The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12

Srom the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle
John HeBry's farm jined ours-waI,
| not exactly, either, for & piece of land.
shaped for all the world like smooth
ing iron, that didn't belong to nobody.
cun down by our backwUods pastur,
and kind O'divided us off like.
Pap once gave Ine three calves foI
my own, and l riz the troublesome
critters all myself. Now John Henry
lad his eyes on them COWS. and he
was continually worryin' me 10 sell
EN-. One evening last summer was
sittin' i'll the barn-yard milkin', when
who should l see coming across lots
Out John. He SHE'D up 10 where |
was, (John alters had a way of shyin'
up to you like skeery hoss) tux an
other ;nilkin'-st0ol Off the fence, asked
for a bucket and went to work milk
ing. (John alters was good clever
soul. Finally ne spoke out: .'Jane
Eliza" said he, haven't 1 asked Won
,lx times if you wouldn't sell me them
COWS o yourn ?' Yes" saws [, s.vou
nave, and half dozen times I've told
you they was not for sale'' ..Then
my minus made up" says he. "Wal,"
says |, ''see that it's not too thin, ano
VIII cA0AA AhO All, 1CAb ~ HGll
nade-up bread, a well made-up mind
-isI thing TO be desired" 'Then,"
says John, 1--we determined that il
you won't sell I'll marry you, for hev
them cows Will" jlst got up from
ny miikin'- stool, walked over 10 j ohm
Henry and says, Them cows and me
are both thine" and that fool-killer
was so tickled he kicked over the
oucket of milk, and skeered the cows
ill they liked never to hev stopped
runnin'.
30 This spring we was married, and
arter havin' several dances in the barn
md a tremejus big Unfair il his un-
cle's, said to him, F'John Henry, you
nave been purity lucky the past year.
Let'sgo on bridal tower" '.No, you
lon't." says John; ''you don't get me
on no tower-Id be sure to get light
headed and fall of. Besides, look at
the tower of Babble, we" "Oh.
pshaw Johm," says /, interruptin'him
you're green. 1 mean a long Jour
ney, like Squire Stebbin's darter took
when she married that sewinr machine
agent" ''Wall, where'lI we go ~ says
John. "I1l hitch up the waggin and
well start bright and alrly." ''O-,
lon't mea.- : Ilstle short ride" saws l,
:'but long journey on the railroad.
We've never, both OF US, been outside
these IIlinoy peraries and its time we
saw somethin' OF the world. Square
5tebbins' darter went TO Niagry Falls,
md there's where I'd like TO CO.,
Now, where in thunder is imagery
Falls" says John. "Why, la, don't
you know" ?" says Fl. why, Niagry
Falls is ssitovated-why,o of course they
is"-amd do you know, for the life OF
me Icouldn't tell where they was, but
[ asked the Squire next day, and he
told Jtst how TO git there. 1 know
people alters carries baggage with
'em, so TUX long poke and put in
it MY best dress-made out of one OF
lead granuy's black silks-and Johns
other tow shirt, for didn't know how
long we might be gone, Then l rig
ged out purity gay, as was becomin'
bride. l WAS proud of my bonnet,
and knew it was all right, cause cous-
in Maria lives in the city, and she sent
1t to me eight or ten years ago. They
called it sky-scraper, and there was
nigh onto half peck of flowers re-
posed in and around the top OF it.
got some white ribbon aud trimmed
it over, 10 make it look bride-like-
Then l put on my short, red linsey-
woOlsey dress to travel in, and took
mothers white Grape shawl over my
arm. John wore his best blue Jeans
coat and pants, and his red and yaller
plaid linsey vest, and u bran new
broad brimmed wlAte hat. We TUX
the stage coach in the mornin' and
rode nearly all day. +. was purity
tired, for you see had TO scrooch ali
the lime to keep the ruff of the stage
from takin' OH a quarter section OF
my bonnet. We hadn't long to wait
afore the railroad came in sight. But
when she run snortin up toward us,
my John Henry jist lit out in bee
line for Midtown. | rushed after
him, and got him by the collar, and
me and another man exceeded in Sit-
tin him oD the stoop of one of them
railroads jist as the thing started. We
had some trouble in finding seat, but
after a while got a bench all to our
selves, and sot the poke and umbreller
up between us, for we'd heerd about
pickpockets. Then for the first time
looked out of the winder. ''Saints,
preserve u.s." as Granny used to say,
''Merscy sakes!" L cried out, John
Henry, don't you see what is the mat
ter.
why, look at that clothes line on
stills, gOin' faster past this winder
than creased lightnin' aud look at the
trees jinin' hands and runnin' like
mad, and the fences jest flyin'!"
''Oh, Johu! it's u virago, or all
earthcano, VOlquake, or somethin' that
you read about!"
"Calm yourself, good friend" said
a man i'll front, who looked like a
preacher. "It's only the car that is
moving, while the objects You men
ton are stationary. Thus, often when
we are rushin' m4dly to destruction,
we tondly facy ourselves standing
still, and surrounding friends 20 be
swiftly passing"
Here he sighed and TUX out his
watch to see how long we he'd to live
| reckon. jist started for the other
eend of the car, sayfn' ou can all go
TO destruction for me. I'm uoin' ter