The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-07-17
From vanity Fair
The Show mars s'0Urtsssa p.
uY Ar NUS WARD.

rY Arr MUS WARD.
There was many aifcctin tics which
made me banker aricr Betsy Jane
Her fathers farm iincd our'n; their
cows and onrn too squencht their
thurst at the same spring; our Old
mares both had stars in their for,ids Z;
the measles broke in both families at
nearly the same period orr parents
tBetsy's and minc) slept regularly esry
Sunday in the same meeting house, and
ihchnbers used to observe, "Ilow thick
the Wards and Pcascvs air - II was
II surblimr site, in the Spring Of the
year, to see our several mothers (Bet
rvs and minc) with their gowns pin'd
up so they couldn't sile EN-, affecshuni.
~ Bilin sop together & aboozin the ma
hcrs.
Al,ho l hanlerca intensely artcr the
ohjeck OF my a.fecshuns, l darsunt tell
her Of the fires which was rain in my
huzzum. I'll try to do it but my tung
wood kerwollup up agin the roof of my
moWth & stick char like death to de-
scast Aflikan or country post master
10 oiiiSs, while my heart wtanged agin
my ribs like an old fashioned wheat
l'lalc agin barn floor.
Twas calm still nite in Joon. Al
natur was husht and nary zc!fer disturb
ed the screen silens. / sot with Betsy
Jane on the Tense Of her fathers pastur.
We'd bin rompin threw the woods,
kullin flours d dririn the Woolchuch
from his Nativ Lair $50 to spcal) with
long sticks. Wall we sot thar on the
Tense, swiugin our feet two and fro
biushin as rcd as TIE Baldinsvile skool
house when it WAS fas painted, and
lookin very simple, ! make no doubt
My left arm was ocl,fp pied in ballunsin
mysilf on the Tense, while my rite was
woundid luyinly foand her waste.
| cleared my throat and tremlinly sei
--"Betsy you're oazel.c.''
/ thought that air was putty fine. |
waited to see what etfeck it wood hey
upon her. 1t evidently didn't fetch her
f3r size mp and sed:
"You're sheap!'
SEE |, Betsy, think very muchly OF
YOU"
81 don't b'lecvc a word you say-so
there now cum!' with which observa-
shen she hitched away from me.
81 wish thar was windcrsto my Sole,' y
sed \, $50 that you could see some OF
my feclins. There's fire enough here .
Red /, strikin my buzzum with my first
ito bile al the com beef and tnrnips in
the ncighborhooa. Yersoovius and the
Crittcr amt circumstans
Size ! ovid her he'd down and com
nie.st vnawin the strings to her sun
bonnet.
oar could you know the slccp'ess
nights | worry threw with on your &C
count, how yittleS has seized to be at
tractive to me & low my limbs has
shrunk up, you wouldn't doubt me-
Gaze on this wastin form and these 'erc
sunken checks
l should have continnered on this
strane probably tor som time, but nm
fortnitly lost my ballansc and fell
over Into the rastnr kcr smash, tearin
my close and severely damagin myself
ginnerally.
Betsy Jane sprang to my assistance
in double quick time and dragged me
4th. Then DRAWN herself up to her full
hite she said:
II won't listen to Your nonsents no
longer. Jes say rite out what you're
drivin AZ. Ifyou mean gettin hitched
I'MlN..'
! considered that air enough for al
practical purposes, and we proceeded
immcjltly to the parsons and was made
] that veray nite
The Atlanta (Ga.) Inte,ligcncer Of
June Sth, saws: