The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-11-10
Going straight TO the point.

There was many effecting ties which
made me banker arter Betsy Jane. Her
farm jined our'n; their cows and our'n
squencht their thurst at the same spring !;
our fathers old mares had stars had stars
in their forreds; the measles broke out in
both famerlies at nearly tho same period ;
our parieats (Betsy's aud mine slept reg
larly every Sunday in the same meetin
house, and the nabcrs used to obsarve---
leHow thick tho Wards and Peaseleys
air" IL was q surblime site, in the Spring
of the year, to see our several mothers,
(Betsey's and minc) with their gowns
pin d up SO they couldn't silc EN- ailecshun-
lily bilin sope together and aboozin the
nabers. Altho hankered intensely ar
ter the objeck of my aiFecshuns darsunt
tell her of the fires which was ragin in my
manly buzzum. I'd try to do it but my
tung would kerwollop up agin the roof Of
my mowth Il stick thar, like deth to dis
east Afrikan or country postmaster to
his ofliiss, while my hart whanged agin
my ribs like old fashioned wheat Flale
agin barn dore Twas earn still mite
in Joon. All natur was husht, and nary
zeffur disturbed the screen silens. [ sot
with Betsey Jane on the fense of her
fathers pastut We'd bin rompin threw
the woods, gullin Hours & driuin the wood
chuck from his Nativ Lair ESQ to speak
with long sticks. Wall, we sot thar on
the fense a swingin our feet to and fro,
i blushin as red as the Baldinsville skool
house when it was tust painted and lookin
very simple, | make no doubt, Ny left
arm was ockepied in ballunsin myself ON
| the fese, while my rightwas weundid luv.
/ inly round her waste. ] cleared my
throat and tremblingly said, "Betsey
i you'e 'er gaselle" l thonght that air wa:
putty fine. / waited to see what effek il
would hav upon her. 1t evidently didn't
fetch her, for she up and sed, "You're I
sheep" SEE l, ''Betscy, think very
muchly of you"
don't b'leeve a word you say--so nov
cum |" with which observashun she hitch
ed away from me. ''I wish there wai
winders to my Sole," said /, g so that yot
could see home my feelins. There's fir,
enough in here" sed ], strikin my buz
| gum with my fist, "to bile all the corr
f beef and turnips in the nabcrhood, Yer
sooyius and the Critter amt circnm
stance !"
. She how'd her he'd down and commens
chawing the strings to her sun bonnet
car, could you know the sleeplis mites
worry threw with on pour account, hoy
, vittels has seized to be attroctiv to me
how my Inns has shrunk up, YOU wouldn'
dowt me. Case on this wastin form am
these ere sunken cheaks"-I should he
f continnered on in this strane probly TO
somo time, but unfortunitly l lost my bal
t lunse and fell over into the pastur Ike
, smash, tearin my kloze and otherwise dam
: agin myself sevcerly. Betsy Jane sprun
. to my assistance in bubble quick time an
| dragged me 4th Then drawin heresel
r up to her full hite she said Il won't lis
. en- to your noneents no longer. Jes sa
E rite stratc out what yure drivin at. ]
a you mean gittin hitched, Tn IN"
8 considered that air enuff for all practicu
purposes, and we proceeded immejitly
the parsons, and was made that yer
Q nite.-[ Artemus Wards Ccartship.