Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-28
THE GRANGER'S STORY (;
Three Elopements In One Night.

She was young, gentlemen, an she
yas sassy, an jest as full of solid sense
.sshe was of fun-an' she was full of fun
within prescribed limits, as an egg is
NIL of meat.
She knew her mind, too, an could love
6ke woman when she was sot to it, as
ahe story shows. There was no better
nor likelier gal in this country, which
she's proved since, an the way she did
up them two city lawyer stugents was
tnn, gentlemen. fun.
Yes. she's the gal that eloped with
Shree fellers in one night, an as respect
able = gal as you'll find in the State to-
azy.
Was she well behavedp Well, you
eft bet your life she was. Lively an
sFight when she was woke up, she was
n most thunderin' smart girl when it
came to takin' business charge OF her.
Rli.
She was as pretty as n pictur' that's
aest ready to walk out of its frame. Her
hxr seemed to float all around her head,
IN when the wind blowed through it
an the sun lightened it up,i t looked like
y gold mine such as you read about.
She was fresh, wholesome-lookin' gal
as ever was, with bright eye that went
through man like buzz saw through
pine log, an she had figger as round
&s = huckleberry, an sweet as butter
nnt
Why, I knowed her when she was
2nly SO high; she was born and raised
n this very town, an her money, mat
Ter of about $4,000, was left by her
grandmother in trust with old Judge
Willes, an he looked out for it, too.
The gal lived with her grandmother
nil she was eighteen, an, when the old
lazy died, she went over to her Aunt
Ailton's for three years till she got mar
ried, an they say she made it lively for
them two women; in her own demure-
ike an innocent sort o. style, of course.
Thankee; yes, smoke evenin's some
times.
The way it commenced was something
ike this: You see, gentlemen, got a
partickler here and partickler there
sill got the whole thing.
Jennie-hsr name was Jennie Thomas
ihen-hed he'd kind o. sneakin' regard
SO< Jed Billings, a smart young farmer,
tairish off, but not over well-to-do at
1T time.
They'd went to school together, an
Jed, one day. he'd hauled her outer the
nlLpond. She'd fell into it in Ole OF
h<T wild scrapes tryin' to walk across
ahs dam on four-inch edge, an, from
what ! heerd at the time, I guess that
49, the way the affair begun between
-
Bat somehow, she was kind G. offish
b Jed, yet that young farmer he'd a
Epod eddicashun-frst-rate, and was
kasWn TO be square-that is. square as
sszAre goes nowadays, when the golden
Rsln appears to be to do unto others as
Bazs would do unto you, If they got the
lAznce.
Int whether it was that Jennie
sznted to hev her little foolin' afore she
2ssd MP, or whether she wanted to see If
Sss really loved her, or whether she
wszted to fool him an SOW her female
MD oats or what not, land only knows.
As I said afore, howsumever she was
KEsh. an wouldn't make no regular en-
Esgsment, and right in the nick of the
VERY them two lawyer stugents from
fks city arrived among our midst.
You see old Judge Parker had his son
"a m bis nevvy Charley Clifford to
Gs1ieste, an ne fixed em both up for
lawyers, jest as five warn't over-stocked
With them chaps, same as we be with
srsy worms; an yit, gentlemen, we're
aEzsee on good haymakers an fnrmin'
sEn genrally, as you know.
The nevvy, Charley Clifford, was
'sEsne good feller. rs everybody's aware
- to-day. But Sam Parker was a par
tzz1lazly curious cuss, an bid fair 10 turn
- Jest such mean, cross-cut lightnin'
xssGzlator - llis father was-which most
- Jou know'd well enough, partickly
ssksa you had any affidavys to be done
~ the old man wanted his twenty-five
asuzs m advance.
Well, Is soon as them young sharps
erzaiwated an come home they both sot
1aassr eyes on Miss Jennie.
leg bless YOU, In the mornin' you'd
sm Sam a-drivin' her out to the pond IN
Raksr's old gig, an In the afternoon