East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-02-21
A GOOD JOKE.

Cedar county, which as we have never
seen in print, we consider worth relating.
The circumstances happened some time
ago, but will lose nothing by its age. 1t
was told to us by one who knew, aud
who said il was true.
a certain wound man in search Of a
wife, being out on courting expedition,
as is customary with young men, came
late on Sunday evening, and in order to
keep his secret from his young acqnei". d
ances. determined to he ut home on Mon
day morning, bright and early, so that
his absence would rot DO noticed. But
his aflianced resided several miles from
the town in which he soournedi and so,
TO overcome the distance, required the
pse of a horse. Mounted Oh his horse,
dressed in his fine white summer pants,
and other fixins in proportion, he arrives
at the residence of his lnamoiata, where
he is kindly received, and his horse prop
erv taken care of, 10y being turned INT"
the pasture for the night. The evening
yea the nigbt--passed away, but now
to the young man is nobudy's business
Three o'clock in the morning arrived.
Our hero was awake-mayhe he had
been so all night-but It matters nor;
three o'clock was the time for hlm to de-
part, so that he might arrive at home be-
! fore his cunrads were stirring. Not
wishing to disturb the family OF hIS lady
! love, who were then wrapped III the arms
! of Morpheus, hc sailed forth to the pas
turc to catch his horse, but here was a
difficulty--the grass was very high ana
loaded with dew. To venture IN there
with his white pantsloons would rathe'
take the starch out OF them anu lead ~
detection. 1t would not do to put on
his white unmentionables, so he quickly
made his resolve. 1t was three O'CLOCK
in the morning, and nobody was stirring
SO he carefully disrobcs himself OF his val
usble "whites," and places them IN safety
ON the fence, while he gives chase Will
unscreeued pedals through the wet gra'
after the horse. But the steed weS lond o
, clover. aud had no notion ol leaving IT
Bat our hero was not To he thwarted, al
though he began to realize the truth o
the old adage about tho course OF trn
love, Sc, and inally the horse was cap
7 tured.
Returning to tho fence where he ha
safely suspended his lilly white unmei
,ionables q! mirGJk dtet0i what hon
i rible sight met his eyes The held INT
I which his horse had been turned was no
!. only "horse ,lpasture," but "csii pa
turo" too and the naughty calves, al
tracted by the phite .R1g on the fence na
betaken themselves 10 It, aud eay'H
: had almost eaten thSm up' only lew wei
4 chewod fragments Of this once vauaOI
article of his wardrobe now remained
only few shrcds-iust sufficient to II
dicate what they once had been! Wh'
!. A picklc this was for nice young ma
d 10 be in
1t was now daylight, and the indn
= trious farmers were mp aud about, al
our hero far from home, with no GOVERN
in for his travelling apparatus. 1t won
not do to 90 back to the house OF his
= dy.love, as they weren now all up, and nc
could he get in without exhibiting III
self TO his fair one, which might rum
match? No, no, that would not uo.-
IN Neither could he 90 to town IN III
plight. There was only one resour
= left him, and that was to secrete INNS
in the bushes till the next night,
In then pet home under the cover OF dial
ness. This he resolved to do, aud acc'
. dinghy hid himself under thick und
growth of bushes
III
- lection Of the bushes for some time; a
il may be imagined that his feelings u
ee- ards the calf kind were not OF the m'
friendly character; but ere long his
: clusion was destined to be intruded W
The family of his fair one, seeing
can horse remain in the pasture, inquired
nts' the lady what she lad done with
'N'' lover. She was non plused. She o
- knew he had left about three o'clock
the morning. Things didn't look r'g
mes il he had gone, why lid he leave
, horse? Suspicians were awakened,
= and by the boys who had been out
feed the calves, returned with the u
sde nants of the identical white garme
= which adorned the lower limbs OF II
= late visitor. They were mangled
torn to shreds! An inquest was I'M
poe diately held over them, Some 7"
aice fate had bciallen the unfortunate yo'
V. man. The neighbors were soon s.
moned to search for his corpse, aud
,cy's posse, with all speed, set out with q
god. and arms to search. The pasture
" thoroughly secured, and then the a
cent thcket, when, lol our hero
driven from his lair by the keen scent
IS of the dogs, oil safe, alive aud well, but
,ffcc nus the linen. An explanation then
" v 0 sued at the expense of our hero, but
- was successful in the end, aud maj
the lady, and is now living comfort
in one OF the aourishing little town
a,,o Iowa.
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