Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-11-09

oh. barbara. dear, you'll come Win ue'
And s,s viii go with Bly,;
Were OF 70 the blaebc ny trol.c 10 day'
With the hay cart, busy ana hy,
Old JAle 10 the fore, with hls adlle and bow
And Jona,hau Sriug9his horn;
Wen end with dance ag:the room ~ lie mill
Then home a. the pecp,of dawa.
Then, come, come, come
Though Margery B-ss aud she,
Jeany, aud Kate Will be there,
They amt touch TO you
Nv sAkes, you'd make an angel cuss,
You've got such a lot Of airs,
MebOe ihe GOVERNOR good enough,
II we're suchssmsH Affairs.
I'm blessed " don't AK Bella TO come,
she'd give her eyes 70 90;
der eyes amt bad,-yOu know they ain9-
Aud her neck l. Ike the snow.
Ti~n come, come,,cOme
Though Margery, Bess and sue,
Jenny, aud Kate, Will all DC there,
they Amt touch 10 you
Vow don't you cry. 0uly j0ked;
knew yer meant TO 20;
IFS cause love you Barbara, dear,
l sometimes hate you, So
Come. let's get splieed; rs time guess;
Let's drop these pets for life.
I'd like some pets Of a different sort.
With Barbara for M wife.
Then come GENE, come
Though Margery, Bess and sue,
Jenny and Kate, will all be ihersi
They amt touch TO you.
Oh, darn: it all afraid Of her,
And such s mite OF gal
Who. two Of her size rolled into one
Won't ditto sister Sal.
Her voice l. sweet a. the whippoorwilPs
And The sunshine's in her hair;
But I'd rather face redskins knife,
Or the grip OF grizzly bear.
Yet Sal says. "why, she's such dear,
she's Just the one for YOU"
on. darn Il all-afsared Of gal,
And me just six feet two
Though she aiut any size, while Pm
Considerable tall,
I'm nowhere when she speaks 20 ne,
she makes me feel 80 small.
NJ face grows red, my tongue gets hitehed'
The eussed thing won't go;
Il riles me, cause il makes her think
I'm most tarnation slow.
And though folks say she's sweet on me.
guess il can't be true.
Oh, darn il all-afeAred Of a gal,
And me just six feet two
NJ .Akes Just s'pose IL what the folks
IL saving should be 30
Co, cousin Jane, and speak to her,
Find out and let me know;
Tell her the girls should court the men,
For isn't this leap year;
That's why I'm kinder bashfnl-like,
Awaiting for her here.
Aud should she heSr I'm scared Of her,
You'll swea- il can't De true.
Oh, darn it All-afeared Of q gal,
And me Just six feet two
"A backwood.aasn's mark on q tree-shows thi
some chaps been along that way, before.
I'm the Northeastern States and in New Brun
wick and Nova Scotia, there are extensive trae'
called 'bArrens, over which fires have swept tn
have burned ~ the very soil Itself and lett nOthu
behind them but bare rocks, lofty rampikes, IN
blackened stems of pine trees and oluberries. A
the end Of August all creation begins 10 think tn;
blueberries taste nice. The bears csmpont on a
barrens, and grow At and saucy. Clouds OF Will
pigeons cluster on the old Tampikea as thick 5
blaekberries; and the boys AMI girls hitch the
horses into hay wagons half filed with hay, an
on they 20 "a-berryin," and pick barrels of blue
berries, which mother afterwards dries and pr
serves for winters use. IL. great fun, tell yot
Boys girls, birds, and bears-all nature goes Il
for one big 'blueberry froiie,' and II they haven
= good time, just want 70 know 3 s, Jr.
tsister sal don't Ike this word. Says it's onl
NJ for stockings aud suchlike- But il can't
helped. The country folks great at darninf
they will darn, and that's all about It's. s., j