Holly Springs gazette., 1844-11-15
MARRIAGE OF BILL WARRICK &
BARBRY BASS.


AS DESCRIBED IN LETTER FROM MISS
NANCY GUIToN, TO MISS POLLY STROUD.
To Miss Polly Stroud, nigh Noxvil in the
State of Tennysee, clost by where the
French Broad and Hosin jinds.
Pinev Bottom,
this July 9, Of I844
Miss Polly Stroud-dere madam
now take my pen IL hand OF the presence
opportunity to let you know how we are all
well, bot | am purry ia sperits hopin this
few lines may end you the same by gods
mercy as | have been SO mortyi SIDE [ could
cry my eyes out bodily BILL WARRIcK,
yes Bill Warrick, is married to BARBRY
BAsst / seed 1t done--a mean. trlhin, de-
ceevinest cTeetur-but never mind-Didn't
know him when we went TO old feld
>koo-a little raggid orffn Boy, with 10
body to patch his close torn benin Il maxim
ofa dicky dcky-dout Of himself-cauSe his
old Digger oman Venus was too lazy 10
mend emp Didn't know when he couldn't
make pot hook or a hanger ia his cop,
book TO save his lie as for makia of be
always pul it tolher way. lis, so s back wards
And then 10 say | were too old for him and
that he always c0nceited was a sort OF
sister to himl Q Polly Stroud, he is so
likely particular when be is dressed up of
Sunday froiick--and what is wOrser
his wife is prutly too, tho don't acknowiige
it here. Oaly too think how | doated on
him, how | used to save bosiin blossims for
him, which some people calls sentid shrubs
md how | used 10 put my hand in and
pull them out for him, ana how | used
TO blush when he sed they WIS sweeter for
comm from where they dd2 Who went
blackberryin and huckieberryin with me2
who always rode to prechun with me and
helped me on the horst2 who made Poke
berry stains in dimons and squares and cir
cles and harts and 50 on at quiitins for mt2-
and alkin of Poke i do hope to fathers
above shat Poke will beat CLAY to spite Bill,
for be is a rank distracted Wing & secfeter-
ry to the Clay Club-who always threaded
my needle and has kissed me in perticler IN
playln of kneeliG to the wittvist, bowin to
the puttYIst, and kiSsin ofthem YOU love best
and playin Sister Feebe, and Oats, Peas
Beans and Barly grows-at least one hun
dred tines2 Who waited as candl holder
with me at Tim Bolins weddin. and sed he
knowd one IN the room he'd heap rather mar
ry, and looked at me so uncommon. and hi.
eyes blue thai | feft nv face burn for a o,ar.
ter OF a houI2 who do say was it bat BIIL
WARRtcK--yes, and IA heap more. If
haven't CRATE mind to Sue him, and wopl1
do IT, II 1t wasn't | am afeared he'd show q
Noiuntine writ to him in Feberarv n year
ago lie orter be exposed, for If ever he j.
widderer hell fool somebody else the same
way he DID rae. lis a buTain shame.
could hardly hold M head gp sl4he weddin
Ii hadnt OF ON so mad and too proude "a
le. MN see II could of cried severe.
wen, 1t was nice weddin-sicb tce
cakes u mlnIcles and raisins and arinois and
hams-Hour doins and chickin 6sins and
tour uncommon fattest big goblers | eyer
seed The Bryde was dressed in white
muslin figguredover pink satin petivcote
with white gloves and satin shoes and he,
hair curtin down, with little rose in i
ana chain aroun her neck | don't know
whether 1t was raal cool or ated She
looked butiful, and Bill did look nice .nJ
all the candydates and two preachers and
Col Hard was there. and Bills niooerS ,ba
iIklies. nine OF them you ever looked ar and
When did look at EN- and think. raIv
nought should or breke my healt. Well
.ch kIssln-several of the gals sed that
shere faces burnt like fire, for one of the
treechers aRa>Co Hard wosnt shaved cIost
Bimeby was settin leanin back. and
6at he come benin me and sorter ierked
me back, and skeared me powerful for fear
L was failin backwards, and [ skreamed and
kicked up nay fee: before to ketch like ard
II [ hadn't had on partalets rec son,e.
body would OF knowd wether I oar,ered
above my knees or not. We had = ri,b,
good laff on old Parson Brown as he GOT !
though marryin ofen-says he. Il pTo
nounce- you, William Warrick and Barbry
Bass. man & oman,"-he did look so When
he latied. and he rite qick sed-"man and
wife-salute your Bryde.' and Bill Iooked
wrrld red and Barbry trimhled, and blush. /