The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08
ME3esB..Ee B.EeTeAMY' .
How He Came to get Married.

There are few married men who
could not, if they would, relate some in.
teresting incident connected with their
counting experience, and there are few
unmarried folks of either sex who do
not take naturally TO just that style of
narrative. Everybody expects to be mar
ried at one time or another and conse-
quently everybody is anxious to know
how everybody else who has crossed the
..-.ssr-.~o.iiaa nasfes:ss '.,anaged the tick
lish business. "J. w. NJ" explained to
us how he happened to get married.
1t may be funny but | have done it.
I've got rib and baby. Shadows de-
parted-oystcr stews, brandy cocktails,
cigar boxes, boot, jacks absconding shirt
buttons, whist and dominoes. Shadows
present-hoop skirts, banboxes, tin trum-
pets, little willow chairs, cradles, bibs,
pap, sugar tits, paragoric, hive syrup,
castor oil, Godfreys' cordial, soothing
syrup, rhubarb, SIENNA, salts, squils and
doctors bills. Shadows future-more
nine pound babies, more hive syrup, etc,
etc. III just tell you how got caught.
/ was always the darndest, most cussed
bashful fellow you ever did see it was
kinder in my line to be taken with the
shakes every time | saw pretty gal ap-
preaching me, and I'd cross the street
any time to keep from facing one; 'twasn't
because | didn't like the critters, for if /
was behind the fence looking through the
knot hole at 'em, could not look at 'em
long enough Well, myssister Lib gave
a party one night and | stayed away
from home because l was too bashful to
face the music. Ihung around the house
whistling "Old Dan Tucker" dancing
to keep my feet warm, watching the
heads bobbing up and down behind the
curtains, and wishing the laundering par
ty would break up so | could get to my
room. | smoked up a bnnch of cigars,
and as it was getting late and mighty un-
comfortable, / concluded to shin up the
door post. No sooner said than done,
and | soon found myself snug in bed
Now says |, let her rip and cuddling
under the quilts Morpheus grabbed me.
/ was dreaming of soft shell crabs and
stewed tripe and was having good time,
when some body knocked at the door and
woke me. Rap again. laid down.
Rap, rap, rap!' Then | heard a whis-
pering and | knew there was whole
raft Of girls outside. Rap, rap!' Then
Lib sings out, Jack, are you in there 2
: Yes Then came a roar of laughter.
9 Let US in says she. won't says |,
6 can't you let fellow alone' Are
you a-bedv says she. am says l.
Get up says she. / WON'T says l.
Then come another laugh. BY thunder
l began to get riled. Get out you pet
ticoated searecrows cried; cant you
get beau without hauling fellow out
of bed--I won't go home with you-I
won't-so get out!' And throwing a
boot at the door, l felt better. But pre-
scntly, oh mortal buttons! heard
still small voice, very much like sister
Lib's and it said: !: Jack you will have
forget up for all the girls things are in
there!' Oh Lord, what pickle! Think
of me in bed all covered with shawls and
muffs, bonnets and cloaks, and, twenty
girls outside the door waiting to get in
If had stopped to think I should have
pancaked on the spot. AS it was roll
ed out among the bonnet-wire and rib
bons in a hurry. Smashp went the
millinery in every direction. / had to
dress in the dark-for, there was q crack