next day Hammer Canoot come in T. our house |
and she begun TO joke me about yer uncle
now never could bear Hammer Canoot-she |
was regular mischief maxim old mad-alwavs |
a meddin with every body bizness in the place
land as sure as she sees a young cripple appa-
rantly attached to one another, she'd insiniwate
swim or other agyinst 'em. She couldent git
no sweetheart herself, and it made her awful |
and mad at them as could git 'em |
I hadent ever had no diffikilty with her-but |
dispised her-and yer gram'ther Poole used to
saw to me frequently, "Melissy-dew be kerful
what you say afore Hammer Conoot-shc's
DANGEROUS critter''-and tcas kerful in GIN
eral way. And then, you see, ther was anoth- |
or thing abost it-there was her brother, Josiar
ben tryin to be perlite to me tew
Or three year-and wouldent keep company
with him, nor have nothin to say tew him-and
Hammer she knowd it, and she felt awful spite