The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-03-06

the riches man in the world. But my old
woman she's purity smart, SO says she ia.
cob you must make them gals work out
Make EN- earn their own bread till they git
anuff to marry / liked that Hea fust rate
so put the oldest one to huein corn and
chopin wood and so on, and jist as sic
got larnt how. long comes feler and mar
ries her. That pleased me putty well cause
| thought now d have one less TO sup
port. but in about month her man took
the white swellin' and he amt been out Of
the house sence. Then I larnt my next
Oldest to work and she up aad married
right off, but she. married fellsr that tried
purity hard for to get along in The world
He started to the gold diggin and the In
juns killed h;m. Now his widder and help
less little offspring thlowed onto my hands.
Polly, sez |, this marryin's goj to be stop.
ped No. no. Jacob seq she, 'mcbbe
the rest on en- IL do better, and daug gaun
my skin, if their husbands has ever done a
lick O. work sence. They justlay around
and live off me- Ana my old woman thinks
thar never was sich men, and SCI they ain
able towork There's been anDrtal change
in my old woman o late years, slre' $ you re
born. Well, they was all Oh my bands
still, when along comes spruce lookin
town chap. Said he d been, to Pike Peak
and then robbed and ] don't know wha
all, He was an an alfred smart teller--
Could talk about any thing, and used to tel
murder stories for hours al rme. and
tickled my old woman and the gals almost
to death and the children were awful skrer
ed at him, He said he was printer, anC
used to show us little thin pece of stee
about two inches long that ne called his
rule, and said. that was the key to any
mans fcrtin.' Then he talked q great lots
about havin rich parents into the East
somewhar, and said how he was expcctl:l
a prit1tin orfis to be sent TO him up to St.
10, and how he would like t. stay with me
week or so till he got his sake as he cali
ed it. and | was mighty wi'lig to keep him.
cause he was mighty intcreslin, although
he was little expensive; cause my lazy
good fnr-nothing son-in-laws3 staid III the
house more ever now, and aidn seem to
like him to talk to their wives purity much.
Well. | didn't mind him harin 10 be out
nearly all the time tendin toihings, so be
get to cuttin round one c. mF single gals,
and one day he axcd me iorhcr He said
as how he wogld take her to St. j, and
make lady on her, and was 50 powerful
glad to git one OH N off
Away he went for Old preacher Barnes
over by Parker nlill--the same one that
married all the rest on em--aSd they spite
ed. Then he laid round for a week or sich
matter, and one day he says to me as how
his printin oriiis had come to St. j. and if
he d only fifty dollars to pay for sbippin it,
he could set right up in busincss. Well,
ME and Polly had managed tostrlpe togeth-
er a little money hy sellin roots and feathers,
and one thing and another, an so lends
him fifty dollars, thought it was about all
| had. He starts up toS. j. aud says he:
III be back in a week for my WIFE" That
was little moren year ago, ! haint reyel
seed hair or hide O thet ar printer from
that day 70 this. Let another OMEN ever
poke his head around me and if | don rip
his jugular my name aint Jacob Hackbonny
Now comes teller and wants to marry the
last darter I've got, to be another load on
my shoulders. was ewino to shoot him
but my old woman puts in her CAB (she aipt
what she used to be J and says how its mighty
pleasert to have body children with EN-
in theis old days any how. Think Of that
Well Ginral. there II b. another wcddin to-
night they all think, but | reckon as how
they'll 1af when they find out b ter -
That ar Shepherd, y as my old woma.
calls him, Old man 'Ba mes, wont marry
many more couples, ] reckon. lie comes
through the woods tonight, and I've got
some friends lookin for him whar marryir
won't win. But les go in Ginral, whar you
can git bite to eat. There's twenty-three
people in that house, ireoodin big and lit
tie, children and grandchildren, and valuable
and there amt but one room t.
the house, but YOU shall have the best bee
in 1t. You amt got no family and you II
my friend. : .
| drew long breath when the old mar
finished his windy story. | could not help
siehing when thought OF the shepherd,
but knowing my inability to save him | re
ing and be OF by times in the morning.
| entered the house, the appearance
of the company certairly was most Strik
ing. In addition to the regular twenty
three inmates, as many visitors had come tC
be present at the wedding SO that the house
was literally crammed full. The son.in-law
with the white swelling ceased saving on ar
old fiddle, rcrlenished the inner man, and
soon began to make myself agreeable -
While waiting for the parson, several plays
were proposed, in all, Of which | took part.
One | remember very distinctly Some
one, usually one of the gals first sat in the
middle of the room, while all the rest of
the party marched round her in a circle
singing:
'Oh! sister Phebe, how merry were we,
The night we sat under that juniper tree,
That juniper-tree, 10.
Take this hat on your head, keep your head
warm,
And tako a sweet kiss, it will do you no
harm,
But great deal of good,sI know"
Whereupoh the young lady goes for
her choice, and fires one at him broadside
NOT one of your theatrical boaxes, but Il
regular coumliad kiss, hat makes the vel
kin fairly ring. The lucky young man then
sits down and goes through the same ordeal
| got en- all right till had to take the chair,
and when it came my turn to select favor
ite, | picked on the bride elect. A scuflle
ensued, he of course resisting, which was
very proper, and in the scuffie something
few out Of my pocket and ratified on the
hearth. 20 how purify cried little ur-
chin who picked it up. Zone O them keys
to fortin, by thunder!' shouted the cid
man. ''Sir, said hastily, ''lct me ex-
plain" "You are printer" said he. Il
have been an innocent speculator ior years, -
replied, once | was prin--- ,',
"My shot guDl boys git rope" broke
10 the old monster, and | broke out at the
door. I had no difficulty in finding my
horse, and ] saddled him hastily, and as be
cleared the fence with me Oh his back, two
charges Of shot passed in dangerous prox.
unity to my upper story. lrode ten. miles
through the dark and cold, before | found
a hoq,itAble root; thinking all the time Of
that rslnaik 'itl.tEeis ljyinity hat linpor
out endarellsll htmtl!Gn a. We r.il.n |