The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-05-03
MY UNCLE's WEDDING.

MY UNCLE's WEDDING.
NV uncle was q man of other years: that is,
his habits of acting and thinking were all formed
in the old school. He lived twenty years with
ON old fashioned wife; and as they had been born
and brought up together, they got along very
well, and were as hearty, thriving, happy cou-
lie, as any that are to be found to this day IN
Annandae. But the good woman died at last;
and my uncle could not endure a life of single
blessedncss, as some callit; it was very wretch-
edness, to him. SO he married new wife, with
new notions, new fashions, and all the ct ceteras
of the modern school. He thought he did We
ry wise thing. And he tapped me on the shoul-
der, lust as we were setting down to the wed.
ding supper, eBob," said he, in half whisper,
"get married.; there is nothing like it" "Cer.
tanly, SIR" said I, for reverenced his COUNSEL
"but it you please I'll stand by ana look ou'
little longer" 49,,
| When the hustle and noise was over little,
went down to the Dale to spend the summer
with my uncle. The good dame had begun the
work of reformaton cunning as fox, she mad
broke ground gently at first. There was rich
new mirror, hung low in the parlour; bold en-
croachment, for the old gentlemen used always
to hold that looking glasses were only made to
shave by, and that nobody who don't wear
beard ever ought to look in one; accordingly his
own glass had hung chin high for quarter OF
century, and not one ofhis own children had ev-
er seen its own face until they knew the use OF
razor.
One after another of the old articles Of furni.
ture were displaced, and new carpets, chairs, Ia
bles, &C. &c. introduced by my good aunt; and
whenever her spouse evnced the slightest dis
position to be angry, she gave him geod natur-
cd chuck under the chin, and assured the dear
fellow that good wife was always mistress OF
her house and that she was determined to be
good wife and rule the roast in her own domi-
Gil I,esides; she taught my uncle that his hand.
some fortune entitled him to look little above
his neighbors; to claim that quality which should,
as much as possible, exclude the idea OF equall-
ity, vulgar doctrine that had long been Preva-
lent in the Dale. :.
NV good uncle Yielded inch after inch to his
worthy spouse, until the old house was fitted up
in great style, and a common farmer would haro-
" know where to set down his 6 eat clumsy foot
in it. She obtained over him wonderful ascen-
dency some how; for he got to be as doc'e as
lamb. Sometimes, it is true, he locked sorrow.
full, and sighed deeply, and took his broad
brimmed hat and cane, and trudged over the
; fields to neighbor Hodges to sit and smoke his
S nine again in an old oaken chair by the great
chimney-place, and when there, he seemed 10th
to go back again; but he loved peace, and always
r went home at tea time 49,
NV aunt was woman of talent. She did one
. thing at time she was to be successful in
, whatever she undertook, for she bent all her
mind to the single object. 1t is this singleness
of purpose that removes mountains. She mad
now set her house rights, as she called it, and
= from sundry hints and preparations, l began ere
, long to surmse that she intended setting her old
man to rights next.
There was very little of the dandy about my
{ uncle He wore great brmmed hat upon his
:. hale round hcad-a shad-bellied coat of greasy
green, with dark ivory buttons; q vest of genu-
IL ,y, p,I tnaVNr .ttNfrsg
] velvet small clothes, buckles, and very large
d Shoes and made very portly, venerable appear
: ance in the sun. Beside, he used spectacles and
: tobacco, and trod fiat upon his feet when he
S walked
S Nv aunt began her second campaign. She
. bought him wig and quizzing-glass, declaring
y that he looked about fifty years too old tor
d her in his old fashions-and she got them
on too. The old man little testy, but she
:, took him by the arm and brought his bald pate
: and spectacles before the mirror. At any rate
this was the argument she used. His tobacco
box went next NV uncle scolded-Iny aunt
i, = r,asonei-and she beat him in the argument
- though he argued that tobacco was necessary to
preserve his teeth, but she sent tor dentist,
. and had them plugged and scoured' TIL he tarly
- - cried for mercy, and assured .'ie ueht'st eiey
- would last forever.
Y Rut nv uncle's troubles did not end here
o The next time his good lady went to town she
e bought him new suit of bright blue CLOTH
il rhe coat and vest would not meet around him
y bv about eight inches; but my aunt gravely told
y him. her husband was not to look like a pudding
bag that the clothes were of perfectly gentcei
= shape and size, and they didn't lit him-that
n was all. So after bandying good many more
j. hard words than had been used in his house be-
fore she got six tbicknesscs Of flannel off him
and as he had grown in his way of dressing rath-
or too large, she fitted up set of her old stays,
- and compressed his rotundity few inches more
Is when the clothes went on buttoned. She had
l. a good deal Of sweetness in her disposition
S. however, and she assured him over and over, as
he sat gasping for breath beside her, that he
Is would grow quite genteel, and the clothes be
N come very easy, BY dieting little.
ie NV unclc's standing establishment still requir
ID ed alteration, however. The.good dame vowed
l. that at present in his new costume, he looked
= Just like turkey-that his great feet were 1