The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-10-28

WHAT HAPPENED AT OUR HOUSE.
BY PETER sPoRUM, ESQ.

!
Arter we was married, well say about
year, wun morin thar wus terrible
cOmmoshun in our house-oe wimmin in
runnin in and out, an finally the Doc
tor he cum: | was in great furry my
self, watin to heer, l hardly noed what,
to do but artcr while, an ole granny Of
a woman, as had been very bissy about
thar, poker her head into the room whar
was a walking about and ses.
Scss she "Mr Sporum hits gal"
"Whot" ses |.
"A gal,' ses she, an with that she pops
her he'd back again.
Well thinks |, I'm the dady NV gal,
an begin to feel my keeping mitey-1'd
ruther it wus boy tho thinks |, fur then
he d feel nearnr to me, as how he'd bare
my name and thar would be less
chance for Sporums to run out, but | con-
siderin every thing, gal will doc nifty
we'll Jis then the old nnss p5kes her he'd
out an in an ses.
SEES she Anuther wuh; Mr.. Sporum, a
fine boy 'Anuther' ses l., that rather
crowdn things on too feller."
! She lafled an poked her he'd back
Well thinks J., this is no joke sure; at
this lick I'll have family enuff to doc me
in a few years, but the Lords will, not
mine, be dunn.
Jis then the ole she devil, always will
hate herr pokes her he'd in, an ses
Ses she 'Anuther gal Mr.. Sporum.
'Anuthcr whot' scs |.
'Anuther gal scs she.
"Well' ses "go rite strate an tell
Sal | wont stand it, | don't won't 'em, an
aint goin to have EN-, dus she think I'm
Turk F! or Mormon =! or Brigham
Young that she'd go for to have thribbs !
three at pop! dus she think | am
wuth hundred thousand that am Jon
Jacop Baster or Mr.. Roschile 7 that kin
afford to have thribbs, an clothe an feed
an scoole three chillun at time? / aint
soin to stand it no how, | didn't want
EN-, don't want EN-, and | aint agon to
want EN- now, nur no other time. Haint
bin good dootiful husband to Sal {?
Haint kept in doors NV a mite, an quit
chawin tobacker an smokin sigars jus to
pleese her !! haint | attended devine wOr-
ship reglar haint | bought her all the
bonnets and frocks she wanted !-an then
for her TO go an have thribbs. | wont
live with her, she noed better an hadn't
orter dun it. She dun it with her Use open,
an mus take the consequences. ] did't
think Sal wud serve me such trick no
how. Have | ever stole horse have
ever dun any mean trick, that she should
serve me in this way An with that |
lade down on the settee an felt orful bad,
an the more thot about it, the wuss |
felt
Presently Sails nanny, ole Miss Jones
cum in an ses.
Ses she Peter cum in an see what put
ty chilun you've got
'Chillun' scs |, 'yon'd better say a
whole litter. Now Miss Jones, luv Sal
au no, and have tried. to make good
khsbun, but call this scaly trick, an
if thar is any law in this country, I'm
gwine to see ifoman can have thribbs, an
make man take kcer NV EN-. | ant
goin to begin to doc it, ses l.
With that she LATED fit to kill herself,
an sed any luther man would be proud TO
be in my shoes. | told her I'd sell out
nifty cheap ifenny body wanted to take
nv place. Well the upshot NV it all was,
that she persuaded me wus all rong, an
rot me to 60 in the room whar they all
wus.
When / got in, Sal looked so lovin at
me, an reached out her little hands so
much like pore deer helpless child that
/ forgot every thing but my luv fur her,
and folded her gentle up to my heart.
like preshus tressure, and felt like |
didn't keer eff sheehad forty NV EN-. Jis
then number wun set up a whine, like
young pup, and all the balance folloered,
Them thribbs knev tA2 dady.
Well, every thing wds maid up, an Sal
promesed she never wud doc it agin, and
sense then l have bin bard at work SER
tin; workin all day to make bred for theR
thribbs, an bissy nussin of them at mite.
The fact is, eff | din't have nifty good con-
stitushun, I'd had to Civ in long ago..
Number wun has the collick-an wakes
up number too an he wakes up number
three, an so it goes an me flyin about
all the time tryin to keep EN- quiet.
| Now Mister Muse, my advise tn yuis
never to have thribbs eff you want tn
keep out of troubble.
Nashrile Daily Ners.
| 6T The following notice was lately
fixed to church in Hertfordshire, and