American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-03-18
COURTsHIP.

uVes euOy "Suiut tOiatO noino iuteioShnB
incident, connected with their courting ex-
psrience, and there are few unmarried folks
Of either sex who do not take naturally to
Just that style Of narrative. Every body
expects 10 be married at one time or anoth-
er, and consequently everybody is anxious
to know how everybody else has crossed
the matrimonial rubicon, managed the
ticklish business. 81. W. M" explains
to US how he came to be married.
1t may be funny. but I've done il I've
got rib aud baby. Shadows departed
-oyster stews, brandy cock tails, cigar
boxes. boot jacks, abscOnding shirt buttons
whist and dominoes. Shadows present
hoop shirts, band boxes, ribbons, CATERS,
long stockings, Juvenile dresses, Tin trum-
pets, little willow chair, cradles. bibs, pap,
sugar teats, paregoFic, hive syrup, caster
oil, Godfrey's cordial, soothing syrup,
rhubarb. senna, salts, squills. and Doctors
bills. Shadows furniture-more nine pound
babies, more hive syrup. etc., etc-Il
Just tell you how / got caught. l was all
ways the darndest, most tea custard bash
full fellow yo1 ever did see; it vas kinder
in my line to be taken with the shakes
every time 1 saw pretty gall approaching
me, and I'd cross the street any time rath-
er than face one, 'twasn't because ! didn't
like the critters, for if | was behind ience
looking through knot-hole cOuld't look
at one long enough. Well my sister Lib
gave party one night, and stayed away
| from home because was too bashfnl to
face the music. hung around the house
whistling 'Old Dan Tucker" dancing to
keep my feet warm, watching the heads
boEbiug up and down behind the window
curtains, and wishing the laundering par
ty would break up so / conld get to my
room. 1 smoked up q bunch Of cigars,
and as it was getting late and mighty un-
comfortable, l concluded to climb up the
door post. No sooner said than done, and
soon found myself snug in bed. Now
says l. let her rip!-Dance till your wind
gives out!" And cuddlihg under the quilts
Nor oheous grabbed me. was dreaming
of soft shelled crabs and stewed trips. and
was having good time, when somebody
knocked at my room door and woke me up
"Rap!' agsin l laid low. "Rap, rap, rap
Then I heard whispering, and l knew
there was a whole raft Of girls outside.
"Rap. rap!' Then Lib sings out, "Jack are
you in there?" Eyes" says l, then came
roar Of laughter, "Let us in says she
.. II won't" says l, "can't you let a fellow
alone? care you bed?" says she. 81 am
says I. Get up!" says she. 81 WON'T
saysI. Then came another laugh. B!
thunder, began to get riddlsd. ",1et on
you peticoated scarecrows" l cried "can'
,, you got beau without hauling fellow
out Of bed? wont go home with you
Uont--so you may clear out!' And send
ing boot at the door. felt better. But
i presently, oh! mortall buttcusl heard
still small voice, very much like siste1
Lib's, and it said:=-Jsck you'll have I
get up, for all the girls things are in ther
oh, dear what picklel Think OF me ii
bed all covered with shawls, mutfs, bon
nets and cloaks. aud twenty girls outside
! wanting to get in! il had stopped to thin
: 1 should have pancaked on the spot, as
!, was, rolled out among the bonnet-wir
J and ribbons in hurry. Smash! went th
milinary in every direction. l had
: dress in the dsrk--for there was q crack i
the door and the girls will peep--and th
= way fumbled about was death on stray
. hats. The critical moment cam,.-
!, After running my hand all over my clOthe
!, : to see that every thing was rightand tigt
7 opened the door and found myself rigf
among the women.-"Oh'my Leghorn!
. cries one. my dear winter velvet" erie
u anoth er, and they pitched in-they pulle
: me this way and that, boxed my ears; an
one bright.eyed little piece-Sal --,h'
! name was put her arms right AROUND m
neck, and kissed me right on my lip
. Human nature coplden't stand that gay
as good as she sent. It was the first tin
10 I ever got taste and it was powerf'
GOOD. believe I could have kissed th
y gal from julius Cesar to fourth OF Jul
l. "Jack. says she, 1--WE are sorry to distu
70 you but wont you see me hcme?," Eyes
- saws 1, 'I will" I did do it, and had a
!! other smack at the gate, too. After tha
y y we took kinder turtle -doveiug after ea'
II. 10 other, both of US sighing like barrel
W new cider when we were away from eac
,o other.
m Twas at the close Of glorious SUNNI
"a day-the sun yrs fast setting behind
N distant hogpen--the chickens were goiI
a to roost-the bullfrogs were commenci'
IN their evening sopgs--the pollywogs,
Is their native puddles. were preparing thel
he selves foi the shades Of night--and
and myseIf sat upon an autiquated oia
log, listining to the music Of nature, SUI
as tree .toads roosters and grunting pll
he and now and then the mellow music ol
he distant iackass was waited to our ears
Of the gentle Eephyrs that sighed along,
mullen etocks, and came heavily lac
:, with the delisioys !odor Of hen rOosts q
~ pig styes. The last glittering rays OF
~ ,' setting sun, glancing from the brass D
'O tons Of solitary horsenan shone throu
knot holei in the hogpen full in SAILS I
diving her hair with an orange peel J,
,ok aud showing off my threAd-bare coatto
,ou advantageous Of my arms was aro'
his SAILS waist. my hand resting o. the 50
lof her back-she was toying with my