St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-21
Bctscy ana I are out.
\ FARM BALLAD.

Draw up tn plp2rF- lawyer, and make en- roOd an
stou';
For things at home cross-ways, aud Be..ey and
arcout.
We who have worked together 80 long a. man an
wife
Must pull in single har-cs the res Of our natrl life
What i the matter - say your s1von 4 hard
tn;
ho7 Of TIA" ycr- behind we've plsscd by very well
have no other yyomaH he ha' 10 ether man,
HIy eve lived together a. lon; a. we ever can.
50 have telk with E't cy, and Rct.cy has talkc,
with me;
so we've agreed together TINT can't n.yc agrcr:
Not That we've c'tcllcI cleh ether in any tcrribl
crime;
We've hc. "a hcrin ts ir year, Il little ct i time
Thrr 4 ci. of temper both had, for a start;
Although We Inspected t,vould take us two apart
hal my various fIilings, bred in the fe-h and bone
And II tsry, like all good women, had temper of he
own.
The first thing rcmomH,r vhcrcon We disagreed
Was somcthin' rning hctvcn-l difference in ON
creed.
We argcd the thing hrca;iast-wc argcd the thing
at tea
And the more We arg'cd tin question the more w,
didn't agree
And the next that remember when We lost i
She had kicked tn buck 70. ccltain- the question
onIy-Iiow?
held my own opinion, AMI Betscy another htd;
and when We Were done a tllkin' we both OF us wa
mad.
And the next that rcincmber, it st.rtcd in Il joko
But full FOR week it lasted and neither of spokc
And the next wa, when l acoldcd because she broke
bowl;
And she said was mem and singy, and hadn't any
soul.
AID 30 thl: bowl kpt pourin' di scuions in cup;
And so tina: blamed cow-cri,tcr away a comm mp
And go that he argcd no nearer u- got
iIut it give us a taste of somctlin' thousand tim
hot
And 90 til, thing kept w,rkin' aid all tie s,ll-am,
Wy;
Away somcthin' srgc and sonc,hin' harp to .ay
And down the ncighhorr, u coullc dozcr
strong.
And lent thig kindct service faE help tn thing
along.
And there has be-. n lays tog thcr-anl many weary
week
We bo Of u+ cros and spuuky and both too p=oud
tozpcak.
And have been think ani tiki:,' the whole Of thr
wint and fall,
Ii I can't live kind with = womsn why, ,hcn, wont
Vt all.
And % have talked with Rctscy, and Ret-cy ha,
talked with me;
And we have a,rccd to4, ticr th-.t we can't never
agree;
And what il her hall he hrr- and what i mine hal
bcminc;
And I'll put in the a;rc,:n, and t.ky it to her to
sign.
Write on the zap lawycr-thc very fr.t p:ragraph-
OF all the farm and live toc th:t she -all have. hcr
half.
For rhr ha- helpcl to crn it, through many weary
And ite nothin' more thln justice that t5y h,- her
pay.
Give her the hone and Lomcst.ad; thrive
and roam
Eut women are -kecry crittcr. uulc7- they have /
home.
And have aways determined, and failed to Iy,
That Bctscy rhould "snt home, if was tax Il
WAY.
There is a little hard money that, drawin olr.hl,
pry;
\ couple of hundred duIlnF laid by for Il rainy day,
Safe in the hands of good men, and oa-y t, get at
Put in another clause, there, and give hcr half Of that
Ycf, yen mile, -r, At my givln' her o mnoh:
Yc-, divorce Il cheap -ir, but take stoc. in uch.
Truo and fair married her wien =he LlitAc and
young;
tongue.
Once, when was youa, Va ycu ard not go snar. per
haps,
For me she mttcncd hwycr and scveral other cLlpa
And all of en- tlustcred, and fairly taken down
And for q time was counted the luckisst in town
Once when had fcvcr-I won't fore; it soon
I WIS hot Is 1 bastcd turkey and crazy 4 loon
Ncvcr m hour went tv me when she cut Of ist
she nu@scd AID tn Ter and ztuc! t. me d.
and night.
Aud i: cv,r house was tidy. and a kitchen clctr
lie. lou.e snl E!trl n " tidy ary ever seen,
And don't compsin Of Bctscy or any Of her acts
Exccptn' when we've quarroed ard tod cas- h othel
f,ct7.
:, draw up the paper, awrcr and I'll 20 home tan might
AID read the arr to her and ii it, all right
Ard sthcr in the norr.in' III sell to i trhdin'
Aud ls. the child that left to U.s. and cut in Il.
world III 70.
And one thing put in tha PIPER. that trt to diin
occur:
That when dead ut last che b:i:g back to h' r
And lay under the m1plcs planted years sEo,
When she and / happy before QUAR- led 40.
And when she dics wsh tat zhc woul lie Iaiil ly me
And lynn together in silcncc perhaps will ,Icc;
And if ever We meet in heaven, wouldn't think
queer
Ii we loved each other the better bocauc quarrcc
here -Tyl,fo Edtdc.