Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-20
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
VERY SIMPLE STORY.
WITH A rwo STORY MORAL.

By B. lShillober cslIrs. Partingto1a'') an II
Good Housekeeping.
When John and Angeline were wed,
The good old portiy parson said,
While pocketing, complacently,
The customary marriage fee,
Now, John and Angelina this tie
Will hold, unbroke n, till you die
If you are true as you should be,
And 10 its binding chain agree,
1t holds you both to bear, together,
All fateS, in fair or stormy weather;
Each one TO lend willing hand
To aid the other on demand,
To pull together in the strife.
And share the good and ill of life.
Bless you, my children, in your lot,
Made one by the hymeneal knot"
And then the parson took his hat
Feeling not wanted after that
A hackmaG waited at the door,
To take them on their wedding tour
Part of the way-not very far
And leave them in Pullman car:
TO check their trunk, all bright an new
Full big enough, at.least, for two.
Then off they went, with blessings cast,
And old shoes showered around them fast,
Reaching in time the railroad train,
Where, BIDDING friends goodbye again,
They on their journey gayly relied,
Blest in each other manifold.
Cine greatest town beneath the sua,
AS the Chicago people claim,
And il it isn't all the same:
But, spite of all invidious jokes.
Chicago holds some glorious folks
To the old Sherman John directs
The nackman to take his effects,
Consisting of his trunk and wife,
Feeling with proud Importance rife;
And then, with what a rapturous pride
He wrote the line John Smith and bride.'
Not quite we'll writ, but to his eye
The triumph of chrography.
Led by darby boy police,
Their aspiration took a flight
Perhaps took two-that as it may
AND soon found quarters where to stay
Richly bedight, with f1xings rare,
Wearing quiet patriciau air,
The carpets, gorgeous with their dyes,
And lambrequins and rugs like wise;
John deemed it bright, fairy bower;
His Angy, its "consummate flower
Thus as they sat in loves romance,
With joy upon each cOuntenance,
Day became night, and bleSt content
Was with their fair surroundings blent-
Beneath SPELL when, broke the charm
AS fire bells Numbered forth alarm,
And on the dark the fiery glow
Betokened far extended woe.
The watched, dismayed, the rushing flame
That In fierce SurgeS went and came;
And, as more near its roaring doomed,
They knew the Sherman house was doomed,
To flee for life, and lose their traps
Was their fatality, perhaps.
But Angelina, with hopeful mein,
The like Of which John ne'er had seen,
Said quick: The parson didn't joke,
His word was true as e'er was spoke,
And now no better time could be
To pull together don't you see?
SO take right hold without ado,
And We will pull the trunk right through
Then, Selling each handle light
They bore their burden by the light
OF the red heavens that round them lay,
With love and pluck to lead the way,
Until they stood on Safety's ground,
Beyond the confagration's bound.
There, John" said Angy, as they sat
Upon the trunk, Just think of that;
The parsons counsel we have tried
Tried as by fire. her spouse replied.
Then from their tour they soon returned,
Their love confirmed, their traps unburned,
And ne'er a fonder pair was seen
Than John and hi. far Apgeline.
Their ntighbors hold them very high,
And told that story of the try,
AVerring they would fain have seen EN-
Dragging that heavy trunk between 'em.