The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-09
mt treet sheep. killin dog.' says he and

ent treet sheep. kilin dog says he and
if l had nv own way she should be
That's true says and Ime glad you
found her out, before you married her,
Il might thought little of her once
said Mosesbut she never could have been
my vile ss long as her name was Softer
King and / hope II she ever does marry
it wont be to emmy friend of mine.b
And we went ON toekin this way till
we got homeI Nose sayin the hardest
kind of things about her, and me sidin
with him. Nose wood q went in. but as
I said before, Il waseht sun down yet,
and be left promisin to call aeain soon.
The next Wensdsy week after this it
rained the whole blessed day, and was
as muddy as it could bes In the evenin
who shoed come but Nose. He come
TO ask the pleshnre OF my cumpuy TO
singin scool. ! dident ven,ur to object
for fear he'd think / sacked him agin.-
1t got awful dark after we started and
was drisln rain, and Nose had forgot
his lantern ami numberrell We went to
the school house about mile, it was,
aud thare was no sine of q singin scool,
50 we bad to wade back agin thru the
mud. 1t was the wuet gittin about that
I ever seen, and we both fell down q
dozen times and got covered with mud
from head to heels. But dident mind
it much for Nose talked 30 lovln that
dident think OF nothin else. Before
Nose left that night we was as good as
engaged,
Some of our folks tried to make f1e
bleave that there never had been sins
gin school Civ out, and that Nose jist
took me out in the mud and rain for bis
mischief, but / knode better.
Some days after this got letter
from Nose sayio that his foxes objected
to the match, and that we'd have to do
the rest OF our courtin by writin. He
appeared mighty sorry that his foxes
objected and dident know What we was
to do. ] writ back to him the affect.os.
atest kind, aud told him that we could
run off and get married.
Il took US sevril weeks to cit things
fixed all right for startin. We agreed
to meet on sertain night Snively's
hrige, and 60 from thare to Pennsilvany
For three nights afore the one that W
was to 90 on, | was stealth out my close
and things and packin them to the brige
and hidin them under 1t. l took some
of mothers things and Jane Ellzcrs by
mistake, and all of them made three
good back loads.
When the night come 1t was unfortu
nifty rsinin, but I slipt out Oft house
and started. l had to 60 thru the woodl
all the way for fear il l went along the
rode some boldly wood see me. ] GO
to the bridge and bid under 1t waitir
for him to come. By and by I heerd {
horse a comm. and as it come on tn,
brige slept ont and saein man says /
"Is that you Mosy2'
II ever you seen man whippin ant
horse running and heerd yellin! Il
less than second they was out OF sight
It wasant Nose, bat some feller tha
thought the brige was hanted and tha
I was gost.
waited and waited till | was titet
nerly to deth, but no Nose come.
coodent think What vas keepin him,
lowed mebby bis horse had throde hin
and mebby he had took sick, and lots o
other things. Thinks now he's some
place q fairly weepin because be cant gi
to his Sail Ann; know he's q feelin.
worse about it than am. But when W,
do git married we'll jist be the more Low
in because we've had these trubles Oh
Mosy deer, said most out loud, doan
be weepin and sithein, we'll be happy
yit. Your Sally Ann will be true to yo'
It'd deth do US part.
At last fndin that that sometbin wa
keeping him back. and be couldent com,
that night, bid my close agiu aud star
ted home. I got back jlst at daylight
Slipped up stairs and put on dry clos'
fold ones OF moshers) and come dowr
fist as il nothin was the matter. Jane
Elizer come in where l was and give mt
a letter, seen it vas from Nose. and
knode it wood explain all I run uI
stairs aud tore 1t open and red.
Deer Sally. Ann, l suppose you wa'
disappointed in not meeting me at tn,
bridge. But Sophia King and me had ,
little business to transact before th'
Squire, and / couldent go, In short
Mo,es Phillips and Sophia King wer,
married last night. hope, however th,
exercise of packing yonr old clothes
back, home will be beneficial to You
health, l was s,snding behind the dool
at Kings when you told Sophia that pacl
of stuff. and heard every word OF it
We had lots Of fun watching you on the
fens, and Kings dogs trying to get a
you. NOSE PHILLIPS
Oh jist raved and caved round and
pilcht and tore. I swore till things look.
ed fairly blue, carried on for about an
our, and then went down stairs resolved
that my close shood rot, before Fde &c
after then for knode Nose wood pe
settin around lhare some place TO laf al
me.
When I went down stairs what do you
spose seen2 hope may die If thart
wasent pap and mother and Jane Elize'
openn the bundles OF close. They said
they found them hsngin on the bars.
shsnt attempt to tell YOU how slsmed
things around. ! coodent do it II Idt
try.
As soon as l got the mad worked o6
which vas about seven weeks, so Good
write, sot down resolved to put Nose
and s .der in the papers. And nov II
thousand men wants, to marry me,
wont have the purtiest one that ever was
born. until he promises to whale Nose