Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-07-01
why Aunt Oily Never Married.

why Aunt Oily Never Married.
"'Twasn't for want of chances | staid
SINGLE" said Aunt Oily, with decisive
nod of her head.
Clara, who was just beginning to have
beaux home from lyceum, glanced up from
her drawing at the old lady's pointed nose
ard peaked chin, and wondered within
herself if they were always so long and
sharp.
Aunt Oily caught the look, for what
ever had become OF the charms of youth,
her eyes and ears had lost none OF their
original keenness.
Don't you believe NE ? -" quoth she,
giving hitch to the left shoulder of her
dress.
Then she made several more short mods,
and smiled TO herself as If at old memo
ries. +
Didn't you ever hear me tell about
Linus Leach and his cherry party #" asked
she, presently.
What WAS 1t, Aunt Oily !" returned
good-natured Bessy, who had heard the
story ever since she was a small girl often
and often.
Aunt Oily threaded her needle com
placently.
Linus was some older than | was, but
he took great shine to me, and | expect
: soas as well-looking and appearing as
any of them. / could dance like a top.
too, ard | was a good deaf sought after
tor partner at all the balls and parties"
said she, 1rowni3s with an air of superior
ity at Clara. Linus paid me a sight of
attention, and | expect nothing but lie
would have made me an offer if | hadn't
been so otfish DE made me present of
the first umbrella that ever was brought
into this town, and | was always sorry, if
he could give it TO me, that it hadn't been
silk He lived up in what is Lawriston's
Mills now, on the old Weatherbee farm.
and it was a grand, good fruit place, can
tell you.
Zone time he invited all Us young folks
there TO eat cherries. He had noble
cherry-orchard, and he went and cut down
some of the best trees, so we could pick
the cherries handy and at our ease. Then
if he saw any body getting an uncommon
nice bunch he would say, No, no, that is
for Miss Oily Let Miss Oily have
that Molly HOLSTER was real hector,
so she would try TO get the best ones on
purpose to plague him; then she would
ask. Why couldn't she have them? She
wanted good cherries as will a. Dilly!7
Yes, l suppose | might have gone up
there To live il had run of that notion;
but Leach was as gray rat then, and
he want considered over bright neither.
SO | didn't give him no encouragement.
and he got to going with Hepsibah Hltch-
cock after she come In town and set up
tailoring; and finally he didn't marry no
body, but went out west and died there
But didn't yon have an offer from any
body ~ queried little Lucy, who sat on
the floor with her lap full of kittens.
DIV tar al III I
story.
i" Tchis :" calculated Aunt Diny. by
which she meant to say Yes. 81 had
offers a plenty-or might have had if I'd
wanted them. The young fellows under
stood that | was smart to work besides
being lively company and | didn't pass
tor anyoody's fool, csn tell you. | sup
pose likely | might have married to Ce
phas johnson If I'd been a mind 70. He
run after me TIL he saw 'twan' of no fur
ther use. l broke him up OF it finally
one night when whole string of y0uny
folks was coming home from an annie
pairing at Uncle Josiah Chambers.
We had been having a high time all
the evening naming apples and CRACKING
our jokes, and we felt pretty full or tbe
matter and ready for most anythipg-eI
but Cephas. He was trudging along So
Der as Judge, and by and by what does
he DO but come up to me and ask il he
should have the pleasure of my company
homef 80 picks up an old broomstick
that happened 10 be lying there, and hold
ing 1t out, says, says |, Take that if you
want something TO walk with y He ap-
peared real dashed, and went off without
saying another word. | was most sorry I
did it; but il he hadn't been a ODmD ba
would have known better than to s,at, -,
that way when we were all walking along
IN crowd together. He gcas a little lack.
ing' out be had hice farm, and | should
nave oeeh sure OF good home al my
Gays l had brought my mind To marry
hlin- ne TOOK the hint though upon that.
and didn't tag after me aGv moro ~
married Judith Gloucester. nf pnr,ar,,.
right away in few months as .oor >,
ever she could fix.
They were married at Porterlv !, ~
morning, and had house warming no.
ST Launberton, that same evening. All
the young fellows snd girls that Cepbas
used 10 go with Were invited and made a
great houSeful. We played PLAYS and car
ried on pretty high till, Ia one OF the PLAYS.
somebody happened to tear one of the /
muslin window curtains and then Cephas
made such a dreadful to>do that il spoiIt 1
everything. Judith had wit enough TO be
ashamed of him, and she tried TO turn il
off and say it wasn't any matter, she could
mend it well enough; but he kept break
Ing out every few minutes, saying it was
3 great pity to tear a new curtain like that.
md the one that did it must have been
7ery careless. He just about spoiIt the