The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-08-28
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Well. at last the mite cum, that 0rthl mite as
was to fetch me iutoo new state Nv bein, ~
il ioan me in dreadful ix, fust / ielt GOOD,
than bad, fast proud, and then skeered like
i've handred-I went over Tho mornin aforo
the even,ful mite too see Sal, al found her q
takin il nifty easy, rather 10 hurry tut mite
too cum thought, as fur me wasE ID i hurry
wan minnit, and the next, felt like I'd rather d
| little II had bin put off.
Arter supper washed. then put 0n the
cleanest sort NV d shirt that Amt Jane had
| fixed up nifty nice as smooth, then draWed
on about as nice y sett nv Sundy harness, ~
you ever seed, an ,arler nam OH Aunt Jane
had primed up an fixed my hair an creeyat, I
wns reddy, so off / puts to Sal's dads an /
reckin dun about Ia much thiakin koili,
over thar Us was ever dun by emmy uther feller
| in the same time. AT last arriv, an Was
MARCHED in too whhr Sui was---.she sorter
busbed, and then sot her head on one hide an
looked about Us sweet as emmy -four you ever
seed thunght sle was about % putty d
creetur as ever laie my ise on. s'g
directly Sui sister ses, the passon's cum, on
In we marched whar thar was about iifty itjkes,
an felt nifty bud nm nifty skeercd bill tridc
my level best 70 keep stiff upper lip. Well
we TUX our places, Sal d hangin on too nv
arm an me lookin at the fore Then tIc
Passon ses he: :" pu you take this CONAN. me
mite ased young LADY, /" as you hold By tKe
hand to be you're lawful wife too help her sssinti
too keep her, too lny an too nus her, tell deth
dus yu parl, LII doc my best, ses I, tstSE-
din f,,s on wnn leg an then on tother fnr III
the world like turkey oaa hot rock,--
! Then he looked at Sal AZ ses lie,
Z" Du You take this man" like be- djdpst no
my naiinl "as you hold BY the hand Ia 100
j yore lawful husband, too nus him Ia too help
him, an too onner an obay him, tilidet6 dus
| yu part" ,slag
= Yes sir" ses Sal--Then, ses hc, X Bro.
lncunce you both man IN wife, salute Yer 6ri5s,,
i With that,I clinched Sa), md give her aboha
as harty buss as you ever herd, thon The
iellers all cum nronnd an kissed Sallike 6laaes,
J you could see that it dun en- good, frum the
way they pitched in-l thought Sol ortet d
STOPPED 1t, but she never srd d word ds fur
me, kissed right ard left an cum nifty neer q
J kssin niggcr gal M was d fetchin ID, nlm
water, when every body begins . gigglin an
!. an begins 40 feel nifty illearl---
Arter while the kissin Din foolin was all
( over an We oil pitched ii too-the goodies, In
eli ever sawsweetnins fly, II was them ct
], tilt | like too popped, aud evry body esa dur
thar best.
About ten o'clock they all left, an snin Of
n the boys ses, !" Peter wont yon 60 home with
! ns" M all sech things deylin NV MO tell
Z hardly noed what 10 doc or wharl TO &0s 4 Ar
ter they all left, thar | sot bi myself, < I
nigger gal Gums to the door, an .ses N
Mass Peter. miss SAILS waiih Tor YOU
Wharf is she?7 sea |. sfsf
She's III her room" ses She TN
Il = Well, tell her 10 come down. sas I,aI IN
1, rcddy TO go any whar she wants.
\, Bat ses she, she's in bed
= ssOh yes, ses |, | forgot, but ses I, its srly
/. yet ANT it," ailieaii .
She seed was skeered, an begin snigker.
Tin, tell picked up my hat, an gollercd her
. tell she cum TO. a dore, and ses q l'hats yore
: room" My hart jumped up to my throat, on
!. pocked at the aore, bit 40 body answssed, I
Knocked agin, an then gittin despirit, opened
: it, an jeewhilkins, the cold chils rnn over me
!. tell felt like aomr body was q pulliu cedar
!. bush mp an down my bAck Thar wns Sal list
y asleep, Tor pretendin like, Us found ontI d..
: the cuadte a hinin as lie as day. q asi
III | stood sum time lookin nifty foolish, On
then puts my hat on a eheer--next drswsmy
}. cote off; il was nifty hard too git of--thep ]
shed my jacket, an the balance Of my harness
= tell cum to my boots an II ever saw 4 ioiaii
of lite boots, them was the wuns. pulled,
tugged and jerked, but they wouldn't nigh cum
oil, an lappenin TO look ronnd j thought
g seed Snl q peepin at mt outer wpn eye, so
9. blose the lite out, gifts my boots Off and then
- but ii aint no body's bizness, 50 I shaiil
c. tell any more. tssa
Well, I've tride marryin sum time, an must
" say that arter feller gifts ust too it, it aint
!. bad thing, in fact | 6losohsc as follers
/, Margin is d good thing, it is crate thing
as Aunt Jane ses, great institdshoD, {hov
It she noes can't tell fur she never had chanct
Y. to try it, Its good for every body Ar, you
i old mary, it'll make you young, Cor yollfd
Is tryin to pear so)- Ar yoi, young, It lmaks
% you old--ln fact it is sooted to evry and emmy
a body. It's ten rale fence that sosiety ha,
!. built up too keep foxes inside the bounds u,
10 good behavior, an tho I've had my ups al
e, downs in it, mn no all about it, still say
Hooray for marry. r'
70 A preacher who attended the sermon Of an
other priest, was asked his opinion Of the dis
n. course.
az seq replied lie critic that clear waters ar,
AZ not deep s''t