The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-08-19
How Sal and me got Married.
ny PETER sPoRUM, ESQ.

then SKcered IKE nVe hundfeu-l wen
over the momin a(orc the event(ul nit
too SEQ Sal, en- found her a taken it mi
~ easy, rather in hurry fur mite too cum
! thought as fur me ] was in hurry wur
minnit, and the next, felt like I'd rathe
little it had bin put off,
Arler supper washed then ! put or
the clcanest sort w a shirt that Aun
Jane had fixed up nifty nice and smooth
then ] drawed on about as nice sett u,
Sundy harness, ms you ever seed, an ar
ter nam an Aunt Jano had primpted W
and fixed my har and cravat, wus feddy
so off puts TO Sal's dads and reckir
dun about as much thnkin q goin ove
that as was ever dun by emmy uher (elel
in the same time. At last ! arrive, an
was marched in too whar Sal was-she
sorer blushed, and then sot her head on
one side an looked about as sweet as
emmy flour you ever seed, thought she
wus about as putty crectur as | ever
lade my ise on.
Directly SAILS sister scs, the passon's
cum, an in we marched where thar was
about fifty foxes, an felt nifty bad and
nifty skeered, but tried my level best to
keep stiff upper lip. Well we tux our
places, Sal a hanging on too my arm and
me looking at the fore. Then the Pas
son ses, ses e;"Du you take this CONAN
Che mite a sed young LADY, Gas you hold
by the hand TO be your lawful wife too
help her and too keep her, too luv her an
too nus her till deth dus yu part. "I'Il
doc my best ses |, (standin fust on wun
leg and then on tother, fur all the world
like turkey on hot rocky
Then he looked at Sal an ses he,
"Du yu take this man" like he didn't
no my nam cas- you hold by the hand,
to be yore lawful husband, TOO nus him
an too help him, an too onner an obey
him, tell death dus you part"
eyes sir" scs Sal-Then, scs he, 81
pronounce you both man an wife, salute
yer bridc.' With that, clinched Sal,
an give her "about as hearty a buss as
you ever hcerd, then the fellcrs all cum
around an kissed Sal like bazes, you
could see that It dun en- good, frum the
way they went in thought Sal orlcr a
stopped it, but she never sed a word, as
fur me, kissin right an left, an cum nifty
ncer a kissin niger gal as was fetch.
ing in sum water when every body begins
giggin an begins TO feel nifty mean
After while the kissin an fooIn was
all over, an we all pitched in too the
COOLIES, an ef ever saw sweetnins fly, it
was then, | ct tell like too a popped,
and ovry boldly else dun thar best.
About ten o'clock they all left an sum
Of the boys ses, "Peter won'tyou 90 home
with us" an all sech things, devlin Nv
me tell | hardly noed what to doc or
whar to 60. Arter they all left, thar ]
sot by myself tell a niger gal Gums to
the door and ses
"Mass Peter, miss Sal 'swaitin for you
"Whar is she?" ses /.
"She's in her room." ses She
We'll, tell her to come down. ses !
I'm reddy 10 go any whar she wants
"But" ses she" she's inbed."
"Oh yes" ses |, "its erly yet. aint it,
She seed | was skeered. an begin a
snigge'in, tell picked up my hat, and
folered her, tell she cum to dore, and
ses "That'syore ROOM" My halt jumped
up TO my throat, as Knocked at the dore,
but no body answered., | knocked again,
and then gittin desprt, | opened it, and
jee whillikins, the cold chills run over
tell me felt like some body was pull.
in a cedar bush up an down my back
Thar was Sal fast asleep, Tor pretendin
like, as found out]an the candle a shi.
min as lite as day.
stood sum time lookn nifty foolish,
an then puts my hat on a cheer-next
draws my cote off, it was nifty hard TOO
git off-then ! shed my Jacket, an the
balance ofmy harness, tell cum too my
boots, an ef every | saw pair of tte
boots them was the wuns, | pulled,
Iuged and jerked, but they wouldn't nigh
,um off, an happenin to look roun,
thought seed Sal peepin at me outer
wun eye, SO blose the lite out gifts my
boots of, and then--but it aint no.
bodies business. so | shant tell any more.
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