Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-02-01
LAST SCENE IN MAI. JONES
COURTSHlP.
AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO FOLLOW.


To Mr. Thomson Sir IL am
too happy aud no mis,ake-the twenty
second Of February is over, and the ''con-
summation so devoutly 10 be wishe j for"
is tuck place. In other words Is a mar
rled man lam in no situation to tell
you how all the thing tuck place, no, by
no means, md il il wasn't my promis,
don't believe could ktep away from my
wife long enough TO write you a l,tter.--
Bless her little sole don't ilink ] loved
her balfas good as do but TO tell you
the rale truth, do believe I've been al.
most GU, oil my senses ever since mite afore
last. But must BIZ short this time, while
the gals is plsgin Mary in loiher ROOM
They are SO bad.
had the llcens got more's a week ago,
and old Mr.. Estman brung home my we'd
din suite just in time. Mother would
Miss X, siah was BRIDES maid. Mother
and old Mrs. StulIions had every thing
ranged in first rate style long afore
the time arriv, and nothin was wan,en
but your company 10 make every thing
complete.
Well, bout shutdown cousin Pete come
round to my room whar we rugged out for
the occasion, and don't believe ever
seen him look so good, bu, if he'd Jest
tuck off them BON nable great big Sorrei
whIskers oil his, he'd looked m onstrous
site better. put on my yaIer britches
4 l1th Il,
ct, and my new beaver hat, and then we
druv round 10 old Squire Rogerses aud
took him into The carriage and away we
went 10 old Mss StUlliOnses plantation.--
When we got thar, thar was most ever.
las,in gatherin thar waltIn to see the GER
emory, aiore they ate supper. Every
body looked glad and Old Miss Stulhons
was flying about like she didn't know
which eud she stood on.
Come in, Joseph" ses she, "the gals
is in tother ROOM"
But couldn't begin to get in tother
room for the fellers aILpuIlin and haulin
and shaken the life out o me 20 tell me
how glad they was.
"Howdy, Majer, howdy," SEES old Mr..
Beers, Il give you. joy--yer gwine to
marry the flower o the country, as al.
ways sed. She's monstrous nice gal
Majer."
That's a fact" says Mr.. Skinner,
CHATS a fact, and | hope youth be good
husband to her, Joseph; aud that you'll
have good luck with your little -"
"Thank we, thsnk geEtemen--come
along cousin Pete" SEES |, as quick as |
could get away from 'em.
The door of the other room was open
ed and in we went. ] never was so struck
all up in heap--lhere sot Mary with
three or four more gals, beautiful as an
angel, and blushin like rose. When she
seed me she kind o smiled and SD "goo1
eyenin." | couldn't say word for my
life for more'n a minnit. There sot the
dear gal Of my hart, and | couldn't help
but think to myself what an internal Gus
a man must be who could marry her and
then make her unhappy by treatin her
mean (; and determined in my sole TO
stand atween her and the storms of the
world, and TO love her, and take care of
her, and make her happy, as l'ng as
lived. If you jest seen her as she was
dressed then, and if you want married
man, you couldn't help but envy my luck,
after all the trouble Is had to get her.
She was dressed J"st to my liken, in fine
white muslin irock, with short sleeves and
white satin slippers, with her hair all
hanging over her snow white neck and
shoulders, in beautiful curles, without
single breast pin or any kind of jueIry,
'cept little white satin bow on the top Of
her head. Eineby Miss Caroline cum in
the room.
"Cum, sis, they's all ready" ses she,
and thar was CRATE big tears in her eyes,
and she went an gave Miss Mary kiss
in her mou(, and Rugged her time or
two.
We all got up to go. Mary trcmbled
monstrous, and felt sort OF lanly my
self bu, didn't feel nothin like cryin.
When we got in the room whar the com.
pany was, old Squire Rogers stopped US
rite 10 the middle Of the floor and axed US
for the Iicens. Cousin Pete handed em to
him and he red 'em out loud 10 the PEG.
pie who was all still as death. After talk
in little he went on
al emmy body's got emmy thing to say
why this couple shouldn't be united to The
holy bands Of wedIock, " ses he, "let 'em
now speak or always afterwards hold their
peace"
"Oh my lord oh my darlln daughter !!
oh dear laws a MASSEY !" says old Miss
Stulhons as loud as she could squal, a
clarpin her hands and cryin and sh Jutin
like she was at camp meelin.
Thunder and lightniu thinks !, here's
another yearth quake. But held on %
Mary, and was termined that no'hrng short
OF real bust up Of all creation should
get her from me.
go ahead Squire" SEES cousin Pete,
at amt nothin."
Mary blushed dreadful, and seemed like
she would drop on the fore.
Miss CarlIne cum and whispered some.
thin to her, and mother and two or three
othor old wimmin got old Miss Stullons to
90 in tother room.
The Squire went through the balance
of the business in hurry, and me and
Mary was made flesh of one bone, and
bone OF one flesh before she got over her
highsiericks. When she got better she