Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-05-27

ped alto flinders! Sarer Ann, lii
It tie thou knowest that we are ru
g ined, busted family. little tho,
thinkest thou art q beggarl Oh
Jerewsalem Heow shall I eve
meet you, since this destruction he,
bin wrougbted? After all oui
skrimpin' an stintin', an turnin az
twistin' arter sellin the tew-yeal
old hefer an the nine shoats; an
arter thou, oil, Sarer Ann, goin to
church in calikcr, we're a busted
family Oh, Jerew- sa lem} All, all
lost--gone in a mint! Oh, how.
leetls Jed, and Sarer Ann, ken I
3 meet yeou ?poH.1
{, This outburst from the tall Yam
kee took us all by surprise. We
could not imagine what had hap
pened to cause him 20 much alarm
: and grief, for the tears werehowing
down his brown, weather beaten
cheeks,
"What in the world has happen'd
to you, sir, to cause you so much
distress? You are certainly not
lamenting over that rent in your
carpatbag ?" said I, advancing to
where the Yankee stood.
ooh, no, no! Holy Jerewsalem
ef twas nothing else but that! Oh,
murder, murder-l darsn't hardly
think ont! There's poor little Sa-
rel Ann, feelin' so proud, an talk
in to poor Jed about our fine new
home in the prairies, jest like me
an her us'tto do, an here, oh, jew
dasil, is hull quarter section of the
neatest land in Iowa gone to eter-
nal smashm
The poor fellows feelings now
completely mastered him, and he
hid his taca in his hands and sobbed
like a child. His last words, how
ever, gave me clue to the mystic
ry; and taking up his carpet-bag
I commenced hauling out shirts,
vests and handkerchiefs, all thor
oughly water soaked, till at the bot
tom | found a carefully rolled.up
bundle.
Mr.. Yankee had now controlled
his grief, and stood near with his
hands on his knees, bendidg over
me in breathless suspense. Unroll-
ing hickory shirt, l found within
large brown paper parcel, and
within that handkerchief, careful
ly pinnsd, and within it a package
done up in newspaper On open
ing the newspaper. | found what /
had expected to find from the first,
viz: A land warrant of 100 acres
OF government land, all snug and
safe.
1t is almost useless to attempt to
describe the eXtravagant joy Of the
Yankee. The moment he saw the |
land warrant was safe and sound, .
he gave a perfect howl of delight,
and snatching it from my fingers, he
pressed it to his bosom, as he might
have done Sarar Ann had she been .
present, t,and with tremendous strides
he commenced pacing back and
in,nosaihla w for him 70 ho eth onin'
etant w. "
~ ,'0,
uIoIE ) cI'e's ne gIorJ 70 Ule
lnoSI n'8ueSV' oarer ann all our
s"Y'l 81 anu ScFllnpln am ! IA VAN
20 on with your torK-pian ana
kaIherla5e! lake I,' NV llI'le ! Jeo on yer
knee and sing IN the oyenln, when
you 60 OUT 10 mliR' iooK TO q Whar
Ino I,.. SUI, LIS, Is sGln "n uni VnlnTIlnsr 6-
!, ye " n'PPy }i nun our reIeg
IIlar ne II heV Vhe lanu ana VIII
1e naPpy yeO' ne SGeers IS saved
tle Sno"'S IS ,Til figlc' Ine hener
700 ah @ Oiu DaTheyS s oouhd te"
count IN leLlerS' you sec III
Soul niiuSC " n."PPy neau OF eF
lalne.iy-yer Witness F." Joylul hu-
HUI
III you will excuse my interrupt
ing you, sir, and ifit is fair ques-
uon, sad ], "how did you come
IN this sorry pickle p
EXCUSE the question? Sarting,
saFtlng; tell yer the hull story in
mint; n 10 give the bull particklars-a
1ulI account. Jewdas ! what a mar
rer escaye that quarter section did
heV;
wen, but let us have the sto-
ry."
" les, sartin, sartln. Well, gents,
my name is Peleg Snodgrass, son
OF Mr. onodgrass, from deown in
Maine
Never mind that-tell us how
you got SO wet.
" es, Sartln. w ell, YOU see back