The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-04-21
PETER sPORUM,s MARRIAGE.

PETERs courung adventures, and now
we have, in his own words, its sequel:
Well, at last the mite cum, that or
full mite as wus to fetch me into a new
state Wv bein, an it foun me in a dredful
fix, fust l felt good, then bad, fust proud,
then skeered like five hundred-I went
over the mornin afor the eventful mite to
see Sal, an foun her takin it nifty esy,
rather in hurry fur mite tu cum thot
as fur me l me l wus in hurry one
mint, an the next felt like I'd rather
little it had been put off.
After supper, I washed, then put on
the cleanest sort NV shurt that Aunt
Jane had ficksed up nifty nice and smuth,
then drawed on about as nice set NV
Sunday harness as WI ever seed l.; and
arter mann an Aunt Jane had prim p ed
up and ficksed my har an creevat, wus
reddy; so off l puts to SAILS dads an l
reckon | dun about as much thinkin
agoin over thar as wus ever dun bye any
other feller ever did in the same time
AT last l arriv, an wus marched in too
whar Sal wus-she sorter blushed, an
then set her he'd on one side an looked
about as sweet as eny flower you ever
seed. l thought she was about as putty
a creeter as ever laid my Use on.
Directly Sails sister sez the parsons
cum, an in we marched whar thar war
about fifty foxes, an / felt nifty bad an
nifty skeert but tried my best to keep
stiff upper lip. Well, we tux our places,
Sal hanging on tu my arm. an me a
lookin at the floor. Then the parson ses,
ses he (: "Du WI take this CONAN, Che
mite sed young lady as yu hold by
the hand, to be yer lawful wife, to help
her an too keep her. to luv her an too
nus her till deth does yu part ?" "I'n
doc my best" ses l, (standin fust on
wun leg an then on t'other fur all the
world like turkey on hot rock
Then he looked at Sal, an ses he -
" Du take this man like he didn't no
my naim as you hold by the hand, to be
yer lawful husband to help him an tu on
ner him an obey him tell death dus yu
part?
Yes. SIR" ses Sal; then ses he, l
pronounce you man and wife salute
your bride" With that / clinched Sal
an give her about as hart buss as you
ever heerd Then the fellers all cum
round an kissed Sal like blazes you
could see that it dun um good from the
way they pitched in-I thot Sal orter
stopped it, but sed nary word as fur
me, | kissed rite an left, an cum neer
kissin nigger gal as wus fetchin in sum
water, when everybody begins to gigglin
an begins to feel nifty mean.
After while the kissin an foolin wus
all over, an We all pitched into the good
les an eff ever saw sweet things fly, it
was then; l ct till liked to a popped,
an evry body else dun thar best.
About ten o'clock they all left an sum
NV the boys ses, " Peter won't yu 60 hum
with us ?" an all such things. a devlin
Nv me till hardly noed what tn du er
whar tu go. Arter they all left thar l
set by myself till big niger gal Gums
to the door an ses:
"Massa Peter, Miss Sails watin fur
yu."
"Whar is she ?" ses l.
"She's in her rume," ses she.
"Well, tell her to cum doun,,' ses I,
"Im reddy to so anywhar she wants."
But" ses she, "she's in bed"
ooh yes" ses l, 81 furgot, but, J"
ses !, /" its early yet aint il ?"
She said l was skeert, an begin a
snickerin, till l picked up my hat an fol-
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"there's yer rune" Ny hart jumped
up to my throat es l nocked at the dore,
but nobody answered | nocked agin,
an then gettin desprit l opened it /; jee
whillikins, the cold chills run over me
til felt like sumbody wus pullin ce-
dar bush doun my back. Thar wus Sal
fast aslepe, Tor pretendin like as l found
an the candle shinin as lite as day.
l stood sum time lookin nifty fuleish
an then puts my hat on cheer-next
draws my cote off, it wus nifty hard t.
git off; l shed my jacket an the rest o
my harness, till cum too my butes al
if l ever seed pare of lite butes then
wus the ~uns. pulled and tugged al
ljirked, but they wud'nt cum off, an hap
pennin to look round l thot seed Sal
peepin at me outer wun eye, SO l bios
the lite out, gifts my butss off, al
{ then. but il aint amy bodys biz