Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-31

have no other wornan-she has no other
Only we've lived together a hong As We
ever can
So have talked with Betsey. and Betssy
has talked with me.
And 80 we've agreed together thai We
can't never agree:
Not that we've catched each other IN any
terrible crime.
We've been a-gathering this for years.
hrtie Al = time
There was a stock OF temper we both
had for start
Although we never suspected 'twouid take
Us rw0 apart;
had my various fzili1gs. bred In the
flesh and bone:
AMI Betsey. Ike all good women. had n
temper az her own
Tne first thing remember wherein ws
disagreed
Was sonething concerning heavens dif-
ference In our creed
We zrg'ed the thing Al breakfast ore
srgsd the thing AZ tea.
And the mere ne arged the question. the
more ne didn't agree.
An1 tie nsxt that remember Vas when
we lnEr q COW.
the Q1Suoz Was oaly-HoEs
held nv oEn opinion. and Bets@y anoth-
e hzd-
All uasn ne wsrs done attacking. We
bo1h 81 Us was mad.
in joke:
But fun for a week il lasted. and nei-
thsr Of Us spoke.
And the next was when scolded because
she broke bowl:
And she said l was mean and stingy
and hadn't any soul
And 50 that bowl kept pouring dissensions
in our cup;
And 50 that blamed cow-creature was al
ways a-comin' up:
And 80 that heaven we arg'ed no nearer
to us got,
But it gave Us taste Of something a
thousand times as hot.
And 80 the thing kept workin', and all
the self-same way:
Always somethin to arg'e. and somethin'
sharp TO say.
And down on US came the neighbors. a
couple dozen strong
And lent their kindest sarvice for TO help
the thing along.
And there has been days together-and
many weary week
We was both Of US cross and spunky, and
both too proud to speak:
And I have been tnfnkin' and thfnkIn'
the whole Of the winter and fall.
IL l can't live kind with woman, why,
then. 1 won't al all.
Ana 80 have talked with Betsey. and
Betsey has talked with me,
And we have agreed together that We
And what Is hers shall be hers, and what
is mine shall be mine:
And III put 1t in the agreement, and take
il TO her 10 sign.
Write on the paper. lawyer-the very first
paragraph
Of all the farm and livestock that she
shall have her half;
For she has helped to earn It, through
many a weary day
And it's nothing more than justice that
Betsey has her pay.
Give her the house and homestead-a mar
can thrive and roam;
But women are skeery critters. unless
they have home:
And have always determined, and never
failed to say.
That Betsey should never want HON,
IL l was taken away.
There is little hard money that's draw
in toPrIble pay;
A couple OF hundred dollars laid by for
rainy day;
Safe in the hands of good men, and cas-,
to get at:
Put in another clause there. and give he
half Of that
Yes. see yol smile. sir. at my givin' he
so much:
Yes. divorce Is cheap. sir, but take n
stock in such,
True and fair / married her, when sh
was blithe and young:
And Betsey was al'ays good to me. ex
ceptin' with her tongue.
Once. when I was as young as You. an
not 50 smart, perhaps.
For me she mittened lawyer, and sew
eral other chaps:
And all Of them was fustered, and fairI
taken down,
And 4 for time was counted the lucy
est man In town.
Once when had fever-I won't forg,
II soon
I was hot as basted turkey and Graz
as a loon;
Never an hour went by me when she VIZ
out of sight
She nursed me true and tender, and stue
to me day and night.
And IL ever house was tidy. and ey
a kitchen clean.
Her house snd kitchen was as tidy
any J ever seen.
And / don't complain Of Betsey. or any
her acts
Excepting when we've quarrelIed a,
told each other facts.
So draw up the paper, lawyer. and
go home tonight.
And read the agreement TO her. and I
II it's all right;
And then, in the mornin', I'll sell to
tradin' man I know,
And kiss the child that was left to ,
and out in the world I'll go.
AnS sSs thing put in the paper. that iii
to Ine didn't occur:
That VII an ! am dead at last she'll bri
me sack TO her;