Litchfield enquirer., 1861-03-07

cut more, steamboat wood in one day than Bill Sparks could in week.
 And who was Bill Sparks ? asked I with a dread presentment.
 Bill was husband of mine, too. He had money, Bill had, and he entered two forties oi upland, and bought four head ocattle. Yonder's two of 'em now. l am going to take em up on the next boat to swap for groceries
 Did MT. Sparks die, tool? :Now you dont think I'd gone and got mar. ried and him alive! O. course he died. He was took down sudden ketchin drift-wood My boy ran home about it, and 1 went down with Jane and we packed him to the house, and made him as comfortable as we could but it warn't no use.'
 Fever and ague, supposed?'
 Fever nager? You'd said so ifyoud seen him shake l gave him all the quinine there was in the Hubbard, and then sent Jane to Mr Skeggses to bring all the quj-nine he had and his hymn-book. He went of peaceable and his last words was Where's Jimmy?' 1 Meaning your little boy?'
 No; Jimmy Sands, my husband hefsre him 1 They had been great friends, and l think poor Bill must have seen his sperrit for the owls was whcoping awful that night. Them two mules in the cabbage patch was Jimmy Santses and that thar mar. (mare) whose head is poking out of the corn crib, is the same mar he married me offsn'
 Married you from off horseback 1 Well, you'd say So if you'd seen us. It was when lived down to Stoney at the crossin with l Sal. Sal she hearn some one holn' and shak- ia tie gate one night. and thinking it was just some stranger wantin' to git to stay all night, she never minded; but the noise kept on so, that at last she poked her head out O the divid- ! ing and asked what was wantin.'
 "' Are thar any younger gals here as wants to git married' In goin' down to the river bot tom, am, to live in the timber gotta mar and mule, ai:d lots ef traps. and don't ask nothin | return but plain cookin' and kerrect behavior
 Jane says Sal what do you sav?'
 "Sez J, I'm wilin'," sez I, but cant be married without preacheri
 ": He says thaI's a preacher cut thar with him.
 '' Ask hi:n # it's Mister ske~gs; I won't be married by nobody but Mir Ske2gs
 ''' Y ss is him.
 Wei, strnch light and put on my Sunday dry goods mighty qack. Sal, she carried out a fryln pan of grease with rag for candle, and We woke np Sails uncle, cid man Solomon. and so got married. Jm and had to jine hands and lie on the mar; ls couldn't git down on ac- count of the furniture and things beiRg hitched all round him
 B;l! is this Nr. S1Zegss regular clergyman :? bH, reg .tf t,Uiit. He and Jimmy met to- gether at the cross;n,' and it vas him ,e coin lneI',ied nle. lie got sight Of tin fer the job, to0r
 "A large sn!n, vas it?'
 l t Waint i:i money; it ,7as tin cuns Jimmy pala h:m with. Jimmy pctidled tin cnI:s round the cGHitlv. aud had two dozen left tir Skoggs . put 'eHl round his neck n string and we heard enl rattjin oii the prairie a mile of?
 Wei madam. l o':5 l"ye some idea oG living lrNa;n t!e bottom myself, but 'NoHn in the bottom. What, among tllem ! r";'@5 Of water: ] sec you Twin: there. 4 i pound Q !qai nine minute wovij keep y4u alive tive GuEa. ifyoG want good hEi!,l:n lot. there's 'ny two iortss, I sci en, ciyap--a dol i lar and B l.a: &n acre.' ' | NH nat certain after what yctl layc related t'lat could no live long, efgn ;n the ai,..,l.,i , &ot "ithouj yau y'as used to Ii. you coudu t. Somo tail it, and S9a.e car t. Nov there's al i old gentlemen IT to town that l t!.i}, might stand i, |; coHple Q year anyhow, Sqa.re spring i reckon Yvu !;nov him ; ht. got sp.cad:d wae- on and tesn, ;,md they do say he's got huldred head Of hogs. }'oE never heard did you?'
 Could the wol:;n possibly mean to compass the deliberate n.rrier Of Squire Sr'ing? l wanted nothing further to asten my departure 1 The shades of evening were falling fast, the owl had already begun to utter his ng-tlrawn | friShtiul cry mingle whoop and howl aud re- ceSag few general directions as to my nee}'- est way to >, rapidly left my newly chosen residence to rearward, debating within myself whether or no it was my duty to inform tue authorities of the existence of this horrible h,t&5anl|Gup.- Jous7sul