Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-03-25
BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENNA SATURDAY, MAR

MAJOR appeared to study Tor moment,
then abruptly proposed a game of "old
sledgo,' or sevcu.up, the stake to be his
daughter Fanny against the crop Of wheat.
This ofcourse tie young man Indignantly
refused because he could not bear the idea
that the hand of her loved should be made
the subject of IA bet; or that he should
win a wife by gambling for her and
perhaps because he knew the old man was
hard to beat, and there was strong prob
ability Of losing both wheat aud wife.
1t was not until the Major, with his
usual obstinancy, had sworn that unless
he won her he should never have her that
the young man was forced reluctantly to
consent to play,
The table was paced, candles lit, the
cards produced, and the players took their
seats with Fanny between them, to watch
the progress Of the game. The cards were
rrgularly shunicd aud it fell to the NJ jor's
lot to deal, The Gr.t hand was played,
and Bob made gift to his opponents high,
low game. Bob dealt; the Major again
made three to his opponents one.
"Slx to two," SAID Mis- Fanny, with a
sigh
The Maj'r, "a ne dealt tio cards wink.
ed knowingly aud said
I'm good for the wheat, Master Bob +"
The old man turned up trump-it w $
spade. Fanny glanced at her fathers
hand-hcr heart sank he held the tray
eight. spotand the king. She then looked
at Roberts hand and 10, he had the ace
queen, deuce, and jack, or kuave, She
Whispered to Bob to beg-he did so.
"Tako it," said the Major.
Robert led the dence which the cid man
took with his three spot; and he then
followed by TIaying the kink, Bob putting
his queen upon it, The Major, supposing
it to be the young mans last trump, lear
ed over the table, and trapping the las
trick with his finger, said
"Vhat's good as wheat
'''I, it = asked Bob, az he displayed tc
the astoniahed Major the ace and jack ye
in his hands.
"High, low, Jack, and game shouted
Bob.
"Cut," calculated Fanny.
"Good as wheat" added Bob, as h
flung his arms around her neck and kissct
her.
In due time they we're married and eve
: after that, when anything occurred o
l pleasant nature to the happy couple the
. would express their emphatic aIprobatio
Of it by the phrase, Good as whea, p
TIT FOR TAT.-A certain Mr.. Robe
Thomas, residing somewhere in the we
tern section of this State, having adve
tised his wife Rebecca as "leaving his be
and board without just cause" cautionir
tie public, at the same time, mot TO tru
Il her on his account Mrs. Thomas, evde
tly not peasco to be so scandalized com
" back a, her spouse as follows:
t. Il must justify myselfby stating that
had good reasons for leaving, as he W
SO cross tha. no one could do anything
please him. He turned US DOT to the i
c'cmcncy Of the weather and ragged al
stormcd and threatened until L was afra
he would kill me. had TO work out
the fields for the sake Of keeping peace al
II still could not, and rather than fight vi
s him left his bed and board. AS for Il
( bed, it was my own before marrying bin
i and as for board it was poor grub b
o my boarding was all got for work
e doors ard out. Caution all pcr'ons fro
buying any household property from hi
&c as the most in bis house I took there.
y for trusting me on his account | dou tthal
&c any one for so doing,tor always had go
r credit myself, l never lived such Ii
y as I have for the last few months and
a have decent relations to live among
le thought Iwou!d better myself than Ii
'o with him, and all this can prove,
~ made his other wife be hostler,aud harrt
J. ard 90 to mill with and old OK and eve
= thing of mems work, and l am too old
such work"
A CARPENTER who was always progn'
70 ticatng evil to himself, was one dag up
+. the roof Of five story building, up
o which had fallen a rain The roof bel
n slippery, he lost hio footing and as
was descending towards the caves, he
ct claimed Gust as told you !" Catchi
&c however, in the tin spout, hO kicked
el his shoes aud regained place of safe
h. from which he thus delivered himself;
knowed it; there's pair of shoea o.