Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-23

The Western styles.
Once, said Boegs, lived OF the prairie,
in Illinois. I,el you that was the country
for sparkinp. When you went 90 see girl
Won were expected as matter Of course, %
s., up with her till near morning. The old
folks turned in and let things take their
own course. They trusted the girls, they
did. When had been with my cousin,
who is farmer, few weeks, there was q
Fourth Of July ce.ebra,io;in at Paw Paw,
few miles distant. The people gathered In
IRON every direction for over twenty miles
around. There was Hooaier Grafton and
IA lIooser dinner, and a iloosicr ball The
Hoosi,r ball commenced nj five O'Clock IN
the afternoon, and they just "hoed II dow"
until Eve o'clock next morning. wen.
was introduced TO my cousins wi'es cou'
ain, and she was sumner, too. l tell you.
Tha, gir could talk. She had lust come
from boarding school somewhere East She
knew Eastern ways and Western wsys. and
somehow she seemed to know just how to
strike the right balance between them. !
was afraid Of her ut first. She wns what
your noyclis,s call regal. sclf-posscss d.
queen like Hut soon she nut me at my
ease. She fixed fun, too. She had beau
with her, but she threw him of ~ naturally
m poasibls, to mt with me. Then be
vent or and got drunk, sd about 90 beur
after ~ard there vas drunkcn horse and
buggy with Pepper inside Of II, tcaring
through the single main street in PawPsW
Well. the buggy hit = post and turned
over, and cut went Pepper, and when he
was picked up his senses were oil knocked
out OF hun. Then they carried him into the
hotel aud laid him on bed, and Sil the girls
and fellows came in ard stood around him
and nv regal beauty hnthcd his head with
cologne aud cried over him. Pepper wasn't
long in coming to, bui lie diin't let on when
he did come TO. lie just laid there and let
that girl bend over him aud cry aud slop his
head with spirits Of camphor. ! saw It all.
He had n good thing just then. Id taken
all his runaway chances for a similar con-
sidera,isn. However, Il was soon found
out that nothing very bad WAS the matter
with Pepper, and then the crying. ccrn.fcd
beauties quickly dried their tears aud put
for the ball room had n slight hand in
the matter, you see, Tor ! just gave my
cousin q hint Of the real state Of things, and
he hintcd TO his wife and his wife toCarolinc
tthat was her name, aud she camc back to
her normal condition, aud things went on
straight again.
felt sory for Pepper, too lie had to
lay abed. you see, just TO keep up the dchl-
sion that hs was hurt. had for the time
the inside track on him. It's very nice to
have the inside track In these m.ttess, cs-
pecialy when you've been standing on the
outside for long time. Well, we danced
aud sung. and made love til n, Or morning.
They do all thcss things ct Hoo isr balls on
the prairie. Aud about three o'clock par
ted from my regal, corn fed beauty. got on
the wagon with my cousin and his wife ,and
a. we took our way hoAs was thousand
miles in love. never expected 70 see he,
again. I went 10 bed little thinking that
should see her before I arose from M,
couch.
There was just two rooms in INV cousins
log housc--the front room and the back
room. Tho front room was about the whole
house. in fact. and was kitchen, parlor, bed
room aud every thing. A the guest Of tho
slept late that morning. Tho sun was high
in the heavens when l awokc. thought a
moment Of the paradise ! had been in the
night before, when heard IA buggy drive
up to the front gate. aud then voices, then
voice. Good gracious! It was that oi
the regal Caroline. sew it ALL Words
indicative OF forth coming visit had faile,
ON nay ear the day before. But had n,
idea II was TO he so soon. And there va.
in bed. and the front door of tho house wa,
the front door Il the room, aud when i
opened it would disclose me. IA bashful
SHRINKING youth of c'shtcc.. in bed. Sh,
was coming up the walk. Now, The fact is
Western style. jus, IN that ncighborhosd
wa not bit shocked nj seei Z . male per
non in bed. But was just from the East
where such spectacle was supposed I,
KNOCK asinrle woman down. or worse.
made lightning aleulation a. 10 til,
time it woula take for me to get out and &c
on my pants. Could l but get on ,hos,
pants things would not bear 50 bad an as
poet. 'TwouIdnt be quito so embarrassing
Yes, Id make the venture. acted on tn
resolve. | thrust on one bashfal limb. =
Her hand was on the latch. just tim
enough had | 10 snake the leg back agail
when in she came, looking as booming an,
smiling as one Of the new covered prair
flowers over which she had Just passed. =
And do y0u think she made any fuss, o
called up any extra bushes, or tired 10 ca,
tcrp,llsr. or anything OF that sorts Not
hn Of IT, When she saw mo she Just tool
things a. easily and quietly ne il She ha
been IN the habit every morning Of poppin
in ON single gentleman ahcd.
As for me, Twas suhjugatcd. had moth
ing 10 do but To lay still and take things a
they came. did try 10 make a sort Of DO,
as she entered, but YOU can't make grace
full bow When YOU are almost all horizontal
Aud then don't you think she walked up 4
that bed as cody rs II her own sister Ia,
there, aud al down ON the side ui il. an,
commenced talking about the ball the nigh
b~f re. She scemcd to hc en- rcly at ease
bu wasn't concluded il must be Yves,
crn fashion, but 1t required some little tim,
to get broken in. II was my first expert
encc in that line l rather liked it, but |
was rather too much to come at once.
wartcd her to stay; and wanted her to Z,
away. Well. she stopped there on that bed
side and talked for . half an honr. Ant
then she went into the apart ment where III,
married couple reuosed, and there WASN'T
much time lost on my part in getting OF
one pair Of pants. | soon got broken into
Western style after that. It's great coun
thy Cor sparkling shall never see anothc
likeit