The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-01-25

what scrous,n smart family the Cfowders
would be, when Sally and agreed upon an.
nexa,ion. I is, ,hoh could sec young
Sam, the fus, boy. sisnd,n' on the other eend
Of the fit, rs strong asa b,t-eye like All
lnsin-spry asa cstamount-I swsr, | ,sl.
led rite out, thlnkin' on II.
While was in this way rollin in clover,
by piciurin' wha, was to be. they wur ta'ln'
my character all to chitiins up a, home. My
peflle note wss rais n a pe,fec, fIe.het oi
wrath agin me. Tha, display Of lafnin', a.
bou, bringing home pledge IF affection, i,o"
the sunny south, mos, ousccoun'abI, ovefsho'
my ~hne f,mlly prospect. .~uf s'u"P.
er to Sally, 90 enc 20, J rs 10 expan II, and
the w,v he did It "a. enormous.
! "Why, dn't ,ou see" -e- J,..-," he means
to b'ing YOU ~ one OF his n'seer ch'd'en.
from lie south, to nu"i N thug car be
plan thar aIut M "ihef pledges of fec.
tIou' ,nsn ch,liun, tina, knos on."
wen, ! estF sue ug'S'o
"rho mast, do.," 50. Sally. " d es he ihnk
I'm ssoln tn nvss any Of his ydller pl' dges-
ef them thar Is all he's got 10 ID :, hr am
~uh sAueks. AID ei you don. lick HI, fu' hs
onm, merry note, >ou uins suth shuek', uuh.
er"
No, dreamn' &c the row ., honr, ! va.
huntn' ,hsough Mo o IN. fur pte.en's TO-
Silly. bou.h, = roll Of ribbon. rochr, iul
of lace, and h'nn rev, sh mn SIX pnra.ol.
and "a, c"",n' sl"n.. Glow and ess, BY the
s., LOUIS E,chao,-, when I hersh " jm
B.,,d r,,,n' 1T a lot Of fed hands. ! J'H
ssur,-red IN q. he ~as pu,tln' up = pcanotnn,
waller psi,' ahnu, FIVE years cd The l,tlc
GAL had no mam,ay hv,p'. and inoked sotiy
sieky. so nobody SEEMED anUous 10 g,i her.
I bol'e,ed nut fitv do'las and The liule crea
tu,' frightened up when she iced ~ho "a
biddln'; | dn', lonk like su!n or cotton
PLANTER. snd the crcsrui' Seemed glad that
want. Some cotton Teller hero b'd slsiy
dolls,s, and she wtted rite dusn-l 'hofi
what slick pres, n, ,he'd b. fur S,lly, ard
how sell she'd DO TO nurse the ch,'dttn, o.
sun. gu, seventy dollar, she knc" my voice,
and I eou'd sec her eye hds lrlmble. M
sooner dad the Maj " drop the hammer on sew
eniy dollars, than she looked ~u'h huudfed
she vas 90 pleased q, my bh,,n' her. She
wssa nice cfea,ui, but her hGr VAS onco1
mon straight.
| started up home mex, day, with my pur
chases, and SIGH q time had on the way
| 90, d,esm,n' 50 stron, about be'u' married
to s lily, that ~as eie'naily wsk'n' up hug
g,h' aud kissin' the ptllo~,, as CT they sui
gals at . husklu'. Al last go. home, tick
+, led oil to death at my fuu-e prospects. me
jess at the land,n'-hc en- me starr. lookrc
a, the little ysller gal and then spread hin
self ~nh q gudaw, as ef he "ur goln mo fs
rlled up lt,Ile, bu, thought ,h'i wur tim,
enough 10 saf,o hun ou', so ] passed on =
The f.llsrs in lhe settlement, seemed 10 lie all
fred pleased a, my c,tiin' back. fur they kip
p,inniu' and boslu and IooklA' a, my hui,
!. yallet gal.
Nv on, you take li,rc sum'hin' Sam" sait
:, jim Belt. the grocery keeper.
>, Not nos, rhipk you. } IN. as
d What, YOU ain, sRoin' IN FUR temperanc'
il pcdge., too. are you y asked Jim, and the'
/. he boys all holet'd as ef they bust lhe
d heads,
e "Ntcx.s |, !" SEES |. ta,hot SOW, try
a IN all the time TO find gu, what the fun ~at
!: hu' | con'dn't ge, Il ,hr"ugh IN, kvetln q
81 har. 40 g,n itup and went home. Next da
, thur ~n. 10 b, a csmpmset,n' dam IN The DO,
;, TON, and al the bNs and gals. ~ut goln' L
ID u,,o. 10 make shine 9th SILLY, -rn, owe
:. word thar | could call tina, mn,n,u' and btn
with ne my fu,' pledge IF affection. "ean'r
ID The p.rasoi, and hoped II ~uu'd he 10 her mln
n both IN trrtur and color. Back cane this not
10 snser:
"kuNE lloLLER Jlli s.
"N,ss Splilnan'. c"mpl,,n-ns
y ITO San Grow der. f q 'hr fus. P'.de
81 IF his of,ci,ons Ia lte'le 10" y'iier. ard III
~ ierfnr III It, har - too u, ht cur, aud, more
| that. she R'nt n"bn,nns 10 hev sny Of hi
pie d .es ct tina wur all Thit.
=" SALLY SrILLMaN."
nigh unto bust With madn- S. IL coul
feel eveN hdr on my head k,ndllu' nj the eenc
her, and | blamed Jess fur doiu' It. ia,
swar = b,bls oath, I'd .p'ln his ricur' 40
Is couldn't E, " camp mertu much; so ne,
70 mo'nn, bIgh, anil aI,iy, | accidentally IT,