Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-13
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 J. RsLOWELL.

'.s .tt ..,ts --s---. .afs4ts sE }sF r . s'l God makes sech nights, all white an still ;i@ F1r's you can look or listen, : Moonshine an snow on field an hill,
 All silence an all glisten.
 Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An peeked in thru the winder, An. there sat Huldy all alone, ----s
 'Ith no one nigh to, hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side ..ar -1 With half cord of wood in There Marnt ncstoves (tell comfort died)
 To bake ye to puddin'. s7.a .sss Tho walnut logssh sparkles out .g. Toward the pootiest, bless her, Ami leetle flames danced all about " The chiny on the dresser. a -a a.. ?. fAgn the chiInbly crook-necks hung An. in among 'em rusted y ,.s aa - The ole queens arm that gran'ther Young VI. Fetched back from Concord busted. The very room, coz she was in, ''
 Seemed warm from floor to ceilin', , -.5. An she looked full as rosy agin ,-. EE the apples che was peelin', - , Twas kin Q kingdom come to look
 On sech . blessed creter, air- ii ''-.. ''' A dogross blushin' to brook . g,.... ..
 Ain't modeBter nor gweeter
 He was six foot O man, Al, -- ...,--
 Clean grit and human natur'; C None couldnt quicker pitch 8 ton E .'r, ,,, Nor dror furrer strengthen. ..-. He'd sparksd it with full twenty gals, ,:f He'd squired 'em, danced 'em druv 'em, Fust this one, an, then that by spells Sc 1,o lvnA1 11rvn Snvn z But long Q her his .veins 'ould run IA All crinckly, like curled maple,
 The side she breshed felt fu1l O sun .- Ez south slope in Ap-i. ..5--,. She thought no vice he'd sech swing ' ny Ez 1sn atsn n Re tns sda SeelE Sd Hundred ring,
 She kno'oed the Lord was higher. j1i An she blushed scarlt, right in prayer, 2- When her new meetiu' bonnet Felt somehow thru the crown pair
 O blue eyes set upon it. :l-~,t 2' That night, I tell ye, she looked sonae
 She seemed to'ye got new soul,
 For she felt sure he'd come, ,, .- Down to her very shoe-sols. '5-' She heered foot, and knowed it tu, .. Araspin' on the scraper- All ways to once her feelings flew Like sparks on burnt-up paper.
 He kin O filtered on the mat ...- , Some doubtfe of the sekle. -.' His heart kept goin' pity-pat, -aY.-. g s But horn went pity Zek1e.
 An yet she gin her cheek jerk .... .-..
 Ez though she wished him f1rder, An on her apples kep' to work, -
 Parin' away like murder. ..-,..-. .t-. "You want to see my Pa, s'posef" .laf f
 'WaIno-I come dasignin'"- .r ''To see my Mar She is sprfnklin' clo'es s Agin to-morrows pnin'." eTn @c .t To say why gals acts so or so, 3e..S!. -.'
 Or don't ould bepresumin': 7 .'..-,,-- Mebby to mean yes an say TO Comes natural to women. -~.s'''.s He stood spell on one foot fust,
 Then stood spell on t'other,
 An on which one he felt the wust ' He couldn't ha' told ye nuther
 Says he, sTd better call agin;"
 Says she, s'Think likely, Mister;" ga That last word pricked him like pin,
 An'-Wal he up and kist her. ' When Ma, bimeby, upon 'em slips, l '.huldy sot pale ez ashes, . All kin O smiley roun' the lips
 An teary roun' the lashes. -Ngr Ta ....is.,.s .suI4sls-1 ss s--.fs For she was jest the quiet kind -. .....
 Whose natures never vary,
 Like streams that keep summer mind
 Snowhid in Janooary. ... The blood elost round her heart felt glued
 Too tight for all expressin', I'll mother see how metters stood, '
 And gin lem both her blessin.' Ali Then her red come back like the tide !'-'-
 Down to the Bay O Fundy, ",.4.,el An all know is they was cried , In meetin' come mex Sunday. 5.Tn'5 H'