Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-03
On, Araminta, Araminta,
Your heart V herder than a fint-er;
Al you don't love your friend, A. Head,
Youth he right sorry when he is dead

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YOuh he right sorry when he is dead
These and other poems, could see,
chad the desired effect" as the doc
tors say of their physick They
ought to. | don't know who could
stand many of 'em! ... ..-s. . i.
Time flew on. 1t always does. 1t
has been flying on for 5000 years
more or less. 1t will probably con-
tinue to fly whether the Republican
party is in session or not. Araminta
weot to keepin school and l went to
be a "devil" in a printin' Office, and
succeeded in what | went for.
We writ to each other words of
burnin' love, so burnin' that they al
most scorched a hole throu the paper.
But the day of trouble came. 1t al
ways does. Araminta's ole man, who
was a soap boiler besides havin' an
interest in tan yard, got contract
to furnish the army with horse-beef
and made a "pile." He then took
Araminta home, and bot her a big
chignOn, which | have spoken of be-
fore. From that day Araminta began
to feel hairistocratic, and from that
day the ole man "forbid me his door"
But | didn't want his door. | only
wanted the girl tried whistlin I'M
der the window, and the ole man
tried hot ashes on my head. Neither
Of 'em worked well. | had one re-
source left. | advertised in the "per-
sonals" in the New York Herald, as
follows, to-wit, viz:
My DEAR MINT Il still hang out.
Come to the bower have shaded for
you and you will hear something to
your advantage. | shall be at the
"Black Crook" and have on patent
leather boots tomorrow night.
To be continued in the New York
Ledger. Your devoted "HEAD."
Araminta came, she sighed, she con-
quered! | went and bot some pea
nuts and we wandered by the seabeet
shore and shelled 'em together |
sung to her "Let me kiss you for your
mother" and she answered in "lf a
body kiss a body need body cry ?"
| said, ITO be certainly not"
She didn't cry!
We sealed our VOWS then and there
and | stamped the seal The ole man
found it out and he stamped me!
Y
Months rolled round and | rolled
round with the months. The ole man
deposited his sponduIix i'll a nashuueI
bank.
The nashunel bank bust The ole
man went up aud Aramiuta'S chignon
went down.
One day | struck lie and was rich
| went to Araminta's ole mans back
yard and threw my wealth at his feet
Can this be thee and these green
backs thine p he cried.
1t can't are y
"Then come to my arms, you are
my long lost son-in-law p he exclaim
ed, as the tears run down his cheeks
like whiskey down the throat of &
member of Congress.
Araminta heard my German silver
voice and she came flying on the
wings of love, with her nice embroid
cred lace collar on. l clasped her t
my bosom.
... oh my dearest, have you,
have, my Mint, have!
"Then take me to your arms, bu
don't muss my collarp' s~"
But little remains to be told. / lie
the ole man have enough lie to set u
the soap business again on his daugh
ter's account, and Araminta and M
went to live in seven story hous
with Venetian blinds and all the mod
ern improvements.
There is no "angel in the house
ID yet, but there's no telhn' how 500
there will be! Gia.D l-Ii 3aOa. ui
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