The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-08-25
Gbe Qrinres, Mem BloourheIO, pa,

sweet-but Seth Moses jest squeezed my
hand, and said, terrible low and tender-like,
AS If you wasn't sweet enuff now, Susy =
OF course, gals, don't expect you to tell
of this nonsense. 1t wouldn't be fair.
eve had a tame monkey in our family
uncle Nat brought him from Greenland,
Or the West Ingies, forget which and
Snip, that was his name, was desprit
favorite with us all, The way he used to
cut up was astonishin'. Jest what he seed
anybody do--he'd go rite away and do his
self. Snip owed Seth Moses a grudge, be-
cause Seth tied bell to his tail one time,
and sot everybody to lafiin' at him, so Snip
he was determined to torment him all he
could. He'd steal his handkerchief and
wipe the dogs nose with it, and once he
got the precious book that Mr.. Byron writ,
out of Seth's coat pocket, and dropped it
into the slop-pail Nigh about ruinnated
it
"Wall, Seth Moses kept on visitin' to
our house, till we looked out for his comm
every night as settled pint. Arter
awhile, father and mother got to droppin'
off, and leavin' Seth and me alone on the
old settle afore the kitchen fire. At sich
times ginerally knit and Seth twirled his
thumbs. Real interestin' for us to ex-
perience If it amt quite so interestin' for
you to hear. One night, twas in March /;
and I've despised the month ever sense
Seth came over as usual. About eight
o'clock father went to bed, or retired, if
that suits you any better, and mother did
likewise. Seth he got kind of oneasy- like,
and didn't know as the settle-cushion was
beat up right for him. So, sez l, Seth,
what's the matterp You don't act as if
you sot comfortable = Don't l p sez he,
fidgetin' about. NO, sez l, "pears as if
the settle don't jest fit ye s'posen beat
it upP' 'Susy,' sez, he, jumpin' up all of
sudden, 'I've got somethin' on my
mind + Law we'll p sez /, take it off
then if it distresses ye what is it, yer new
watch-chain 'Susy,' sez he, poppin'
down on the bilin' hot harth, burnt hole
in each knee of his trowses,) 'Susy, love
ye You are my star OF all the heaven
ly planters that tread the sky and wraps
their splenderiherousness in the clouds,
thou art the brightestp = l have said be-
fore that Seth Moses was very romantic, if
the boys did call him Smut ; and 1 was
jest gwine to be as pulite as he was
when onlucky enuff, happened to turn
my eyes toward tho tother corner of the
fireplace; and oh, that monkey! Dear
sake I've abominationated a monkey
forever, all on account of that Snip There
he was was, squat down on his knees afore
our old dog Rover, his paws histed up jest
like Seth's hands, and his head bobbin',
and his eyes rollin' about orfully. 1
couldn't stand it, aud I tickled rite out
a-lafin'.
"Oh you monkey you monkey sez
/, laffin' away as tight as could.
"Seth, poor, foolish toad thought l
meant him, and he was awful mad, can
tell you. He got rite up off from the harth,
grabbed his hat, and aimed at the door.
tried to exploterate the matter to him, but
he wouldn't take no kind of hearin' of it I;
and went off, slammin' the door to behind
him. That was the last of his being my
beau. Two weeks after, he married Sarah
Jones, and took her home to his nice house
with all its invigorators. I've lived with
out him though, and got along tolerably
well. Sometimes think that monkey did
a blessed good job for me, for they do say
that Seth Moses drinks and scolds at his
wife.
Howsomever, should kinder have
liked to a. tried the married state, jest to
see how should a. liked it. 1t couldn't
have done no hurt, anyhow"