Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1867-11-27

/ dOnaDie breach OF cOQHu6lC6 II pldC4uS :
before the public the following extract
from a letter from an old sehool-mate.-
Although such denominations as the
eourtship herein described, are natural
II7 repugnant to my feelings, few Of
my juniors may possibly profit by it.
The term school-mate is arbitrary
signifying merely that we were boys to-
gether, as may be inferred from my
friends orthography. d. Z. LIE u
= X X I never could tell edzackly
why Dad & Nam took such shine to
Sukev Ann Perkins. Praps she witch
ed en-. Howsever tha thort a nifty
heep on her, an Dad sez te me sez he:
Reuben, you orter pay your dresses
to that ar gal; she's a likely sort Of
critter"
"Dad." ssz /, +" I will, Gaze ide ruth
er walk barefooted over bed of prickly
pars than to go against the old mans
feelins.
Well, you no how modist I ollurs
was wus nor a suckin caff; so 1 jist
node I never could set up to Sukey Per-
kins & talk solid old Iuv to her no moren
I can fiji this mint. But was bound
to hoDswoggle Dad, so I put on mi best
harniss 1 day & went off all day and
stald in2 Perkins barn-loft whar I could
see Sukey come out in the yard every
now and then. Mite went hum.
"Well, Reuben" sez Dad, "did you
see Sukey ?"
Yea, Dad, sez /.
Clever little thing, amt she ?" sez
he.
entity fine gal, )" sez /.
I think old Perkins had ben buzzin
Dad. Thar was hole in the fens sum
whar & Perkins pigs was gittin the best
of our corn / could see that plane anuff.
But KEEP on visitin Perkins barn &
misIeedin the old man. 1 day sees
Sukey eummin rords the barn and you
orter seed me run. The way left them
parts was a sin tu Davy Crockett.
Reuben" sez Dad at the supper ia
BILE, " seed Sukey to-day ?"
" Yes, bod" sez /, /" & reckon as
how if i hadn't run like all creation,
shcde a seed me-"
That are remark put the old man to
thinkin & revolvin things in2 his mind
Konsekens was / got the alfredeit Wha-
lin ever had in all mi natueral born
daze. - #
Poorly soon thar was to be o big meet,
in over to the zion meetin hous &. mi
sister Liz as wicked a little minks as
ever breethed the purrspurashun Of life
sez to me sez she this was cam Sunda
mornin in JUL }:
"Reub, saddle Bess and the rome fur
me and Sukey Perkins, and the swa bak
fur yourself, We ar all goin to the Zion
meetin."
When she sed that I node she was a
leggin fur the old man, but I had to
Grim & Barret.
Punktooal the critters was saddled
and stood PAWN and cavorin in our lane
be4 our hons. Sukey had cum over all
primped up and shant never furgit how
poorly she lookt. Her cheeks glistened
ike ripe apples and her arms lookt as
hard as 2 ak helvs, wud a Civ mi rite
arm for grit to tel her the feelins that
was workin in2 me.
Well, we all got on2 the beests and
started. Liz wonted me to ride mex to
Sukev. but sed not fur 10 thousand
worlds. I was ridin nu saddle and it
soreeked powerful, witch skeered mi
beest neerIy out Of his skin and / had a
sege tu hold him. 1t wos a CRATE relief
when we got to meetin, but thar i had
to set in the middIe.of the eonkergashun
between them 2 gals with everibOddis is
on 2 me. -
" Reub," sez Liz tu me in whisper,
jist afore the preacher was dun BLOWN
his horn, ego and git the horses reddy."
That was persimons for me. I went
out & put the saddles on & tide the
horses to fens &-jumped over in2 a
medder witch the gras was sum 4 feet hi
& hid. Sez tha may git hum as best
tha kin; / never wil.ride that nu saddle
in kumpny agin. @
& thar lay il the warm sunshine on
mi downy kouch of gras, & heerd the
hum Of voices cummin out of the meetin
hons. &; / kood see the crowd Thar
was Sukey luvly as the DoOy Morn, q
fresh as the full blOwed rose. ! felt
sumthin like lizards runnin up & down
mi bak & mi hart was gittin in2 mi
mouth. Tha cum to the fens. 81 wun-
der whar he can be?" sez sister Liz. " /
doc wunder 2" sez Sukey. l didn't say
nuthin.
Jist then heard a strane of welleruy
witch seemed to issoo from the urth un-
derneeth me, it was a 10 sweet sound like
the moosic of the spears, / thort.-
"Gentel June bug" i moozed, "tilc an,
tile on, but the strane erode louder, & !
sed to myself it is 1O0-nay it is 1000 |
gentle June-bugs, when--o horrer-i
flu up in2 the are near 20 feet and lit
down head bottommost and heels upper.
most, & rolled and turned handsprings
and summer sets and the croud screen
ed, for I was in crate agerny.
Facli is, / had sotdown on2 a large &
appresheativ Bundle Beeze nest, witch
sed Bundle Beeze nest was full to over
foin, and tha had Civ me turn which
wos as unlookdfor as it wos unegspeckt-
ed. The Bundle Beezo sa a elias is a
noin race and tina don't never cum out
of thei 40fcashins l at time like the
hunny B when the enimi is around, but
tha 90 out bang all in2 keep, & if tha
hit ennything tha make it houle. So all