Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-11-02
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WI I loved. shs lnged ss h'dh
isved -s epsldlh Heip n ll0s
eOdif help lovih n gIfl ~ maria
neuble Age and disposition, With au
bnrn New York hair, red rose two
lips, Alahasier nseh and lavender
tolOred Md Gloves And then sgrh
. chignoHi ! couldn't help ~ !
didn't aud she il now ny step
wife II happcnsd lhusly
We was srhD0nalcs We had
been in the same class together, she
nj the head aud ! NJ the foot ! We
had sOt IN tho same seat together,
for the schoolmAster had made me
sit with the girls to punish me- II
was a dreadful punishment to make
me cit with the girls in my young
days. ID Ii now
] used to pinch her; she used to
say "dont," But she didn't mean
itl At last l got so as TO squeeze
her hand. She said "don't' some
more. She didn't mean that, either,
Then used TO give her apples and
and she would give me some OF her
gingerbread, and we used 10 go along
TO and from school together, swing
ing our hands, each in the others,
elasped together like you see EN-
on the odd fcllcrs' banners and the
tin signs on the houses that is in
sured.
Things went on so until she left
Oft wearin' pantalets and put on
long close. and ! put on trousers as
buttoned up before instead Of bc'
hind! The l begun to write verses
of which these is some.
oh, Araminta, Araminta,
Your heart IL harder Than . diniari
II you don't love your friend A. Head,
You'll be right sorry when he Is deadl
These and other poems, | could
see, "hnd the desired effect" rs tho
doctors say Of their physic. They
ought too. ! don't know who could
stand many of EN-.
Time few on. II always does.-
II has been flyin' on for six thou.
sand years more or less. 1t will
probably continue to fly, whether
tho Republican party is in session
or not. Araminta went to keepin'
school, and l went 10 be "devil'
in printin' Office, and succeeded in
what went for.
We writ to each other words OF
burnin' love, so burnin' that they
almost scorched a hole through the
paper. But the day of trouble came.
1t always does. Araminta's ole man
who was q soap boiler, besides hav.
ing an interest in a lanyard, got a
contract to furnish the army with
horse boef, and made "pile." He
then took Araminta home and
bought her a big chigron, which l
have spoken of before. From that
day the ole man "forbid me his
door" But l didn't want his door,
1 only wanted the girl! l tried
whistlin' under the window, and the
ole man tried hot ashes on my head.
Neither of them worked well. l had
one resource left. / advertised in
the "pcrsonals" of the New York
Herald rs follows, to.wit, viz:
"My Dear Mint II still hang out
Come to the bower I've shaded for
you, and you will hear something to
your advantage. I shall be at the
Black Crook, and have no patent
leather boots tomorrow night.
ITO be continued in the New York
Ledger. :,
"Your devoted HEAD
Araminta came, she sighed, she
conquered! I went and bot some
peanuts and we wandered by the
sea beet shore and shelled 'em to-
gether. l sung to her: "Let me kiss
you for your mother" and she an
swered in the song "If n body kiss
body need a body cry?"
We sealed our vows thon and
stamped the seal The ole mar
found it out and stamped!
Months rolled around and I rolled
round with the months. The ole
man deposited his spondulix in &
nashunel bank.
The nashunel bank bust!
The ole man went up and Ara
minta's chignon went down!
One day ! struck lie and was rich
l went to Araminta's ole mans back
yard and threw my wealth at his
feet.
"Can this be thee and these green
backs timer" he cried.
ut can't are"
"Then come to my arms you arc
my long lost son-in-law" he ex-
claimed, as tho tears ran down his
cheeks like whisky down the Threats
OF members Of Congress.