The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-04-14

"Here's your bet.p
| Brick P oMERoY's CoURTsHIP-T other
girls o.. ours. as we are 1informe | by letter
has done gone AMI got well locked unto a
iinkerest of the gospel who attends prayer
meetings, swops horses, stands chaplain in
the army and gets drunk on the. sly Oh,
dearI This Is much misery + Wherefore
shall we flee now2 How we used to do the
courting for these girls Candy, peanuts,
worm lozepges, peppermint drops, little balls
of honey soap. night blooming for serious
ness, and such evidences did we pour into
them lap of hers, gwhereonIat yesper chimes
this head of ours did rest-Oh dear 1 ok
-lista -. ...-lf-s..o rYfgy .rlt
We used to blacken our boots, starch our
hair, grease our shirt and curl our ey ebrows
for them girl. And we rode horse tor her
paternal ,deriyatiYe toscultivate corn and we
MIXED the brindle -heifer as what no other
boy could milk, and we split oven. wood for
her ma, and who wolld not r. ) 4 4 n
And at night, when bats came forth, and
tumble bugs crawled oyer the lea, and young
pnllets sat in maiden meditation, fancy free,
holding their heads under one wing SO as 10
learn love by hearing their hearts beat, we
would hasten under Kalista's window, and
she would, with her lily7white hand, snail us
by the hair till we arrived at the bower of
love, as she called her garnet. IT was thus
our hair become less, and our confectionery
for Kalista increased. .s
When the week had busted on the rock of
Saturday night, we used to wander by the
brooklet and let the brooklet wander too.-
And Kalista went forth with us. Hand in
hand, like the Siamese ministers, we roamed,
sat on the .dewy bank 10 catch cold@in sour
heads, and laxuriate on the thank wet With
dew |! . And we used to decline against
fatherly and motherly elm tree, aud squeeze
our each others AS we rolled our eyes and
eekedIupwardsinto the blue vault, our spir-
its longed to vault into it, but didn't oh !!
this sparkingis heaven in two volumes, with
the price omitted. Did you ever spark? If
not, advance your works upon female Grim
olnc dear, and commence active hostilities
to onct. zoa bea 3i8I s11ae
Once we spanked Kalista when her mother
was looking. The old lady stopped US, oe-
cause it reminded her of other times, so she
said But then she didn't keep us stopped.
When we wanted to repoSe our head, Kalista
held her lap and into it We went Ike an ap-
pie. When we wante / kiss we told KaIsta
amber head over upon our forces and say,
/" Now, 'Biick, tea is ready" You can just
gamble we took tea from that little table lois
of times, and never asked any one to help
put back the plates Kalista, was zephy.
on a kiss, 1t was pretty near her best holt
Making mush was Kaista'S charm. When
the water did boil, how she sprinkled meal
into theiron -iron-rece pta kettle, and then
shake her locks in glee to see the infant mush
bubble and sputrer like fellow kissing
baby with his mouth tuil of beechnuts.
q We courted, spanked and courted Kalista
seventeen long years. She grew from size to
greater size, and all went merry as holiday
bell. Kalista's maternal author said we
might, and We intended to, and we should
have welded but for the looks.
Then there came from the war Journey
man converter, and he offered Kalista all he |
had, and the pair welded at once and now
kalista is telling some other delegate that
supper is ready!f-and thus another of our
lcpes IS spilled over life's precipice, and we
IRE left to mourn for the candy we gave unto
KaIista, who has left US all to die fila |
Crosse Democrat