Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-06-17
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There is no foolishness about some of
| the fathers of Dubuque county, Iowa,
who have marriageable daughters, and
they know how to precipitate business
when the fruit is ripe for plucking. and
| hangs, wasting its sweetness, when it
should be plucked Matters were
bicught to climax with rush at a
certain farmers residence in Vernon
township, recently A young tiller of
the soil had for months been paying
most assiduous attentions to one OF his
daughters. but he was such bashful,
modest chap, never having been much
i'll the company of girls, except this one,
| that he had never been able to raise his
courage sufficiently high to pop the ques-
ton.
He had gone to the house at which the
lady lived at least on twenty different
occasions, resolved to know his fate !;
but when ushered into the presence of
the fair one, in whose keeping he had
placed his heart, his courage would inya-
riably ''go back on him." and he would
return to his lonely room in greater sus-
pense than before. Upon the evening in
question he had determined that, come
what would, he would tell his Mary
that he loved her. He would once for
| former occasion, he could not get the
proposal farther than his throat There
it stuck, and he determined to gulp it
down and give up the siege, swhen the
door opened and in walked the girls
| father, who advanced to where they
were sitting and thus addressed them:
81 came out to put stop to this fool
ishness. 1t amt courtin' expenses I'm
lookin' at, for coal is cheap and wood
can be had for the hauling, but I'm sick
and tired of this billin' and cooin' like a
pair of sick doves, keepin' me awake at
nights, and it's got to be stopped right
here. Do you love John Henry well
enough to marry bim?"
Why, father, I-I-you must"
Stop that foolishin'," yelled the old
man. Answer yes or no, and quick,
too. It's got to be settled, now or
never"
Well-but, father, don't you know
if you'll only wait, and"
Dry up answer yes or no. Speak,"
roared the old man.
well, then, yes! There now!'' and
Mary again hid her face.
That's business; that's the way to
talk. Now, John, look here--look up
here, or Il shake you all to pieces. Do
you want that gal O. mine Tor Vile!
Speak out like man."
why, MIR. -, amt this rather a
l mean can't you"
Speak it out, or out of this house
you'll 60 head foremost. / won't wait a
minute longer. There's the gal, and
there amt likelier gal in the State, an
you just heard her say that she wanted
you Now, John, l won't stand bit
of toolin'. Once for all, yes or no?n
Well, yes, sir. have been pre-
sumptuous enough to hope that Il
&c Oh, stop your soft talk; the thing is
settled now. You two fools would
have been six months more at the job
that l have done in five minutes. l
never saw such foolin' as there is among
young people nowadays Amt like
when was young-an' now, good
night. You can talk the thing over, an
you an me, j ohm, II go up to town an
get the license tomorrow. Soon be
time to get to plowin' no time for love-
making then. Goodnight, good night !;
hope wasn't too rough, but was de-
termined to fix the thing one way or
| t'other," and he went back to bed.