A Ward's Courtship

-In aflfeoting account of hs courtship with "Betsy Jane," Arteui:)s Wrd naya : "Ttn-re wan many aftoetin' tief which made me hanker after Betsy Jane, er father'a farm jl ried ourn ; their cow and ourn squenched their thirst nt the name spring, our oíd mares both has stars on the forread ; the measles broke out in both the families noarly the samo poriod ; our parents ( Betsey's aud mine) slept resuliirly every Sunday in the same mcetin' house, and the rmbers usc to observo. "How thiok the Wiirdw and I Peasleys air ?" It was a sublime siglit in the spring of the year to soe our weveral mothers, (Betsey's and mine) witli their gowns pinned np sn thcy coulil'nt sile'em, effeoshuntily bilin' soap together and abootiiri' the nabers. in iim in