The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-30
ny HUSBAND AND |.

mer Montgomery aud |, My name, befor.
1 was married, was Betsey Jane Higbee
When Twas girl they used to have
such splendid pairing bees, but | did DO
like togo very often because it was s
much trouble to get ready, and besides this
don't like To pare apples VII the evening
for nothing mad always rathergozto bee
and read, especially when could get zou,
Of these delightful novels, where the hero
inc suffers soihucif bur lliarries the man
her choice at last. 2as sil-A t1T.E
One Thgh, Mehitable SYKES had a pairing
and nothing would do but T must go, an,
there 1 saw MIR. Montgomery. d. We al
thought that he was such a nice young
man, and l WAS proud, can tell you, wheI
he came and sat down beside me to pare
from my dish, How fast he did work! II,
would pare two apples to my one every time
Oh, dear! 1t made me tired Just TO sex
bis hands CO. aud / ieaned back against tie
wali,jtist to look at them He looked al
me and said: f"'
Let's hurry and get them done, and then
we VIII have some sport
hurried as fast as could, but, o. dea
me! / was so tlred.< Tie fact is, l-beIieve
] am constitnlionaIly tired; for ever since
can reintmber, it has tired me dreadf1Tly x
Aftsr we got the apples done We bad
plays and forfeits, and solie way or another
MIR. Montgomery was the one to kiss irlt
every time. To tell the truth, do moi
know whether he kissed me or mott wa.
done 30 quickly Ifelt moustache brush
my cheek each time, so guess he did.
After these were over, and had my bop
net sid shawl on, he asked me If he might
seN me home, and of course said yes, fo'
he was the best looking fellow in the house
While We were going home he asked III,
to have him My goodness. was SO as
tonished. 1t was no sudden--besides that
it was the first offer | ever had. He was il
great burry for his answer, SO 1 sent him
TO my father. Father and mother said yes,
and in three weeka we We're married HI
could not wait any longer, he said, as hi
business was such that he should be obliged
to hurry and get settled9dso, s.s a5a
did not want TO work so hard to get
ready, butwas Obliged to, to please him.
vas not quite ready-the lining was not
all sewed onto my dress-but mother pinned
the rest and made it do.
The next morning We were married, Mr..
Montgomery, says he to me-
The minister will be here, directly, Betsey
JSne-you must hurry up - 81
That is just what he has been doing ever
since, hurryinR me up. suppose an
rather slow, but father and mother were
both slow, and they get along well enough
To be sure, the boys used to steal fathers
fruit because he laid abed 80 long in th,
morning, and the COWS used to get into til,
whestfeld, because the fence was out of re
pair--but it was not because father WAS la
Zy, if he did lie abed mornings-it was be
cause ono hours sleep in the morning don,
him more good than half his nights rest be
sides. l have heard him say so time anC
again; and if the fence was broken down i
was not because he was negligent--it WA
because he had so much to do.
Some ofthe 'neighbors we're mean enough
to fling it at my mother that we never had
whole dress on. SBut it was not her fan t
the calico was rotten mother said SO; and
mother never found any fault Will: father
audt go not think any one else need to.
did not meanto tell you anything ah0u
my father and mother and ! should no
have doneSso, ouly ! wanted to show 4Yo'
that had good bringing up. ~
almost Worshpped my husband when
married him and thought whatever h,
SAID vas just right; so when be told me &
hurry ny, for the minister would be ttIeT'
directly, just thought that it was becaus,
be loved me SO that he was in hurry to b
married
thought for couple of mouths it wa
only because he loved me so Then, afte
awhile, tried to excuse it myself and sa,
it was his way; but after a couple of year
caaie TO the Conclusion that if it Was hi
way was peskey mean one.
could not set down to eat my bFeakfas
but there be stood, Wiping his month, an,
saying betY cen g1lps. as he tried to 5swal
low tie last mouthful:
Come. come, hurry up if you want m
to kiss you before | go Really, Mrs. Mont
gomery, l have been done eating this halt
hour .-s.af d aa.. s.s44 Ill
When it was not FIVE minutes since h
FIRST sat down to the table.
Sometimes used 10 be afraid lie woul
choke on the last inouthful, for / knew h,
must be swallowing it whole, and wonli
hesitate a little just to give chance to ge
it settled, YOU know. when, as sure as yo
live, he would start off mad, with
Very well, Mrs Montgomery, if yo
cant hurry little cannot wait. :
(He calls me Mrs Montgomery, wheneve
he is put out about anything
de would slam the -desjr SO spitefully alte
him, declare it used nearly to break IN
heartt to use me SO when | tried to do rigt
all the time
Come, Betsey Jane, hurry, up that sur
per, must go down town tonight to I'll
club
Indeed, think it was to bad, when ha
been hurrying for the last half hour, an
che Ere would not burn!
vas reading thai beautiful book Gale
''Amauda FItzhugh Ludlow; or the Ny
teries Of Ludlow Manor; and ! forgot til,
It was tius to build a ere. I'm sure it VIC