The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-02-22
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Any ore who is disposed to try
Il hearty laugh, must make the
necessary preparation before read
ing the following amusing sketch
Of i basi;ful young man:
John Jackson was a very in
du>trious, hardworking young
man, Of twcnty-thrce years. Be-
ing the eldest child, and the only
son, he had always remained at
home, assisting his father upon
the farm. John was much respect
cd by every Gne in the ncighbor-
hood which lie lived, and many a
hright-cycd and loving damsel
had secretly thought that she
would like to change her name to
Mrs. John jackson. But John
could Eot lie fooled in this way
for Ec was no ladies' man." The
fact was, that John was i very
bashiul young man. He would
rather hoe potatoes or NOW hay
all day than undergo the cerc'
mony Of an introduction TO a
young lady. Not than John dis
liked the dear little and loving
crcaturcs-tar from it. We be-
Iicvc that he, in common with all
hashiHl, wcIi,m Gaming men, enter
tanned the very highest respect
and admiration for them. And
this 10 doubt, was the principal
cause Of his bashfulncss. lie felt
that they were the weaker YES
scIs and superior beings, and that
he was unworthy to associate
with them upon terms Of equality
Bat we cannot stop to moralizc.
Nancy Clark was 4 gay and
Gashing girl: and was the daugh'
ter Of Il respectable farmer, whose
lands joined the jackson farm
Nancy was Il pretty, saucy little
huX0m lass, and she liked John
Jackson. When they were children
they attended the same school,
and as he WAS few years her
senior was usually her champion
in the childish disputes that arose,
and her companion in going and
returning. At last John became
so much Ola young man as to bc
kept at home from school, as she
had been in pastycars. John in the
mcanlimc discovered, too, that he
had been growing in stature, and
it seemed rs if he had been grow
Ing o"t Of shape. His feet and
legs appeared very awkward; his
face paincd him: and taking all in
all: he was inclined to think he
was MOI more than half put TO-
gcthcr.
Now the truth WAS John Jack
son was really fine looking
young man, and nothing but his
admiration Of Nancy could have
suggested any such fooIiShtkoughts
about himself.
AS the novclists say, it was on
lovely day in August. The
heavens were clear, serene and
bc&uti1ul-the trees were laden
with golden and delicious fruit
and the beautiful birds twittcrcd
their warbling songs Of love in
the branches. The carth-[thcre:
we have slid down 10 earth once
more ; such lofty and elevated
heights, they make our head diz
zy.) We were about to say that
'carth had yielded her bountiful
harvest OLA years grass, and clo
vcr: and houcy-suckIcs, which tho
noble ycomanry Of Chcstcr7lllc
had garncrcd within their store.
houses but upon second thought
concluded TO word it thus: "The
farmers OF Chestcryiile were done
haviny.'
John jackson 5 sister had q
quilting that afternoon. His IA
thcr had gone TO ''kcith's Mlll''
to set some wheat ground for the
occasion, and John was left at
home to repair some tools to be
ready ON the next day to com
mcncc moving the meadow grass.
Suddenly it occurred TO John that
if lie remained about the house in
the afternoon, lie WAS certain TO
he called in ut tea time and re-
CURED tc 10 :hc lIoncrs Of the ta-
bic. This John could not be in
duccI TO accomplish under the
state Of his ba>hful heart. TO
avoid this, an idea flashed across