The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-03-11
Courting out West.

in this ere country as legislator, wa'
made by the wimin, cause | war bach
clor, and never told you afore why ]
remained in state of number one.
No fcller stays single premeditated
and, in course. hansum Teller like me,
aho all the gals declar to be as eniicin
as jay bird, was not fixing to stay a.
lone if he could hel p it. | did zee a
creetur, once, named Sofy Mason. up the
Cumberland. nigh into Nashville, Ten
nessee that took an orfu hankerin'
artcr, and sot in to lookiu' anxious for
matrimony, and I gin to go reg'iar to
meetiu' aud TUX dressin' tremendous
finificd, jest to see if could win her
good opinion.
She did get to lookn' at me kind Of
sly, jest as a horse does al soinethiu' he's
scart at, when, arttr champiu' Mt a dis.
tance for while, sided up to her aud
blundered out few words about the
sarmin-shc says yes but cuss me if I
know whether that wur the right answer
OF not, and 1'm thinkin' she didn't know
nuthcr.
Well, we larfeJ and talked leetle
all the way long to her daddy's aud
thar l Civ her the best bend had in
me, and raising my bran new hat as pert
and perlitc as a minister, lookin' all the
time so inticin' that sot the gal trem
lin.' Her old daddy had powerful M
merous lot of niggers, and lived right
aJlnin' my place, while on the other side
lived Jake Simmons, snekin cute var
mint, who war wursor than a miscr for
stlnginess, aud no sooner did this cussqd
sarpent see me sidlin' up too, and sot
himself to work to cut me out.
That ar wur struggle ekil to the
battle of Orleans. First some new fix.
dp Of Jake's would take her eye. aud
then I'd sport somethin' that would out.
shine him until at last Jake gin in try.
in to out dress me, and sot to thinkiu'
of somethin' else.
Our farms wer jest the same plumber
OF acres, and We both owned three mig.
gers apiece. Jake knew that Sofy and
her dad kept sharp eye out for the
naln chance. 81 he thought he'd clear
me out by byin' another niger but l
tolier'd suit, and bought one the day af.
ter he bought bis SO he had no advan.
tage thar he then got COW, and SO did
and then, just about then, both of our
pusses gin out.
One Sunday morniu' war leeilc
late to tong %selin s9ea aaD&a aYhfn sRhhARF. !4s
tin close bang up agin Sofy, in the same
pew with her daddy. billed awhile
with wrath, and then turncd sour,
could taste myself Thar they wur,
singin' hims out the same book Je c.
miuy fellers, | war 50 enormous mad
that the new silk handkerchief rouud
my neck lost its colo,.
Arter meetn' var out they walked
linked arms, smilin' au' lpnkn' as
pleased as young couple at their chris
tiuip,' aud Sofy turned her cold shoul-
der to mo 40 ortuI, that l wilied down
and gin right up straght--Ja axe had her
thar war no disputin' it.
headed towards home, with my hands
as fer in my trousers pockets as | could
push 'em, swarm all the way that she
wur the last one tha, would ever git
chance to rilc up .ny feelins.' Passin'
by Jake's plantation. | looked over the
fence, and thar stood an explanation of
the matter, right faoin' the road whar
every opc passin' could see it, his con-
sarucd cow was tied to a stake in the
gardln' with a most promisn' calf a
lopgside on her. The calf jest soured
my milk, and made Sofy think that
fsller who wur always gittiu' ahead like
Jake wur "a right smart chance for
lively husband
a shout Of laughter here drowned
Sugars voice. AS som as sieuco was
restored, be added, in solemn voice,
with one ego shut and his :oreiiugers
pointed at his auditory
What cusscd sight wosser than his
gittin' Sofy was the fact that he Dor.
rowed the calf the night before of Dick
Harley After the varmnt got Sofy
hitched, he told the joke all over the
settlement aud the boys never seed me
afterwards they didu't bah, bah at me
for letin' u calf cut me out of gals af-
fection. l'd shot Jake, but | thort it
wur a free country, and the gal had
right to choose without bein' made a
widder, so sold out aud travelled I've
always thort since then. boys, that vim
min wur a good deal like licker-i il you
love 'em too hard they are sure to throw
you some way.