The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-06
EORIGINAL.l
TIE E6EzlE QJEEE.
by ron ROY.

There being "A spirit OF rivalry existing be
tween ROB Roy" and Prof. 5. li. M'CoRMIC5,
the former has sent Us his Fairy Queen, W hich
was nor read before the Teachers Institute, and
right gladly we present It to our readers 6 >, IN
our next f VII pGPsh ne anry ran yrs6 Q6fenh V h5
at the institute.-EDl
Once on time, when was boy
About twelve, with face all bcaming with joy,
So Mt the church door one morning | tarried
as / saw a groom and his beautiful bride
Pass into the entrance, by each others side,
Anu go to the altar, quite up the aisle,
While only peeped in the door with smile;
But could no more hear Il word that was sale
Than / could had / sat on the tomb OF the dead
The groom he came out along with ms urloc'
And followed after quite dissatisfied.
Then l asked my mother to post me-tell how
People got inarried-if they made Il bowf
Or said any words ? or took kany oath -.
and She said that they did do all or them, both;
IGen she gave me BOOK and told me TO rSaQ
All about it; to winch most quickly agreed.
Years after it happened thnt my Uncle John
had q chopping- and therefore he called upon
10 chop, while the girls they would 5cutch out
And, TO tell you the truth, we had fine day,
And, though We worked some, we had bushels
When supper was over, the dishes were cleared,
And we danced, and ~ talked, and we laughed,
and we chcered.
A brfght-eyed young lady all day long had been
Such an imp, that we called her The Fairy
Her name was MELISSA ana boy we called
Determined that NIGHT he would keep her
But, before they went home, we told them 80
gtaud
Tctc-d-tefe, while I, with book in my hand.
Said Jake, 90 you take sweet Meiissn tonight
To be your dear wifo?' and Jake answered,
Then ciuotfl j. SMelissa. do you also take
For IIiLe-i.oyying partner our handsome friend
And she answered, 81 do for the rest of my
life" TTife."
Said /, II pronounce you, then, husband aud
And h9meWard they wandered IN mirth and IN
As merry as any young people could be.
y few summers after. Jale's rich uncle died,
ana Ieft hiR u farm, and three thousand beside
the half of that's yours, my sweet Httle dear"
COunseling him then, for the good mercy sake,
Not to bUy any stove, tub, curtain, chair,
Or carpet, or cupboard, TIL she could bs there
But Jake he replied in q sullen-iike tone,
And argued The property all was his own,
And that he would use tjust es he might please;
II she didn't like thatwhy then she might silcczc
Melissa then wrote TO me merely to know
II jake didn't marry her some years ago.
replied that he cid, and that was there
fair.
And it wasn't week till q gentleman came
And inquired of Jake, What might be your
Jake told him mis- name rs nice as could be,
And the constable said, .Doy1u come with me-
Only that Jake paid thousand or so.
Well. Melissa she too had a wealthy old aunt
In Havana, in Cuhs-Old, sickly andsguant
Who suddenly died, and left an estate I4reat :;
To her beautiful niece that was friEhlfuily
Some said twas million OF dollars, or more
with q farm and some cattle, q mill and store
And Melissa employed an attorney or two,
VINO sifted the matter quite thro' and thro',
And Melissa, who many great hardships had
seen, EDucen" :;
Came ho.neward, in truth quite Z - Fairy
And then, oh! you might have seen all her
bcGuX-
Some twenty or thirty, but no person knows
How maryland she was quite al a loss
To settle on whom she would choose as boss.
Jake addressed hera letter, to sqGandcr no more
OF the money till he could obtain time to go
And help her TO settle up matters 5g you
knOw.-G.1
Melissa got frightened, for well did she know
That the cid marriage contract was ''IE bTATU
QUO;
So she sent & letter or two unto me,
To know if they really didn't agree.
And Jake hc wrote also and wanted to know
If they two were not married some winters ago.
I wrote TO them both, Just then and just there,
That l always considered the contract IS Fair;
And thought that the law would decide il as
good. wood!
For both treTe Of age when my uncle chopped
what happened thereafter ! really don't know,
Only Jake was husned up with ten thousand
or so.
QUA CosNoN SCHooLs.-We are indclJt FL to
J. p. Wickersham, Esq, State Superintendent
of Common Schools and Superintendent of the
Schools for Soldiers Orphans, for copy Of his
/ Annual Report, from which We gather the fol-
| lowing statistics:
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