The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-12-06
NO. fe.
a Yankee Courtship.

up right pestered me orful. got some
love-b books and. red how fellows got down
on their marrow bones and talked like
parrots, and the gals would so inter
sort of trance, and then how they would
gently fall into the feller's arms, but
some how that way didu't suit my notion.
| asked marin how dad courted her, bot
she said it bad been so long since that
she'd forgot all about it. (Unkle Joe
alters says narm done all the courtin'.)
At last | made up nay mind TO go it
blind. for this thing was fairly consuming
ny iDDerds. So goes over to her dad
dys and when l got there l sot like
fool thinking bow | should begin. Sal
she said sumthin' was troublin' NE, and
sez she-"Aint you sick. Peter?"
"Yes-Do," seq |; that is, amt ex-
actly we'll. thought I'd come over to-
night" sez |. That's a mighty putty be-
giupin anyhow thinks i; so | tried agin.
Sal" sez |, and about this time felt
mighty fainty and Onea'y about the squi-
zerinctum."
"What!" seq Sal.
"SaI, seq | agin.
| What seq she.
I'll get to it arter while at this lick"
thinks l.
Peter" sez she, there's sumthiU's q
troublin' you powerful, 30. It's nigh
ty wrong for you tew keep it from body,
for iuDerd sorror is eonrumin' fire."
She sed this. she did, the dear sly cree
H. 81 oil
the time. mighty well. and was just
tryin to i.h it out, but | was gone so far
didn't see the pint. At last | kinder
sorter gulped down the lump was ris-
ing in my throat, and seq !, "Sal, does
you luv everybody"
We'll, seq she, thar's dad and msru,
and (countin her fingers ali the time with
her eyes sorter shut like feller shooting
IF guD) thars old Pide Chat were an
old cow Of hern) can't think of any
body else jist now, sez she.
Now this Wur orful for feller ded IN
luv, so arter a while tries another shute.
Sez |: Sal, Pu powerful lonesum to
hum aud sumtiues think II only had
a putty wife to uG aud to talk tu, and to
move and have ny bein' with, l should
be tremendous feller."
With that sbo began and named over
all the gals within FIVE uiles of thar, snd
never wunst cum a nigh Bamiu' of her
self, and sed | orter get one of them.-
That sorter got my dander up, and SO
| bitcbed my cheer close up to bern, and
shet my eyes, aud tFem6lously sed:
Sal, you are the very gal I've been q
hankeriug arter for long time. l0y
yu all over, from the sole of your he'd to
the foot Of your crown, an | don't care
who knows it; and if !ou say so, veil De
joined together ir the holy hons of mat
rimony, e pluribus unum. world without
eud, seq /; ard | felt like I'd thToWed up
an allygatur, felt so relieved. With
that he fetched sorter scream, and ar
ter while she seq, seq she, 'Peter'
What is't, Sally! sell.
'Yesl seq she, hidin' ov her putty
face behind her hands You may de-
pend upon it felt Orful good
GLORY! glory! seq |. Il must bollar,
Sal. or III bust wide open. Hooray for
hooray l kin jump over ten rale
fence, can do everything that any fell
Low could, would or orter do With that
l sorter sloshed myself down by her, and
cliucbed the bargain with kiss-aDd
such kiss-talk about jour suger-talk
about your Derlasses--talk about yer
black berry jam-you couldn't have got
me to come nigh em they would all 8
tasted sour arter that. Ell Sails dad
hadn't hollered out its tine for all onest
folks to be in bed. / do believe I'd staid
there all uite. You orter seed Ge when
got hum. l pulled dad outer bed and
bugged him. | pulled marin outer bed
and bugged her. pulled ant Jane out
er bed and hugeed her. Ipulled the mig
ger servant outer bed and hugged her
| rored, | bollered. danced about aud
out up more capers than you ever heard
tell ov, till dad thot | was crazy, and got
a rope to tie NE with. Dad, seq /,
I'm g~iue to go for to git married.
Married. Balled dad.
Married. squalled marin.
Married. -queaked aut Jane.
Yes, married. sez |. Married all o.
yer; jined in wedlock; hooked on for wor-
ser or Tor better, for life or for death, to
Sal; l am that very thing; me. Peter
Sporam, Esquire With that | up aud
telled them all about it FROM Alpher to
Omegar. They were all mighty pleased
and mitey willin', and went to bed as
proud as yonng rooster with his frst
spurs.
% Jehosiiat! didn't | feel tremendous
good, and kept gittin. that way all nite.
l didn't sleep a wink, but kept rOllio' a.
bout and tbinkin' till my cup Of happi-
ness was full, pressed down and runnin'
over.