The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-04-22

thought as now he u keep IL up
spell, and make her feel rale dow
mean, fur the way she'd acted On,
night he went down to the deacon'i
i-yeou see Prudence's dad was s
deacon-and Seth he went down tc
gin her an invitation to an apple
Tparin bee that his marin was goin'
to make the next week. They rot
to talkin' and Prudence asked him
when he as a goin' to marry Sally
Biglow; Seth sed's how he didn't
know sartin, but sposed it would be
arter 6 spell. Uncle Zake said Pru-
dence looked awfully put eout when
Seth said that. She didn't know
jwhat-to say nor what to do, and she
looked as if she was jist goin' to
bust eout 4 boohooin'. Then Seth
he thought he had acted the big fool
long enuff, and he went right ap to
her and sez he, Prudence, ain t
goin' to be cruel any longer, and
don't want ycou to be cruel any
longer. Prudence al at once look
ed as bright as the planet Vesupeter,
and sez she. No, Seth, III not do so
mo more. Then sez Seth, sez he,
'Sposin' we git married" and Pru-
.dence sez, Wall I'm agreed Seth
gin her a buos then, and it was all
fixed, up, and arter a while they got
married and lived as happy as you
please"
When Jonathan got through a
tellin' abeout Seth Slamkin and Pru-
.dence Potter, Hammer sez, sez she.
"Neow that's a great story! 1
thought it was goin' to be sumthim'
grand-abeout the old folks not
bein' agreed fur Seth to malry,her,
and then how they got married at
last arter havin' a heap O. trouble
and doin a big sight O cryin', and
goin' on about each other
"Wall," sez Jonathan, its a true
story any how, and l just wanted to
to say to yeou, Hammer, that yeou
arn't to talk to me the way yeou was
doin' bit ago, fur l might git to
actin like Seth Slamkin, and then
Eli bet yeou'd feel most mighty
bad"
Oh sez Hammer, go long Jona-
than, 90 long! Jist as if l cared
anythin' fur you! Sich imperdence
,Hos beat ell. Yeou must think
yeon are as much of a punkin'
81 ,sher as the Seth yeou were a
talkin' abeout."
Wall" contiued Jonathan, Il
guess bo. Tell yeou what, Han
7 i, yeou needn't lit to foolin' now
: gu kuo" i We got twenty acres,
and -, e. use and a hoss and
two COWS anu a fodder stack, and
yeou'd better not carry yeour head
as high as Prudence Potter did"
Jonathan" sez Hammer, gittin'
a little riled, git eout with your
story abeout Prudence Potter, 1
don't keer nothin' abeout her. If
yeou kin iist 90 that's all.
Then Jonathan he begin to see
that there want no use to try to
try to force matters-he seed it
didn't do no kind o good to threat
en-, and so he tried eOaxin'.
'Now, Hammer" saz he, "don't let
us git to quarrelin' abeout nothin',
Thar amt no use in fightin' when
when we amt got nothin' TO fight
abeout." "
Jonathan hitched his chair a
leetle higher to Hammer, and sez he:
"Hanner, I've got sumthin'. It's
great big gold ring my grandmarm
give me. TIA sort of hair loom, yeou
know. Meow, I'll tell yeou what I'll
do, Hanner-If yeou'll jist say the
word, I'll put this ring right on your
finger, and marry yeou in two
months from this time"
"Oh, Jonathan, heow you do talk!"
mo, I don't talk" sez Jonathan,
I'm in rale airnest. Say the word
will yeou mary me or not?"
HaI4er thought he was awful
suddent with his akin, but arter she
Aept him awaitin' few minutes, she
told him she'd have him and love
him as hard as she could.
And Jonathan was satisfied, and
he went hum on a hop, step and
jump, whistlin' Yankee Doodle all
the way.