The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-05-31
HOW PETER sPoRuM coURTED sAI.

Well, you arter the poker scrape me and
Sal got along only midn we'll fur some time till
made up my mind to fetch things to a head, for
loved her harder and harder every day. but to do
the thing up right pestered me orful ! got a uv
book and read how fellers got down on their mar
rar bones and talked like fools, and how the gals
would 90 into sorter trance, but that way didn't
| 'zackly suite my noshun. | axed man how dad
courted her, but she sed she did the courting. At
last | made up my mind to go it blind, for this
thing was fairly consumin' my innards. So
goes to her daddy's CHATS Sas) and when
got there | sot like fool thinkin how to begin
Sal sed sumthin was trubling ov me- and says,
'.Ant you sick, PeterY She sed this mtey soft
like.
'Yes-no,' sed !, that is aint 'zackly wcl-I
thought ia come over to mite.
That's mitey putty beSinnin anyhow thinks I,
so tried agin.
"Sal, says l, and by this time felt fainty and
Uneasy like about the squizerinctum.
what says Sal.
SAL says | again.
What says She
I'll get it artcr while at this like thinks l.
Peter says she, 'thar's sumthin trublin you
powerful | know; it's mitey rong fur you to keep
it from body fur an innard sorrer is consumin
fire She sed this, she did, the deer sly creeter--
she nocl what was the matter all the time, and
was just tryin to fish it out but wus so fur gone
didn't the pint. At last | sorter gulphed
down the lump was risin in my throte, and ses:
SAL duz you luv emmy body ?
WELL scs she, 'thars dad and nam, ,'-countin
on her fingers and her eye shet sorcr like fcllcr
shootin a gun-'thar's old Pide, (tbat wur an
old COW NV hern,) and | cant think ov emmy body
else jist now, scd she.
Now this was orful fur fcller ded in luv so
arter while tries another shnte.
Ses | Sal m powerful lonesum at home, and
sumtmes think if | only had a nice putty wife to
luv and talk to, and to move and have my being
with, | would be tremendous fcller
With that she begins and names over all the
gals within five miles Of thar, and never wunct
came nigh naming ov herself, and sed | ortcr get
one ov them. This kinder got my dander up. |
hi:ched my chair up close to hcrn, shet my eyes
and ses:
SAL you are the very gal I've been hankerin
arter fur some time | luv you all over from the
sole of your he'd to the crown Of your Dot and
don't keer who noes it; and if you say so we'll be
jined on together in the holy bonds ov matrimony
pluribus unam, world without end, amen scs /;
and felt like Id throed up an alligator, l felt 80
relieved. With that she fetched sortcr skrccnl,
and arter while she ses:
Peter"
"What, Sally" ses l. .
"Y-E-S," ses she, hidin ov her putty face be-
hind her hands. You may depend on it | felt
good. ....
GLORY, glory" ses I. 4 must holIcr, Sal, or
III bust wide open. Hoorah for hoorall--I kin
jump a ten rae fence, and kin do eny and
everything that any other feller could would or
orter do With that / sorter squated down by
her and clinchcd the bargain with kiss-and
slch kiss IOrk about yer shugger-about yer
mcrlasses-about yer blackberry wine-you cudn't
got nc to cum nigh em--they'd tasted sower
as lcmun jewice arer that.
o, these wmmen, how good and how bad, how
high and how low, they kin make felIer feelsrIf
Sails daddy hadn't ho!lered out it's time fur all
onist folks to be in bed, do believe I'd staid
thar all mite.
You Orter seed me when got home. pulled
dad outer bed and hugged him-I pulled malu
outer bed and hugged her-I pulled Ant Jane
outer bed and hugged her. | roarcd, / cavorted,
lafed, | hollercd, | croed like a rooster, danced
about and cut capers, till dad thort | was crazy,
and got rope to tie me with.
dad, ses ], I'm gwne to be marrid.'
'Marrid! bawleG dad.
'Marrid F." squollcd man.
NIarrid +! yelled Ant Jane.
Yes, marrid,' ses |, 'marrid all over-marrid
to-be-shore married like fash; jined in wedlock;
hooked fur fur better, fur life and fur
deth, to Sal, | that very thing; Inc, Peter
Sporum, Esq
With that ups and tells EN- ali about it from
Alpher to Omegur. They WIS all nlItGIy plccSed,
aud mtey wiln, and | went to bed proud as a
young rooster with his fust spurs on. o, .Jehosi-
fats. but didn't feel good and kept gittin that
way all mite. | didn't sleep wink, but kept
rolling about
Well, to make long story short, we got marrid;
and fur the fust year wanted to eat each other
up; aud ever since then we We been sorry we didn't
STILL SUFFERING FOR FOOD IN GowA.--Wo
are sorry to learn from the Iowa papers that there
is still much suffering in Iowa, from want of food.
During the early part of Spring, cattle died of
starvation by scores, throughout the State, there
being no grain to feed them with; aud that affairs
are not whit improved at this time, may be
learned by the following picture of distress, from
the Eddyvile Commercial:
1t is useless to deny or attempt to conceal the
fact. This region of the country is destitute Of
the accessories of life. The stock of food for
and beast is about exhausted. There is, perhaps,
corn enough to feed those who unable to buy
-four, but they have not the means to buy corn.
1t is in the hands of few persons, and they will
only sell for the cash, at dollar bushel. Not
one-third of those who need to buy corn have the
dollar, or any means of getting it, for the money
like the corn is out of the reach of the destitute
We are not panic-naker but of this we feel
certain and We speak advisedly, that in thirty days
from this time, unless those who have a surplus
agree to part with it time at fair price, it will
he and carried away nv hands of desperate