The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-05-18
Select Miscellany.
From the Toledo Blade.
BETsnY AND I ARE OUT.
4 Farm Ballad.
BT W. N. CARLETON.

Il FUfH OuCtuus
W. N. CARLETON.
Draw up the papers, lawyer, and maze 'om good an
For things at home are crnHs-way', and BstSsy an
are ont,
We who have worked together SO long IS man an
j wifa'
Must pull in single harness the rest of our nat'rn
life.
''wbat is the matter - say you? swami les har,
to tel;
Most of che years behind Us we've passed by very
we'll;
/ l have no ether Eoman-shs has no other man,
Only we've lived together as long as we ever can.
So have talked with Botssy, aud Betsey has talked
with mei
And we've agreed together that We can't never agree
Not that we've catchsd each other in any terrible
! crime;
We've been gatherin' this for years. little at
time.
There was stock of temper we both bad, for q
start;
Although we us'sr suspected 'twOula take Us two
apart;
had my various alinga, bred in the flesh aud bone,
And Bstusy, like all good women, had temper Of
her own.
The frat thing remember whereon We disagreed
Was somethin' concerning hsavsn-a difference in
our creed,
We arg'ed the thing at breakfaat-ws arg'ed the
thing at tea
And the more we arg'sd the question, the more we
didn't agree.
And the next that remember was whom We lost a
COW;
She had kicked the bucket, for csrtain-the ques-
tion was only-HoWi
I held ny own opinion, and Betsey another had;
And when we we're done talkin' we both Of us was
mad.
And the next that remember, it started in joke
But full for week it lasted, and neither of Us spoke
And the next was when soOlded because she broke
a bowl;
And she SAID was mean and stingy, and hadn't
any soul.
And 50 that bowl kept pOurin' dis.snuiOns in our
cup;
And so that blamed cOw-eritter YVES always comm
upi
And so that heaven we arg'ed no nearer to ms got
But it give US taste Of somethin' Thousand times
as hot.
And SO the thing kept wOrkin and all the self.same
Always sOmethin' to srg's, and Somsthin' sharp to
"a -. - -. ,-, sto ,,irt,0rs .,or,1a n, doz an
strong,
And lent their kinest service for to help the thing
along.
And there has been days tOgether-and many
weary week
We was both of US cross and spunky, and both too
proud to speak.
And have been thiukin' and thinkin the whole
of the winter and fall,
If I can't live kind with 3 woman, why, then I
wOn'tliVe at ALL
And so have talked with Bstsey, aud Betsgy has
talked with me;
And we have agreed together that We can't never
Agreoi
And what is bers shall be hers, and what ID mine
shall be mine;
-AAN a. put ~ AA uAN AuA - " AAot
to sign.
Write on the paper, Iawyer-the very first para
Of all the farm and live stock, that she shan have
her half,
For sle has helped ts earn it, through rnany weary
And IT, noth. NOR, thap ia.tro. that Betsy hp.
her pay. @
Give her the house and homestead mnu can
thrive and roam,
But women are skeery critters, unless thOy have
home,
And have always determined, aud never failed to
say.
That Bstsey never should want home, if was
taken away.
Thsre'ss little hard money. that's DRAWN tOl'rabls
pay,
couple Of hundred dollars laid by for rainy day.
Safe in the hands of good men and easy to get at
Put in another clause, there, and give her half Of
'ha''
Yes, see you smile, sir, at my givin' her 50 much
Yes, divorce i cheap, sir, but take no stock in
such;
True and fair married her, whea she was blitho
and yOungi
And Bstsey was al'ayS good to me, excepting with
her tongue
Once, when I was young as you. and not SO smart,
perhaps,
For me she mittened lawyer, and several other
chapsi
And all of 'em ustered, and fairly taken down;
And for time was counted the luckiest man in
Once when had a fsTer-I won't forget It sOOn-
I was hot as basted turkey and crazy as e looa-
Never an hour went by me when she was out Of
sight;
She nursed me true and tender and stuck to me day
and night.
And If ever house was tidy, and ever kitchen
Aean,
her house and kitchen was tidy as any ever seen,
And don't complain Of Betsey or any of her acts,
Excsptiu when we've quarreled and told each other
facts.
So draw up the paper, lawyer and I'll go home to,
night,
And read the agreement to her and SEQ that it's all
right;
And then in the moruip' I'll sell to a tradin' man
/ know
And kiss the child that wac left to US, and out in
the world I'll go.
And one thing put in the paper, that first to me
didn't occur;
That when 1 am dead at last she bring me back to
herr
Aud lay me under the naples 1 planted years ago,
When she and was happy before we quarroed 20.
And when shO dies, wish that she would be laid
by me
And lyn together in silence, perhaps will Ogree;
And if ever we meet in heaven, wouldn't think it
queer
If we loved each other the better because we have
quarreled here.