The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-11-06

unity acresSsW theSOeN IHsd thatGver 2
cute door, rippled all to fln1crsli Oh,
Sarer ANN. httle-kaowest that we art
a rninedssAas,eya fpsa'sys! Little yo!'
thukesi ll.en art aAesgar. Oh, Jci.
|. sysalsm! IIeow sIsill I eyer ,pseet yon
/ III sin ,tl,is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wpnghted?
Arter ~ our shirnpip. an skwwinss an
sinelip', an ,turnie an twisiin; arty
sellip Old barney an tte steers; arteE
L se'lil. tho tsYsxeaN alp H. flef an t1e
nine sbo3,<; an artcr thou, ohs Sarel
Ann, eoin' to churcl, insealikcr, we'rc
q busted family. Oh, Jcrcwsale,n.
All, all lost-gonc ina mimi, ! Oh,
hcow, lcctlc jed, an Sarcr Ann, ken !
meet yeou?' ,Asts.s M
This ontbnrst from tic tai. Yankee
took US all by snpriso. We. could not
imagine what hail happened to. cause
him SO much alarm and grief, for the
tears were flowing plentif,Lly down his
{ "Satuti -DS'tteiI NitSeNS,
"What III the world has happened to
von, sir to cause yo, So much distress ?
ion are certainly not lamenting At ,l,i~
rate over that rent i'll yonr carpriha-?
asked |. advancing to where The Yankee
stood.
"Oh, no, no. Holy Jcrewsalcm, Of
| twas no,hn' clst but that on, mnr-
Ter, mur.ler lascnt hardly think on /
There's poor lit:le Si,rr Ann. fcclni' So
proud, an talkn,' 10 poor jed abont
our fine new homo i,,stke prairics, Jest
like ,no an her ns't tbtlcw, an' here, oh,
.}ewaau. is-a hull quarter section Of The
ncatcst k.nd in IowssTyssle toSesorna!
smash -
The poor fellows feelings now eon
ple'ely mastered him, and he hishxl,is
face III lis hands and sobhe.l like Il
child. Ills last words. however, gave
n,e 4 cine 70 ihe mystery, and taking
up lis carpethay commenced hau!ng
ont shirts, vests and hanakprchiefs, All
lihoronghlv water soaked, Till 1T tho
botiomI I,uaa 4 carefully ,sroilvl bun
H. ~.
Mr.. Yankee had now controlled his
griel. and stood near, with his hands or
his knees, bending over me in breath
less suspense. unrqlling hiekary
shirt, found within hat 4 large brown
paper parcel, and within that a hand.
kerchiet, carefully pinned and within
il a package done up in newspap
O. opening the newspaper found what
had expected 70 find from the first, !,
VIZ land warrent for 100 acres Of
Government land, All snug and dry.
II i almost useless 70 attempt 10 les
crbe the extravaganza ioy cfthe Yam
skec. TIE moment he saw that ms!ana
warrent was safe ai.'l sound, lie gave a
perfect howl Of delight, and snatching
i, from my fingers, be pressed it 10 his
bosom, as he might have donc NSarer
Ann had she been present, and with ire
menaous strides he commenced pacing
back and forth across rho room. It
seemed impossible for him to be still an
instant.
Glory to God.'' cried he; "glprv to
the most highest! Sarer ann, all our sa-
vim and scrimpin' Nint il vain! Gh on
with your tork--plan an kaikorlate.
Take little Jed on yer knee and sing.
In the cy'pin', whvn yeu 60 ont TO
milk, look to'rd where the sun is gnin
an think-tl,ar I've happy home'
loar sPeleg's thar; he'll l'iv the land
and will be happy vet! The steers is
saved! the shoa,s is all right the haf-
fer an, old Barnop's bonnd to
count! Oh, fellows! yon see in your
midst happy head ofcr famerly--you
witness joyful human"
If you will excuse my interrupting
! you. Sir, and it's fair question: said
I,.how did you come into this sorry
pickle?''
"Excnsc the question? Sarting, sart
ing? Tell yer the b,l story in er inmit
give the full pcrticklers--as full ac-
lkonnt! Jewdas! what Il narrer escape
that quarter section did hav." s'''
s'.Nell, but let IN have tie stosy.'s
Yes, sar,ing, satting! Wen, gents,
my name is PelsgkSnodgrasa, son Of
Mr., Snolgrass, 4DSm down iii shiain.,
Never mind that-tcll us how you
.~c.Esn ,,,c, sssa es% xSsxs ss& $50
.'Yas, ,sf,ins, wsll,, =: ye;,, ~ Sec. back
'hur, bout 4 mild hcyant Mock ycrncsc.
OF fCrick, | wur walkinr alonng rs happy
as lark, lookin' abeout over thc dEAirics,
y tss W. s#k