The Lincoln County herald., 1871-06-01
VOL. g.

OUT or THB OLD HOUSE, NANCY.
tFrou tho TOLEDO Blads.1
Out Of the old house, Nancy up iato the
newt tthfa
All the hurry asd worry are jest - sosd o.
through.
Only boundsn duty remains for you and H.
And thsts 70 stand on the door-sts here, and bid
the old houss goodbye.
What she'll we've lived 10, these nineteen or
twenty years
Wonder IL hadn't smashed In, and tumblsd about
Dur ears
Wonder les stuck together and answered till to.
day, rrr r.'.. .rH.
But every individual log was put up here to stay.
Things looked rather new, though, whom this
old house was built,
And things that btsssomed you, would've made
some women wilt;
And every other day, then, - sure ~ day would
break,
Ny nsishbor Aser come this way, invitin' mo to
"shake."
And you. for want Of neisbors, was somstimes
|
For wolves, and bears, and wildcats was the
| nearest oncs you had
But lookin' ahead to the clearin', We worked with
| all our might,
Until we was fairly out Of tho woods, and things
was goin' right.
Look up there to our new house i-ain't It thing
to seef
Tall and big and handsome and new as new can be,
All in apple pie order, especially the shelves,
And mover debt to ssy but what we own it oil
| ourselves.
Look at our old log house-how little II now ap.
| pears
But It's never gone back on US, for ninteen or
twenty years;
And won't 60 back on 1t now, or 60 to poking
| fun,
There's such thing as praisin' thing for the
! good that it has done.
Probably you remember how rich wo was that
| night,
When wo was fairly settled, an had things snug
and tight;
We feel as proud as you please, Nancy, over our
house that's now,
But We felt a. preud under this old roof, and q
good deal prouder, too.
Never handsomer house was seen beneath the
Kitchen and parlor and bod. room-ws had 'em
all in one;
And the fat old wooden clock that We bought
when We came West,
Was tickin' away in the cornor, there, an doin
it's level best.
Trees was all around US, whsperin' cheering
words,
Loud was the squirrels chatter, and sweet tht
songs of birds;
And homo grew sweeter and brighter-our cour-
age began to mount
And things looked hearty and happy, then, and
work appeared to count.
And here, one night it happened, whom thing
was goin' bad,
We fell in a deep old quarrel-the first We ovel
had;
And when you give out and cried, then I like
fool give in,
An then We agreed to rub all out, and start th'
thing ag'in.
Here It was, you remember. We sat when the day
was done,
And you was makin'l clothing that ,Oasat .
either one;
And often so.t word of love was soft enough
| to say,
And the wolves was howlin' 10 the woods moi
twenty rods away.
Then our first baby regular little joy,
Though frettsd . little, because 1t wasn't
Wasn't she little alirt, though, with all hel
pouts and smissf
Why, settlers come to see that show half
dozen m lies.
Yonder sat the cradle-a homely, homo mad
| thing;
} A many night rocked It, providin' you would
sing;
And maay . little squattsr Brought up with rs 4
stay,
And so that cradle, for many year, was nsvs'
put away.
How they kept COMM 50 ounnin' and fat snt
smalli
nUW tnoy BTOWou tWBS . WOuOor now Wo lOuu(
room for 'em al
But though the house was crowded, It empty
seemed that day day
When Jennie lay by the fireplace, there, an
moansd her life away.
And right in there, the preacher, with Bible and
hymn-book stood,
"Twixt the dead and the living" and "hopst
'twould do Us good"
And the little wildwood coffin on the table thor
was set,
And now a. I rub my eyes 1t seems af II ooult
sec II yet.
Then, that ht Of sickness it brought on you, you
i know;
Jsst BY thread you hung. and you cen a'mos
| let 60:
And here Is the spot tsnblsd, an give the Lore