Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-12-08
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ness for me, but how to do the thing up
right pesteret me orful l got some love
books and red how fellows got down on
their marrow bones and talked like par
rots, and the gals they would 60 inter
sort Of trance, and then how the would
gently fall into the fellers arms, bu. some
how that way didn't suit my notion.
asked marin how dad had courtei her
but she said it had been so long ago that
she'd forgot all about it. Uncle Joe says
marin done all the courtng) At last
made up my mind to go it blind, for this
thing was fairly consuming my innerds
| So goes over to her daddy's and when |
GOT there so: like fool thinking how
should begin. Sal she sed sumthin' was
a troublin me, and sez she-"Air; YOU
sick, Peter?'
"Yes--no." seq l; chat s I ain, ex
actly we'll | thought Id come over to.
night sez |. That's a mighty putty be-
sinnin anyhow, thinks | SO tried again.
Sal" sez :, and about this time felt
mighty family aud oneasy about the squiz
erinctum:
What - seq sal.
Sal sez agin
"Wh hat % sez she.
"l'll get to it arter while at this HEX"
thinks |.
"Peter,' sez she, there's sumthn'
treabln' you powerful, no. Its mighty
wrong for you tew keep it from body for
inner1 sorrow is Consuming fire. She
said this, she did, the dear, sly creeter. -
She noed what was the matter all the
time, nifty well. and was just iryin T.,
fish 1t cut, but | was gone 80 far | didn't
see the Piut. At last kinder sor,er .uIp
ed down the lump as was raising In my
throat, aud SEE I-''Sal, does you iuy eve
! ryboIy?'
well, sez she, ''thar's dad and marin,
and. (countin' her fingers all the tina with
her eyes surter shut, like a feiler shooting
off q gun, and ihar's old Pi3e, that
were an old COW Q: hern) cant think of
anybody else jist ROW. sez she Now
| this wur ortui far teiler ded IN luv. so
arter while | tries another shute. Sez
l-"Sal, I'm powerful !onesum TO hum.
and sum,imes think if only had put,
| ty wife to love and to talk to, and to move
and have my bein' with, | should lie tire.
menduous leller.' With that she began
| and named over ali the gu!s within five
miles Of thar, and never wunst cum a
/ l2h uanin cf herself. aud scd vrler
grt one Of them. That sorter got NV
dander up. and so hiiched my cheer UP
! close to hern, and shet my eyes, and ,rem.
b;ous!y sed Sal, you are the YER gal
I've been hnnhering after fox a long time
| | iav yoU al over, from the sol. Of you.
he'd to the toot &! yu-. cro":., al .yu't
care who knows It ard ilyou sag so, well
be joined together in III. holy boas Of ma
| trimony, e plnribas unnm, wor.d witnout
eul, sez and felt Ike Ia thgowd up
like an sl!ygatur. Ie!s so relieved Wnh
that she fetched a sortcr scream and artec
while she seq, sez she-"pete- ?"
What is't, Sally seq l..
"Ies?' sez she, hiin ov her putty
face behind her hands. You may depend
upon it felt oriuI good:
GLORY glory = sez |. 81 must boiler,
Sal, or I'll bust wide open. Hooray for
hooray. | kin ump over Il ten rale fence
Il can do everything that any fellow cud,
would or orser do With that | sorter
sloshed myself down oy her, aad clinched
/
talk about your sugar--talk about your
merlasses-talk about your blackberry
| iau-you couldn't have got me to come
nigh EN-, they would all tasted sour ar
tel that 1t Sals daddy hadn't hollered
out its time for all 'onest folks to be il.
bed, do believe | d stad there all nite.-
Yer orter seed when got hum / pulled
dad outer bed aud hugsed him. pulled
marin outer bed, and hugged hern. pull.
ed ant Jane outer bed and hugged her
| pulled the niger servant outer bed and
Rugged her. rored, hoIlered danced
about and cut up more capers than you
ever heard tel! ov, till dad thot was
crazy and got rope TO tie me with
dad" sez !, Il m gwine to go for to get
married"
Married = hailed dad
married p squalled marm.
married y squaked ant Jane.
/ "les, married.! sez !. Married all
over; jined in wedfock booked on for
worser or Tor better; for life and for deth,
to Sal; | am that very thing me, Peter
Sporum, Esquire" With that up and
ielled them all about it from Apher to
omegar. They were all nifty pleased and
nifty wil!in', and went to bed as proud
as young rooster with his FIRST spurs.
o Jehosiiat! didn't feel tremendous
good, and kept getting tina; wav all mite.
didn't sleep a wink but KEEP. rolin about
and thihkn' till my cup ov happiness
was full, pressed down and runnin' over.
VINO WOULDN'T BE A SE OF TEMPER,
ANcE.-Quaker young ladies in the Maine
law States, il is said, still continue To kiss
the young temperance men 10 see if they
have been tamrering with liquor. just
Imagine beautiful young girl approach.
ing the young temperance men, with all
the dignity OF executive officer, and the
innocence Of dove. with the charge -
" Mr.. -, the ladies' believe you are in
the habit Of tampering with liquor, and
have appointed me to sxamine you accord
ing to our established rules, are you will.
linS| You nod acquiesence. She gent.
!y steps close to you. lays her soft white
arm around your neck, dashes back her
raven curls, raises her syl lph like form up
on her tip'toes, her bosom against your
own, and with her angelic features lit ur
with a smile as sweet MS heaven. places
her rich rosy, pouty, sweet, sugar, molas
es, honey, butter. eggs, strawberry, sun
flower, lily rosebud, honeysucke, tart,
cream. baby jumper, apple pie, peach
pudding, apple dumplng, ginger bread
nectar lips, against yours, and = (Oh Jcru
salem } Hurrah for the gals and the
Maine law, and death to all opposition
A correspondent Of Buffalo paper
ASSERTS that Heenan, while on visit to
Brooklyn, called on henry Ward Beccher
put on the gloves with him, and found
that he would make as good y shoulder