The union Democrat., 1869-06-12

so | geSt went out little way lEom tue
house and SET down Oh a stump; and look
ing at the moon aud thinking of the one
loved best, clean forgot where | was. until
il seerled to me that there was thousand
crawling critters in the seat of my pants, and
they begin biting 50 hard it made me clean
forget my Bet; and jumping mp l made
mighty good time down the road, bns finding
that done no good | gest went out in some
bushes, and pulled of my clothes, end shook
the cussed varpints out, for / knowed what
they was now bv the smell. and | tell you
what: ii was a wonder that they hadent dene
more harm than they did, for they was the
biggest and hungriest piSmires that had ever
seed in nv life Josh, says | to myself, you
have cot to fix up again if you 60 back to the
ball: hut before YOU do you bad better rub
something on. for its mighty bad manners to
be scratching in company; so | gest went
down and fixed up again where put on the
shirt, and coming back set down close to a
man and q women who appears was not do
ing any dancing at the ball. do declare,
SAYS she, if was a young gal would spit IN
them fellers faces if they would sling me
round that way, its not right says the telIer
peeping down a Young gals buzzom who was
sitting close to him, its shame to be show
ing their legs that way, says she. 1t was
young gal gest as soon for them to stand me
on my head at once says he, the world Is
comeing 60 pretty pass, SAYS she, and don I
know what it will come to if it keeps on this
wav; its awful bad says he; still trying to
see what he could find in the young gals buz-
zum Says | to myself, them tolkes sees
harm, where nobody else sees it. and case
they amt young; and nobody don't sling
them. they think its powerful wrong. the
world is gest as good as it was some years ago
SAYS to mv<elt, and good deal better than
it was some time back, for then they was a
killing one another says |, and 1t the old
ones don't put wrong notions in the beads OF
tie Young ones, they wont find out the mean
ness of this world until they get old enough
to know it SAYS |. Why aint you daacing
saws Cave to me: O, | feel kinder tired like
says |, fer | hadent quite got over the pis-
mires; come let me give you knock down to
Miss Araminta Scroggins, says he, so gest
went over to the other side and he brought
me to gal whose head was kiverder with curls.
Mr.. Ricketts,, Miss Araminta, and then he
walked off; sitting down by her l asked for
TO dance the next sett; and not knowing what
to say next, | gest looked across the room
like l saw somebody that hadent seen for a
long time. when she saws have got two bows;
you have says | ana cant be the third one ?
,re you a schoomaster says she; no. says /;
are you sulphuret man says she? No, why
says /. Oh, if you are you needent come
fggering around me says she; case them
kind of felers keeps gals awaiting all their
lives round here says she, am a cow man
says l. 0, you will do says she; for them
felers means to marry right off, and don't
want to wait to get rich fust. The music
struck up and we all got up to dance. and
was mighty glad our talk broke off when it
did for might got myself engaged before l
knowed it. and then there would been anoth-
er disappointed gal, for / could not think of
any other gal bnt Bet to save my life. Soon
after this dance the ball broke up, and was
real glad of it, for hadent engaged myself
since | had set down on that stump. | may
write to you again from Sonora as am axeG
over there u q ball.