Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-02
How Sal aud me got Married.
BY PETER sPoRUM, ESQ.

w ell, al laSl Inc nile cum, lnaI OIlul
mite as was TO fetch me intoo new state
Nv bein, an il loun me in dreadful fix,
fus! | felt good, then bad, fusl proud, and
then skeered like FIVE hundred. | went
over the mornn afore the eventGul mite
too see Sal, and found her takiu il nifty
easy, rather in a hurry fur mite too cum |
thought, as fur me | was in hurry wun
minnit and the next, felt like I'd rather
little it had Din put off.
After supper washed, then put on
the cleanesi sort Nv shirt that Aunt Jane
had 6xeL up NIFTY nice an smooth, then
drawed on about as nice selt Nv Sunday
harness, as you ever seed, an ar'er nam
an Aunt Jane had primped up an fixed
my hsr an creeva,, | wus reddy, so of
puts to Sails dads an | reckin dun about
as much ihinkin goin over thar as was
ever dun by emmy ulher fel!ar ih the same
time. At last | arriv an was marched in
too whar Sal was--she sorler blushed,
an then sol her head on one side an look
ed about as sweet as emmy -four you ever
seen. thought she was about as putty
a creeter tina, ever lade my ise on.
Directly Sails sister ses, the passon's
cum an in We marched whar thar was a
bout fifty fokes,an | felt nifty bad an nifty
skeered, but tried my level best TO keep a
stiff upper lip. Well, we TUX our places
Sal hangin on too my arm an me a
Iookin at the fore. Then The Passon
ses. ses he: "Du you take this CONAN
he mite sed young LADY, as you hold
by the hand 10 be your lawful wife TOO
help her and too keep her, too luV an too
nus her, tell death dus yu part" "IH
doc my BEST" ses |, (standin fusI on wun
leg and then on iolher, fur all the world
like turkey on hot racE)-
Then he looked at Sal an ses he
"Du you take this man" Qike lie didn',
no my nalm) "as you hold by the hand,
TO be your lawful husband, too nus him an
10 help him, an too onner an obey him,
tell deth dus you part"
"Yes sir" ses Sal--Then, ses he, 81
pronounce you both man and wife, salute
yer BRIDE" With that, clinched Sal, ,an
give her about as harty buss as you ev-
er heerd, then the fellers all cum around
an kissed Sal like blazes, you could see
,ha. il dun EN- good, from the way they
pitched n--l thought Sal orter stopped
i. but she never sed word; as fur me, |
kissed righ. an left, an cum nifty near
kissin a niger gal as was felchin in sum
water when everybody begins gigglln
an begins to feel nifty mesn--
Arer while the kissiD an fooIin was all
over an we all pitched in TOO the goodies,
an ef ever | saw sweetnins fy.it was then
| ct tell like too popped, an every boldly
el.e dun thar best.
About ten o'clock they all left, an sum
of the boys ses. "Peter won't you 60
home with Us" an all such things devlIn
Nv me tell hardly noed what 100 doc or
whar to 60. Arer they all left, thar sot
by myself tell niger gal Gums TO the
door, an ses,
"Massa Peter, Miss SAILS wsiln for
you"
"Whar is she ?" ses /.
"She's in her room," ses she
"WeIl, tell her to cum down." ses |,
"I'm reddy TO 60 any whar she wants."
"But' ses she. "she's in bed"
"Oh yes," ses l, II forgot" but ses |,
'.ils erly yet, amt it !"
She seed was skeered, and begin a
sniggerln, tell picked up my hat, an fol-
lered her, tell she cum TO dore and ses
''Thatt yore room." My hart jumped
up to my throat, as nocked at the door,
but no body answered; nocked agin, an
then gitlin despirit. opened it, an jee-
the cold chills run over me
tell felt like some boldly was puIIin a
redar bush up and down my back. Thar
was Sal fas. asleep. Tor pretendn like, as
found ouD an the candle shinn as lite
IS day.
81 stood sum time lookin nifty foolish.
md then puts my hat on cheer--next
iraws my cote off; i! was nifty hard too
yii of--,hen l shed my jacket, and the
balance Of my harness. tell | cum 10 my
,oois. an ef ever saw pair of iiie boots
hem was the wuss. | pulled. | tugged
md pulled but they wouldn't nigh cum
If. and hsppenin to look round.l thought
seed Sal peepin a, me outer wun eye,
10 blose The lite out, glts my boots of.
nd ,ben-but il amt no bodtv's biz
ness, so shan, tell any more.
Well, I've tried marryin sum time, and
must say iha, srier feller gifts ust too il.
aini a bad thing, in fact filosOfse as
ollows :-"Marryin is good thing; it is
CRATE thing as Aunt Jane ses, a CRATE in
(how she noes can't tell, fur
he never had chance to try H. It's .
ood for every body--Ar you old, marry,
I'll make you young. Tor you'll die Try
n TO pear so.) Ar you young.i.'Il make /
ou old. In fact it is suited 10 every an
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