The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-01-11
THE LAST SCENE IN MAI. JONES'
COURTSHIP-AN EXAM LIE FOR
YOUNG FOLKS TO FOn4OW.
PINEvILLE, F'eb. q, IS4

IC MR.. i HOMPSON-D6df Dill am 100
happy and no mstake-the twenty second of
February is over, and the sconsummaton so
deyoutly 10 be wished for is tuck place. In
other words rs married mani am in no
situation to tell you all how the thing tuck
place, not by no means, and if it wosn't my
promis, | don't believe | could keep away
/ from my wife long enoughto write you let
ter. Bless her little sole, / didn't think
loved her half as good as do; but 10 tell
you the raie TRUTH do believe I've been al
most out Of my senses ever since mite afore
last. But | must be short this time, while the
gals is plagin Mary intother room. They are
so bad.
| had The licens got more;n a week ago,
and old Mr.. Estman brung home my weddin
suite just in time. Mother would make me
was bridesmaid, Mother aad old Miss Stall
lions had every thing ranged = fust rate style
long afoFe the time arriv, ano nothing was
wanten but your company TO make every
thing complete.
Well, bout SHUTDOWN cousin Pete come
roundto my room wlsar we rugged out for
the occasion, and cont believe ever seed
him look SO good but if he'd Jest tuck off
them bominable grateSig sorrel whiskers Of
Ibis, he'd looked me trous site better. 1
pun on my yaller br he's and blue cloth
cote, and white sa jacket, and my new
beaver hat, and thei druv round 10 old
/ Square Rogerses and took him into the carr
rage and away we went to old Miss Stallion
ses plantation. When we got thar, thar was
4 a most everlastn gathering thar waitin to
see the ceremony, aiore they ate supper
Every body look'd glad and old Miss Stall
lions was nyia abous like she didn't know
(which end she stood on.
soscf'ss,s gais
tother room
But | couldn't begin to get in tother room
For the fellers all pullin and haaln and shak-
len the life ont o. me TO tell me how glad
4 they was.
/ .Howdy, Majer, howdy,' SEES old Mr.. Beers
Il give you ioy,--Yer gwine to marry the how-
err o the country, as | always sed. She's
monstrous nice gal, Maier.'
sThat's fact says Mr.. Skinner, sthat's a
facl, and hope you will be good husband
10 her, JOSEPH; and that 1ysu'll have good luck
with your Hide
.Thank ye, thank We gentlemen--come
along cousin Pete SEES as quick as lcould
get away from en-
The door TO the other room was opened
and in we went never was SO struck
all up in a heap afore- there sol Mary with
three or four more gals, beautiful as an an
gel and blushin like rose. When she seed
me she kind o. smiled and sed good evenin.'
couldn't say word for my NJ. more'n
a mint. There sot the dear gal of<sy hart,
and couldn't help but think to myself what
: an internal Gus man must be who could
Q marry her and then make her unhappy by
/ treaten her mean; and determined in my
{ sole 10 stand atween her and the storms oil
: the world, and 10 love her, and take care oil
her, and make her happy, as long as lived
4 If you could Jest seen her as she was dress
l. ed then, and if you want married man
you couldn't help but envymy luck, after al
: the trouble, rs had to get herr. She was
i dressed jest TO my liken, in fine white mus
:, lin frock with short sleeves and white satin
!. slippers, with her hair all hanging over he
l. snow white neck and shoulders, in beautiful
e curles, without single breastpin or any kline
= ofiueIry cept a little white satin bow on the
r top Of her head. Bine-by Miss Caroline cum
n i'll the room.
IS Cum, sis, they's all ready ses she, ans
ei~t Noo tOuo III iiCt yes, ttliu Sin
went and gave Miss Mary kiss in her mou
of and Rugged her time or two.
Mt We all got up to go. Mary trembled mon
or strous, and felt sort o. fainsy myself, but
or didn't feel nothin like cryin.
" When we got into the room wharf.-the con
n Ipany was, old Squire Rogers stopped u
a rite in the middle of the floor and axed us 70
I the iicens. Cousin Pete handed 'em to hir
III and he red 'em out loud to the people VIII
Nv was still as desh. After talking little b
tn went on
ed If emmy body,s got emmy thing to say VIII
ia this couple shouldn't be united in tn
f. holy bands of wedlock,' ses he, DIET Ser
now speak or always afterwards hold the
"a peace
II ooh my lord! oh my darlin daughter: 0
le. hear, laws massyi' SEES old Miss Stallions
20. loud as she could squat, clappin her hane
ed and cryin and shouien like she was at a cam
es meetin.
mi Thunder and lighinin! thinks /, here
are Eanother yearth quake But held on to Nj
nm Try, and was tennined that nothin short of
CO. real bust up Of all creation should get b,
adj from me.
his sGoahead, SQUIRE says Cousin Pete, {
ks amt nothin.
Mary blushed dreadful, and seemed Lib
tho she would drop on the fore.