Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
VOL XIII.
4 YANKEE couRrsHIP,

a YANKEE COURTSHIPS
Well. you see. me and Sal got along mid
din well for some time, till l made up my
mind to fetch things to he'd, for loved her
harder and harder every day, and l had an
idea that she had sorter sneaking kindness
for me. but how to dew the thing UP right
pestered me orful. 1 got some love hooks
and red how fellers got down to their mar
row bones and talked like parrets, and the
gals they would go inter sort of trance, and
then how they would fall into feller's arms,
but some how that way didn't suit my notion
| asked marin how dad courted her, but she
said it had been so long that she'd forgot all
about it. (Unkle Joe alters says marin done
all the courtin'.) At last l made up my mind
to go it blind, for this thing was fairly con-
suming my innerds. So 1 goes over to her
daddy's and when got there 1 sot like fool
thinking how l should begin. Sal saw some
thin was a troublin me. and sez she-"Ain't
you sick, Peter?"
"Yes-no," sez / 'that is l amt exactly
well. thought I'd come over tonight" sez
/. That's might putty beginnin, anyhow,
thinks l !; so tried again. "Sal," sez 1, and
about this time 1 felt mighty fainty and onea-
sy.
"What. ~ sez Sal.
SAL" sez ! again.
"What 2" SEE She
"III get to it arter while at this lick, =
thinks l.
Peter sez she, there's somethin' a trou-
bin you powerful. l no its nifty wrong for
you tew keep it from body, for inner sor-
ter is a consuming fire. She sed this, she did,
the dear sly creeter. She noed what was the
matter all the time, ,4nity well, and was just a
tryin' to fish it out, but l was gone SO far 1
didn't see the pint. At last l kinder sorter
gulped the lump as was rising in my throat,
and sez / SAL does you love anybody"
"WeIl,' SCI she, that's dad and marm and
Counting her fingers all the time with eyes
sorter shut, like felIer shooting of a
gun.) and thar's old Pide THAT were On old
cow of hern,) can't think of anybody else not
now SEE she. Now this was orful for feller
ded in luv, SO arter a while l tries another
shute. Sez I-"Sal, am powerful lonesom to
hum, and if had some one to love and
to talk to, and to move and to have
my bein' with, l should be tremen-
dous feller" With that she began and
thar and never wunst cum nigh namin' of
herself, and sed orter get one of them
That sOrter got my dander up, and rs | hitch
ed my cheer close to hern, end shet my eyes,
and tremblously sed "Sal, you are the very
gal I've been hankering after for long time.
| luv you all over, from the sole of your head
to the foot Of your crown, an don't care
who knows it !; and if you say so, we'll be
joined together in the holy bons of matrinony,
plur bus unum, word without end sez l ::
and felt lile Id thrown up an alligator,
felt so relived. With that she fetched a sor-
ter scream : and arter while she sez sez She,
Peter ?"
"What, is't Sally ?" scz I.
Yes - sez she, blindin OF her putty face
behind her hands. You may depend upon it
felt orlul good.
GLORY glory y scz l. II must hallar, Sal
or I'll bust wide open. HOoray for hOoray.
/ ken jump over ten rale fence. can do
every thing that any feller could, would or or
ter do" With that | sorter sloshcd myself
down 10y her, and clinched the bargain with
kiss-and such kisS-talk about your sUI-
gar-talk about yer merlasses- about yer
blackberry b jam-you couldn't have got me to
come nigh EN- they would all tasted sour
arter that. Eff Sails daddy hadn't hollered
out its time for all onest folks to be in bed
| do believe Id stood there all mite.
Yer orter seed me when l got hum. l
pulled dad outer bed and hugged him.
pulled marin outer bed and huggcd her. 1
pulled ant Jane outer bed and hugged her. I
pulled the nigger servant outer bed and hug
gcd her. l roored holIered; l DANCED
about and cut up more capers than you ever
herd tell ov, till dad thot i was crazy, and got
rope to tie me with. Dad" sez i, I'm
gwine to go for TO get married.
Married :" balled dad.
Married y squalled marm.
married y squeaked ant Jane.
Yes married :" sez |. Married all over /;
iined in wedock hooked on for worser or for
better, for life and for death, to Sal 1 am
that very thing me Peter SpOrum, Esquire. y
With that up and teled them all about it,
from Alpher to Omegar. They were nifty
pleased and nifty wilin' and l went to bed US
proud as young rooster with his first spurs.
o Jehosifatl didn't feel tremendous good
and kept getting that way all mite. l didn't
sleep wink, but kept rollin about and a
thinking till my cup of happiness was full
pressed down and runnin' over.