Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-22
How Hcr Father Helped tho Bnshful
e Lovers.


Thsre'sno foolishness about some of the
fathers Of Dubuque County who have mar
riageable daughters, and they know how
to precipitate business when the fruit is
ripe for the plucking,i and hangs wasting
its sweetness when it should be plucked.
Matters were brought to climax with
rush, at certain farmers residence in
Vernon Township, Oil Friday night last.
A young tiller of the soil had for months
and months been paying most assiduous
attention to one of his daughters, but he
was such bashful, modest chap, never
having been able to raise his courage sui:
ficicntly high TO pop the all-important
question. He had gone to the house in
which his admirer lived upon at least
twenty different occasions resolved to
know his fate, but when ushered into the
presence Of the fair one into whose keep
ing he had placed his heart his courage
would invariably ego back on him." and
lie would return to his lonely room IN
greater suspense than before. Upon the
evening in question he had determined
that come what would he would tell his
Mary he loved her. He would once for
all decide the matter; but as upon each
former occasion he could get the proposal
no farther than his throat There it stuck,
and he had just determined to gulp it
! down and give up the siege when the door
opened and in stalked the girls father,
who advanced to where they were sitting
and thus addressed them:
II came in to put stop to this Internal
! foolishncss. 1t amt the couytin expenses
that Pm looking at, for coal oils cheap
an wood can be had for the haulin'; but
I'm sick an tired of this bilin' an cooin
like a pair Of sick doves; keeping me
awake o'nights, an it's got to be stopped
right here. Mary Jane, look up here. Do
you love John Henry we'll enough to mar.
~ him ?'
"Why, father, 1-I-you must
"Stop that durn foolishin'," yelled the
old man. "Answer yes orno, and mighty
I quick, too. Its got to be settled now OF
never.'. ..~
"Well, but, father, don't you know
ifyou'd only wait and-'
"Dry up; answer yes Or mo-. Speak,
roared the old gent.
"Well, yes, then. There, now," and
Mary again hid her face.
"That's business; that's the way to talk
Now, John, look here-]ook up here OF
I'll shake you all to pieces. Doyou want
that gal O. mine for q wife? Speak ou,
like man, now"
"Why, Mr.. -, amt this rather A.
mean, can't you-'
! "S>esk it out, or out of this house you'll
go heaGforemost. won't wait minute
longer. There's the gal, an likelie1
gal amt in the State, an you just heard
her say she wanted you. Now, John,
won't stand q bit O. foolin'; once for all
yes. Or mo-"
"Well, yes, sir, have been presumptu
Gus enough to hope that ~
"Oh, cuss your soft talk; the things
settled now. You too blasted fools would
have been SIX months more at that jol
that I've done in five. minutes. I never
see such tooling among the young people
nowadays. Amt like it Was when l was
young-an' now, goodnight You can
talk the thing over, an you an me, John
II go to town an sit the license tomorrow
Soon bc time to go to plowin'-no time
for love-makin' then. Goodnight, GOOD
night; hope I wasn't too rough, but was
determined to fix the thing up one way or
'tother;' ard the old man went back tc
bed.
Now that the ice was broken the young
people laid all their plans for the future
and John felt just little bad at the com
fort he had lost, when Mary looked at HIN,
slyly, and said:
"Ihis would have been all right fou,
months ago, John, if you hadn't been sc
sleery; know'd all the time that yor
wanted to ask me but it WASH. my place
to say anything, you know"
No cards.-Dubuque Times.