St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-04-25
Uacle Pats 7 AXIS.

I've been thinking Of Sam. Sam is a
good fellow take him all in ell; AID at
lifting log he can't be beat lie walks
over ali the boys in this neigl5orhood.
NY Old woman likes Eam too, and she says
he'll make our Sal s. mighty good husband.
Ny old woman's master hard at getting
the gals fixed. She says gals is made to
marry and the sooner they air at it the
better it'll be all round. She's peculiar,
my cid woman is. Now, there's our Tom,
he's over six feet high and as strong IS an
OK in corn time-Ha didn't let him chaw
tabac when he was year and a half old
weH jist let any one talk before my old
woman about that boy taking wife upto
hissstf and the good L05d knows he wants
too bal enough, and she's up in arms ia Il
minute, firing away into the impuGent
iades who aren't good enough to black his
number 70 shoes. Wen, well, such is
wiuen. They see with their brains when
looking out fer hush tncs for their daugh-
ters, but with their hearts and heated i'm
agin0tion5 when their sons are in the Ques-
ton. " hat good thing it is that the
wimin think So much Of the men. | like
to see myself in their eyes, they always
give me better picture of yselt than I
can draw. Well getting back TO Sam.
Sam b0thers me great deal. Sal likes
him, [ know she does. Just as soon IS
that big foot of his'n sounds on the walk
under the parlor window there's 4 peculiar
light creeps up into that gals eyes, aud
the two c0vners of her mouth witches IS
If she was pressing store gum between
her back teeth. Those air the signs | 70
by wlsn judging Sails feeling Tor Sam.
ALWAYS watch q woman'S mouth if you
want to know how you stand in with her.
Now, knowing altthis, as I've already said
Sam bothers me. You see | wants my gal
to ba happy all the time, all the year round
ais it were, and as Sans built | don't see
how that's going to p&n cut. In the first
PLACE, Sam has been waited on by his
mother and sisters until he thinks he's an
American Grand Turk, and thai the wiman
folks gets all their pleasure in keeping
him IN food and clothes, etc In fact, he's
like that fur'en fellow who when he was 8
sting by river saw lis'seIf and fell in
love with his'self right er'way and never
ings, and while she can love heap, she
sam won't understand that logic, and Sal
won't understand bis'n and the long anG
the short of it, will be a grand bust uD.
If Sam was to put on anv Of his look ana
admire-me airs, Sal would tell him fiat to
his face he was blamed fool, and in less
thsn an hour she'd be at home with her
old dad. Now | don't like that hitching
and uuhitching as is going on with sons
married folks in this country. I'm Jest
old fashioned enough to believe that what
God joins together, no man should phil
asunder Let 'e1n stick even If it's a bad
stick, is my motter. Then Sam never put
by cent in his life It's come day, go
day, God send US Sunday with him. Nov
we all know strength is great thing in a
man, but its not al everlasting article, |
you have it to-day, you may lose it to.
morrow. Now, as I've said before, like |
Sam, but I'm not so gone on him as to |
marry him into the family and plant |
potatoes aud corn to feed him on. When |
my gal marry's, she's got to bundle up |
and get. No live-in-t the house with-you. |
sons-in-law need apply at this old mans
front gate. Then Sam loves to be a big |
fellow with the boys. Heles another |
place where the shoe pinches. I've seed |
other fellows of Sans make up, and | !
must say don't fancy the way they treat
their wives. Let them hear of party |
twenty mile off and away they go leaving
their wimen folks to chop wood, draw |
water, feed and milk the COWS, look after |
tha children, and scare the hawks outin |
the corn in the morning. Now that what