Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-02-19
A courtshin.

A Yankee Courtship.
Well, you see, me and Sal got along mid.
din we'll for some time, til 1 mRde up my
mind to fetch things to a he'd, for I loved her
harder and harder every day, and 1 had an
idea tina: she had a sorter sneaking kindness
for me, but how to dew the thing up right
pestered me Orful. I got some love books and
red how fellers got down on their marrow
bones and talked like parrots, and the gals
they would go inter a sort of trance, and then
how they would gently fall into the feller's
arms, but some how that way didn't suit my
notion. Iasked marin how dad courted her,
bot she said it had been so long tina: she'd
forgot all about it. (Unkle Joe alters saws
marin done all the cOurtin.D At last I made
up my mind to go it blind, for this thing was
fairly consuming my innerds. So I goes ov
er to her daddy's and when I got there I sOt
Ikea fool, thinking how I should begin
Sal she scd sumthin' was a troublin' me, and
SEE she-"Ain't you sick, Peterf"
"'Yes-no," sell; .'that is, 1 amt exactly
vel. 1 thought I'd come over tonight"
SEE That's = mighty putty beginnin,' any
how, thinks I; so I tried again. SAL" seq
I, and ;bout this time I felt mighty fainty
and Uneasy.
"What. !" seq Sal.
SAL. seq I agin.
What" seq she.
"rn get to it erter Q while at this lick"
thinks I.
"Peter," SEE she, there's sumthin' a troub-
lii you powerful, 1 no. Its nifty wrong for
you tew keep it from a body, for a innerd sor-
rer is a consuming fire." She sed this, she
did, the dear, sly creetur. She noed what
was the matter all the time, nifty well, and
was JUST tryin' to fish it out, but 1 was gone
so far I didn't see the pint. AT last I kinder
forter sulped down the lump as was raising
in my throat, and seq I-"sal, does yoa love
snybOdy!"
well" seq she, ''thar's dad and marin,
and, counting her fingers all the time with
eyes sorter shut, like a Teller shooting off a
gum and thar's old Pide, THAT were an old
COW of hern, I can't think of anybody else
jist now" SEE she. Now this war orful fur a
Teller ded in luv, so arter awhile I tries an
other shute. Seq I-"Sal, I'm powerful
lonesum to hum, and I sumtimes think If 1
only had 8 putty wife to luv and to talk to,
And to move and have ny bein' with, I
should be q tremendous feller." With that
she began and named over al the gals within
five miles Of thar, and never wunst cum a
nigh namin' of herself, and sed ! arter ge,
o OF them. That sorter got my dander up,
and SO i hitched my cheer close 10 hern. and
shet M eyes, and tremblously sed: ''Sal,
you are the very gal I've been hankering af-
ter for a long time. I 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 matrimony, pluribus unum,
world without end, seq L; and 1 felt like I'd
throw'd up an allygatur, 1 felt SO relieved
With that she fetched a sorter scream, and
arter a while she SEE, seq she, ''Peter ~
"What is't, Sally" seq 1.
"Ysr SEE she, q hidin' oy her putty face
behind her hands. You may depend upon it
/ felt Orful good.
~eGlory! glory !" seq !. At must hollar,
Sal, or I'll bust wide open. Hooray for
hoOray. 1 kin jump over a ten rail fence, 1
kin Go everything that any fellow could,
would or orter do" With that 1 sorter slosh-
ed myself down by her, and clinched the bar
gain with 8 kiss-and such q kiss-talk
about your sugar-talk about yer molasses-
talk about yer blackberry jam-you couldn't
have got me 10 come nigh 'em they would
all q tasted sour arter that. Eff Sails daddy
hadn't hollered out its time for all 'oneet
folks to be in bed, lido believe I'd staid there
sli mite. Yer orter seed me when I got hum.
I pulled dad outer bed and Rugged him. 1
pulled marin outer bed and Rugged her. I
pulled ant Jane outer bed and huggedher. 1
pulled the niger servant outer bed and hug
ged her. 1 rored, 1 hollered, I danced about
and cut up more capers than you ever heerd
tell ov, till dad thot I was crazy, and got a
rope to tie me with. Dad SEE I, Sim
gwine TO go FOR to get married" |,
Married J" bawled dad.
Married ]" squalled marin. I
Married." squacked ant Jane.
ayes, married 70 SEE 1. married all ov- {
er; jined in wedlock; hooked on for worser
or for better, for life and for death, to Sal
] am that very thing; me Peter Sporum, s
Esquire" With that I up and telled them {
all about ii, from Alpher to omegar. They {
were all nifty pleased and nifty willin', and 7
I went to bed as proud as a young rooster
with his first spurs. 6
oJehosifati didn't feel tremendous good, c
and kept 8 gettin' that way all mite. I didn't !
sleep a wink, but kept rOIlin' about and a t
thinkin' till my cup Ov happiness was full, y
pressed down and a runnin' over, c
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