Middletown transcript., 1872-09-14
Srlut Storu.
THIRTY PROPOSALS.

Do you say that is his wife? Well, sh,
is sumner. anl no mistake. confrs,
TO an overwhelming curiosity concerning
that marriage Why. in the States he
was considered an iuvctcraic bachelor
somehow h. never cared to 10 around
among The girls as tie res, Gr ys did
but always took hi> mother everywhere,
aud waited upon her as though she had
betu the Queen Of England All the girls
liked him, and il he vcnturrd where they
were. would iluttcr around him. but i, was
plain he never gave them second thought
Ills mother used to say, III my son cv.
cr marlcs. twill bc very superior wo.
man. quite different from the girls Que or.
diuarily meets
When We heard at home that he was
married the gitls said. n little sE!tcfully
II reckon there must be one wonderful
woman in the world IN California. aud
hoped She would he superior enough 20
teach the old bachelor lesson or two
"llnw i it; l. she likcly to j. it,
We'll. there's more ii her than you'd
think nj first sight Sir must be real
good herself or she would never have ap.
prceiatcd our friend lie is solid aud
substantial. but not very snowy have
known him intimately for years, aud |
never knew him to say or do u mean
thing. He deserves his good luck. aud |
will own Il; although, to be honest. |
wanted that beautiful woman for my wife,
and have no, reached poin, yet where
can take much pleasure in thinking Of the
wedding cone over here under the trees
aud will tell you how it came about /;
but you hud better not let on you know
about it, for il is n sort Of understood
thing that We keep il on the square. and
it's rather tender subject with us boys
|, was the summer Of 90, We lived over
the canon | was telling you abou,--,here
we're thirty OF us in the gang. aud We had
four cabins with storchousc which was
public property. We worked hard through
the week, and on Sunday did our washing
aud brought our honsework up n little. |
suppose We s..oall lie called hard set
but We were not any rougher than men
generally are who get living by them
selves year or two. -
Eight Of Us eanpel together. aud each
of us had us distinct nn individuality MS
though we represented different nations.
Somehow or other We acquired sobriqnct
which was acknowledged to be character
istc. aud We were called by it in camp TO
the complete ignoring Of real names
There was Hal Win,cr,ou, n Southern
or, and fierce scccssionist We called him
South Carolina Dave Austin, n Con +.
ncciicut man and regular swell. WE
called Nutmeg" ''Dandie" stuck to
Charley Chaplin. for he was regular fop
Then there was Ned SIMPSON. regular
Aunt Bct,c-you'd know his name n,
the frs; glimpse without my saying n
word. Otis Allen would faint il he
jammcd his fingers or had sight Of blood;
he was our "l'aby" Jack Cummings
was wag. and he certainly deserved bis
cognomcn Jack the Wicked" Jim
Woodruff was known all over the county
by the appella,ion of Judge" and your
humble servant, from his black eyes and
swnr,hy complexion and jet,y locks, per-
haps something too in my msnner, was
styled "Scnior"
Well we were n good. naturcd oct OF
fellows always making allowance for each
Others peculiari,ics, and never having
any friction in the camp. Sometimes |
used TO think We joked Aunt Betty" and
"Our Baby numerically, but word
from our Judge" would straightcn US a,
once.
II one was sick VIC all took turn about
at nursing and watching, but the Judge
was tie one that knew what to do, and
was always near to do il. Tender and pa
lient rs woman. We all hopored him and
held him little higher 10 our estimation
than We did any one else In the camp.
forgot to tell you that month be-
fore, when Dandy" and Aunt Betty"
we're not Of our number. We had in their
place win Browning. who was equal to
two men any day. Good to work and