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My slarsl thar psrson Is porsrtuE slow
! coming. j feckoa he want so tedious
Citing 10 his own wedding as.he is com.
ing here, said one Of the bridesmaids Of
Miss Polly PeabIossom, as she bill her lips
10 make them rosy. aid peeped info q
small looking glass 1orglhe twentieth time.
HE breaches enough about the short.
nessof lifetime. remarked another poul.
! ing Miss. AID how We ought 10 improve
our opportunities, NOT iolbe creeping along
hkeaa snail, when aSwh6le wedding par
liyis waiting Tor him, aud the wsfFlesl are
getting cold, and the chickens are burn.
ing % crisp MN
Have patience. giIls maybe ihe nan !
lost his spurs and can't gel along any fas-
ter " asthe, consola;ory appeal 81 an arch
looking damsels assahe finished the, last Of
abtInch Of grapes.sbsga 81, tal ga
'Or perhaps bis old fcxleared horse bias
Jumped OUT Of the spastdre, and The old
gent knan has % late il 400. suruise q
she Fouffh bridesJr aid- IL 81 "a gssIgE
e The bride used i3dustrIous.e forts to sp.
pear patients and ratitergindifFerent amid
The general restiyeness Of her aids and
would occasionally affect extreme merri-
ment; but her sbrewd attendants charged
her with being fdge,ty. and rather more
uneasy than she wanted folks 10 believe.
Hello, Floydp shouted old Captain
Peahlossoin out CT doors 10 bis copperas
ItrowseTed son, who was entertaining the
young beanx Of The nsighborhood With
feats Of sgililyin jumping With weights
Floyd. throw down Them rocks, and put
the bride on Snip. and ride down The
ROAD and see IL you cant see Parson
Gympsy and tell him 10 hurry along
we are all WAITING for him. He must
think weddings are likkhis meetings. that
can be put off Id The Sunday alter the
fourth Saturday 10 next month, ailessihe
crowds all gathered and ready toshesr
the preaching. If you honh meet him.
60 clean 10 his house. 4 'spect he's heard
that Brusby Creek Ned is here With bis
fiddle, and has taken 4 scsre.' ~
As the night was wearing on. and 20
parson had come yet ID unite the festnies
OF George Washington Hodgkins and The
smiable and accomplished" Miss Polly
Peablossom, tbe former individual inlimat-
ed to his intendedlhe proprieiy Of passing
Of the lime BY having ! dance.
Polly asked her ma; and her ma, after
arguing that il was not The fashion 10 Der
hms, 10 North CatoljHa. 70 dance before
the ceremony, al last Consented. ss,-
The artistfromJ Brushy Creek was called
10 and after much tuning and splitting on
The screws, be stamped bis loot, and
struck up Money. Musk. and away
Eenl thel county dance Polly Peablos,
som al siie head with Thomas Jefferson
Hodgki1s IS her partner and George
washington Hodgkins 1ext. With Polly.
sister. Lpyisa for lis partner. Polly
danced 10 skery gentleman. and Thomas
Jefferson danced 10 every lady; then Up
and down in The middle, aud hands all
around. Next cane George Washington
and bis partrer who underwent the same
process; esnd 50 on ;htough The WHOLE
as Daboll's srelhnslic says.
/ The yard was litup by three OF foul
large light, wood fires. which gayea pic.
tufesque appe sispee loihe gToups outside
on one SIDE oisihe house Was DAME
Newman Peablosson ad1 bevy Of young
ssefs, who either t9nld rot dance cr dit
moi desire 70 &c, ihIo he dance-P roSa
Sly he lormer--and fho amused them
selves By jumping and wrestling. Onths
other side group olmairons satunde
tbesseess, ii chars. ana 1iseoursed of IN.
mysteries Of. making butter. curing chick
chs Of lhe pip. and children Of he Group
4 besises lamenling he rilisiorlunes Of SOM
neighbor. or the ibdiseselion Of som,
I ueighbot's daughter who bad run ava,
and married circus rider. A few pen
| sise couples esche wing The 'eiday dance.
Il pFomenaded The yard. and admired lh
\ moon, Or 'uondered IL all then little sias
we're worlds like this. Perhaps lbe.
bihsy have sighed sehtimeulally atthe fol-
7 ofthe mosquitoes and bugs Which Tef
attracted roond The 6rss 10 gel their prelt
llinle wings scOrehsd. and lose their Pre-
eious lives. or thsy may have talked {
Il true love. aod pliEhlsd their vows. 4
Sushl We know.
Old Caplsia Peablbtsom and his pip'
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