Two Years Behind the Plough; Or, the Experience of a Pennsylvania Farm-Boy. Giving a True and Faithful Account of Life on a Bucks County Farm as He Found It During an Apprenticeship of Two Years (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...and everything. Rachel then came forward and shook hands with her, and, hearing her name from Jim, said: "Well, Julietta, how does thee do? How did thee leave thy folks at home?" Getting a satisfactory answer to both questions, she then turned to Jim with a pretence of scolding him: "Why did n't thee tell us thee was a-goin' to bring thee wife home to-day, so that we might a' got sumthin' ready for her? It's too bad of thee to come on us unbeknown like this. Thee's a good-fornothin', rotten fellow, that's jist what thee is." "I understand erzacly how it is," interposed Caleb. "He was afeered Julietta wouldn't have him when he got there, and so he tho't it better to say nothin' till he made sure of her." And then, overcome with laughter at his ingenious solution of the affair, he put his hands into his pantaloons pockets and shook himself vigorously. Poor Jim was too much confused himself to do more" than stammer out a few unintelligible sentences, and his wife, never much of a talker, made no attempt to help him out of his muddle. It was then arranged that, whilst the two couples went in to tea, Johnny and I should unload the wagon of the sundry articles which Julietta had brought along as her contribution to the house-keeping stock. The wagon--borrowed of a friend in the village--was returned the following day. Had Jim Jimison not been the loose, rackety fellow he was, the Society of Friends, of which, through his family relations, he was supposed to be a member, would have called him to an account, if not expelled him, for marrying out of the pale of the society. But either he had ceased to be regarded as a member, or else was consid ered as too black a sheep to be worth looking after, and so was allowed to pas...