Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-08-17
BETsEY AND r. OUT.
BY WILL NJ. CARLETON.

= ~ 50 To --HE
Draw up the papers, awyer, and make 'em good and
Things at home are cross-ways, and Betsey and I are
We who have worked together SO long as man and
Must pull in single harness the rest of our nat'ral
What is the matter P ~ say youP Iswan! it's hard
Most ofthe years behind us, we've passed by very
1 have no other woman-she has no other man,
Only we've lived together as long as we ever can.
So I have talked with Betsy. and Betsy has talked
So we've agreed together that we can't never agree;
Not that we've catched each other in amy terrible
We've been a gatherih' this for years, a little at a
There wssa stock oftemper we both had for a start;
Although we never suspected 'twould take us two
I had my various faiings, bred in the flesh and
And Betsey' like all good women, had a temper of
First thing. I remembers, whereoh we disagreed,
Was somethin' concerning HeaTen7a difference In
We srg'ed the thing at breakfast-we arg'ed the
And the more we arg'ed the question, the more We
didn't agree. ~ a- 80 .
And the next that I remember was when We lost a
She had Kicked the bucket, for certain-the question
1 anJ NM %y own " S S%pIsiSG DONE and a ta sFssitsy %s s ! h aa d; was
ana the next Una L TcmcDQOeIs IL III a JOhSf
But full for a week it lasted, and neither OF us
And the next was when L scolded because she broke
And she said I was mean and stingy, and hadn't any
And SO the bowl kept pourln' discussions in our
And 90 that blamed COW %critter was always a COM
And 50 That Heaven we. arg'ed no nearer to US got:
But 1T sye US a taste OF s0methin' a thOusanu 'i"e'
And so the thing kept workin,, and all the self-same
Always somethin' to ar'ge, and somcthin' sharp to
And down on us come the neighbors, a couple dozen
And lent their kinndest sarvice for to help the thing
along. a'Ia
Ana there has been days together-and many a
We was Both q rs cross and spunky' and both too
Andf' have been ihlnkin' and thinkin's the whole
HI S CAM. me 1--WE T, eSind Vita "a woman, why. then 1 wOn't
G%IO n, LII Il
And SO have talked with Betsey, and Betsey has
And 1 we have e agreed together, that we can't never
And is WAT g hers fshalIiDe hers, and what is mine
And I'll put It in the agreement, and take it to heI
T @ sign: "a
wrtte on the paper, Vaxyer-the very first para
OF All the farm and live stock, that she shall have
For n she has helped to earn it, through manya weary
And Us nlothin' more than justice that Betscy ha'
G,,yyeeh her the III house and homestead; a man can thriv'
But Women are skeery critters, unless they have
And dGTIhs have always determined, and never failed t
That iBetsey never should want a home ifI wa
taken away a1us.aT0.T4 IS rtHt zS.9s
There is a little hard money, that's drawin' tol'ra
Couple PS hundred dollars. laid By for a "a ny, day Lay
Put in another clause there, and give herhalf Q
that.
= Yes Yes; Z di Sss ssg is s@ eRssp ss sis At SH s I safe af no So STOCK %as i
q True and fair 1 married her, ~hen. she was biith
And Beffsey Was arays good to me e~xceptin' wit
Once. when I was young as YOU and not 50 smar'
For me She mittened II lawyer, and several othe
Ana II f. = a I'll; time sa s as; ssasssd in dc sHIIE ayt tsssn n aSr /
9nsssEasa had q fegsEI% SS on, cT 5ysgs q S1Sonr
Never an hour went by me, when she was out
She n9rsesd me true and tender. and stuck to me da
and night : = : - - J
And If ever a house was tidy, and ever a kitche
H Hss G9 Sas,s eSb bIsshse 6f Y set tisy g. s. any any dfT her s asf1
sEzceptin' when we've quarreled and told aehothe
So draw up the paper, lawyer, and I'll so home to
And Read the agreement to her, and see if it's al
And then in the mornin' III sell to a tradin' man
And Kiss the child that was leftto us, and out in tn
world &c. 7AI &c '
And one thing put in the paper. that first to me didn'
occur: ~. = tu+tssy-- . : .t't- !. .
That when I I'm dead at last, she shall bring me bac
to her,
And lay me underthe naples I planted years ago,
When She and l was happy, before we quarreled 81
And when she dies, I wish that she would be laid b
me; j
And Iyin'togetheri in silence, peThaps We will agree
And fever wemeet in heaven, L wouldn't think !
If we love each other better because we have quar-
relied here. 4