The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-12-05
A Yankee Courtship.

harder and harder every day, and /
had an idea that she had a sorter
sneaking kindness for me, but how tn
dew the thing mp right, pestered me
orfni. I got some love books, and red
how fellers git down on their marrow
bones, and talked like parrots, and the
gals they would go into sort oftranee
and then how they would gently fall
into the fellers arms, but some how,
that way didn't suit my notion. I
asked marin how dad courted her, but
she said It had been so long ago that
she had forgot all about it. Uncle
Joe alters says marin done all the
courtin. At last | made up my mind
to go it blind, for this thing was fairly
consuming my innerds. So I goes
over to her daddy's house, and when
/ got there I sot like fool, thinkin'
how I should begin Sal she sed
sumthin' was troublin me, and sed she
--'Ain't " II sick, Peter p
'Yes-no' seq I, that is, I amt ex-
actly well. thought I'd cum over
to night, seq I That's putty be-
ginin' anyhow, thinks I, so I tried
agin. SAL, seq I, and about this time
I felt mighty fainty and Uneasy about
the squizerinctum
What seq Sal.
SAL, seq I agin.
What p seq she.
I'll get to it arter awhile at this
lick. , thinks I.
Peter seq e. there's sumthin' a
trouhlin' you powerful I no. It's mi
ty wrong for you tn keep it from
body, for an innered sorrer is a con-
snming fire.
She sed this, she did, the dear sly
creeter. She noed what was the mat
ter nifty well, and was just tryin to
fish it ont, hut I was gone so far |
didn't see the pint. At last | kinder
sorter gulped down the lump as was
raising in my throat, and SEE !, Sal,
does you luv ehybody ?
We'll, , seq she, 'thar's dad aud nam
and there's old Pride, Chat war an old
cow of hern. / can't think Of eny-
body else jist now seq She Now,
this wor orful for Teller ded in luv,
so arter a while I tried another shute.
SEE | SAX I'm powerful lonesum to
hum, and sumtfmes / think if | only
had a putty wife to Inv and to talk to
and to move and have my bein' with
I should be o tremenjus Teller With
that she begun and named over all
the gals within FIVE miles of thar and
never wunst cum nigh namin' of her
self, and sed | orter get one of them.
That sorter got my dander up, and so
[ hitched my cheer up to herr, and
TREMENDOUSLY. sed, Sal, You are the
very gal I've been hankerin arter for
a long time. I Inv you all over from
the sole Of your he'd to the crown of
your foot, and | don't care who noes
it. And if You say SO Wen be iined
together in the holy bons of matrimo-
ny, pluribus unum, world without
end, seq I and / felt like I'd throwd
up an allygatur, l felt SO relieved
With that she fetched a sorter scream,
and arter a while, seq she, Peter p
What is it Sally p seq |.
Yes = seq she, a hidin' ov her pnt-
ty face behind her hands. You may
depend upon it l felt orfnl good.
GLORY Glory 7 SEE l. I must
holler Sal or TIL bust rite open. Hoo
ray for hooray. I kin jump over a
ten rail fence, I kin do anything that
any other Teller eoull, would or orter
do With that | sorter sloshed my
self down beside her, and clinched the
bargain with a kiss-and SIGH kiss
talk abont your sugar-talk about
your merlasses talk about your black
berry jam-you Couldn't got me to
come nigh 'em, they would all tasted
sour after that IF SAILS daddy had
not hollered out, its time fur onest
folks to be in he'd do believe I'd
staid there all mite lou orter seed
me when | got hum. pulled dad
outer bed and Rugged him. / pulled
marin outer bed and Rugged her. /
pulled ant Jane outer bed and Rugged
her. | pulled the niger servant out
ov bed and Rugged her. | rored,
hollered. ! danced about and cut up
more capers than you ever hearn tell
oy, till dad thot | was crazy, and got
a rope to tie me with.
Dad, sez |, I'm gWine to go for
to get married
Married z balled dad.
Married 2 squalled marin
Married 7 squeked ant Jane.
Yes, married, sezI /. Married all
over jined in wedlock hooked on
for worser or for better; for life and
for deth to Sal | am that very thing,
me Peter Sporum, Esquire.
With that ! up and telled them all
about it, from alpher to omeger.-
They were all nifty pleased and nifty
willin, and ] went to bed as proud as