The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-28
JEKUSHT.
BY SAUL rOTrs.

Ysu must come N see us agin, John. when the
folks is alTt home;
reck n they like to see ye # ye feel inclined
TO come;
Come when we've mind to, there's most al
ways some on Us about a5a i
I'm sorry it happened SO to-day, that both the
gals was out. o
Ye needn't be particular about or, bein' home.
We're in and out considerable. and over to faith
er's some, -
But the gals you,n hnd good company. espesh'ly
sairy Jane; 7i
N 1 think they'll both on 'em be glad to have
ye come again. 5a
Jerushy, she's more quiet like-hain't been SO
much to school;
But tell We what, eff I do say it, she ain't ne
body's fool;
She's more "dOauestsc.'' as they say. but she
knows what she's about, - t-
N most likely you'n find Ae,'tO home;if sairy
Jane is out. i+ eA
She's quieter N sairy Janer'' wal. I should
say she was;
You'd think so # you should hear the way that
gal goes ono laws!
She amt so snowy nigh as Sal Il sometimes can
her Sal -1si 'l ~ "f@
For short, though She don't like it much, but
she's my favorite gal. -aa1
Our sairy Jane was down to BROOKLYN. goin' on
nigh two year,
IT school there at the Packard ''-it was her
mas ideer:
She thought our deestrick school want quite
enough for sairy Jane t
IN we did talk little this spring " sendin' her
there again.
kinder hate to have her go-not that 1 mind
the expense,
But in all this nishin' - business, there don't
seem to me sense
What with French, Dutch and Italian, and
thumpin' the pianny,
Gals nowadays amt of no account at least
not much if any. -44I sEa
Mother and me was both on us brought up to
like to work,
Fee almost always had to, and my woman amt
ne shirk;
And both our gals is used to it, but somehow
Sairy Jane
Don't take to it so nat'ral as Jerushy. that is
plain.
And sence she's been to boardin' school She
kinder thinks it amt
Quite so genteel to cook and wash as tits to read
and paint,
orset in the best settin' room dressed up o. al
ternoons, . ~ ttiiN1
N practisin'. on our new pianny, all her fancy
tunes.
But Jerushy somehow's always busy It one
thing or another,
A seein' about the homework, or a helpin' ST
her mother;
She never hires no sewin' done, she runs her
own machine,
in between.
" You've noticed what difference there was in
them two galsr''
Wal. yes. Jerushy's face, to most folks. amt so
tair as SAILS;
And Sally is more snowy, with her city ways
and clothes,
IN it's nat'ral that of the two she'd take best
with the beaux.
Well, sairy Jane is bright and smart and pretty,
I'll allow.
IN if she amt so useful-What? don't tell me
Johnl WAL nowi
You like Jerushy better; and-and what's that
you say?
You've come to ask for MY consent to give my
gal away3
why. John. # I'd seen the angel Gabriel comm
through the skies,
1 really think couldn't been more choek full
o. surprises;
And yet now that think ont it kind er strikes
me too,
I've heered Jerush say sO'thin' about her likin'
you s4-l sia
Wal. John, so far as Pm concerned, can't says
object,
And her mother won't do nOthin' to hinder,
expectj
But it's so kind er sudden, it most takes nay
breath away,
When sairy Jane hears ont wonder what on
airth she'll say, aoi i
Don't go yet. John, sit down spell, it amt SO
very late,
Here is Jerushy comm now through the back
garden gate;
9 Wal, wal. young woman, where we ye been, |
and what dye think that John s4-
s been telIin' me about ye here and your sly /
COINS en-?
And ye never said a word to me-ye whatP ye
spoke to mother? l4-.r 5t- 1ii y ua
Val. Unjust say .shekep' it dreadful secret some
how m 'other; g.8f .sty
But it's all right, Jerushy-though hate to let
you go
t's just the way with bles.in's we count most
on here below"
Val, John. take good care of her. she'll make
frst-rate wife.
reckon you love her-IoVe IS bout all there is
worth much in life;
md riches, you know what the Scriptur' says
of thieves and moth tt9
wish ye joy. Jerushy-John-and may God
bless ye both. s(t ts.t+ .ntf /