The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-02-22

Der Of the church. the mint master very req.
Oily gave his consent.
Yes. you may take her, said be, in bis
rough way, land you will find her heavy
burden enough
On the wedding day, as We may suppose
honest HuII dressed himself in a plain color.
ed coat, all the buttons Of which we're made
Of pine tree shIlngs. The buttons OF his
ya,s,coat we're made of ,hreepences. Thus
a,ired, he sat with grea, dignity 10 his grand.
fathers chair: aud being porlly old gentle
man, he completely filled i. from elbow TO 81
bow. On the opposite side Of tho room, be
tween the bridesmaids. sat Miss Beisey. She
vas blushing with oil her might. and locked
like full blown peony, great red apple, or
any other round and scarlss object.
There, TOO, was the bridegroom, dressed
in foe purple coat, and gold lace "s's'coa''
with az much Other 6nery ~ the Puritan LAYS
and customs would allow him to put on. Ills
hair va. crop, close to his head, because Gov
Eudcot, had forbidden any one 10 wes' Il be
low his care; but no VAS q very personable
young man and so thought the brideIsids and
n Is Bs,sey herself
The mint master was pleased with bis new
son in.lsw-especiaIIya as he had said nothing
Of oil abou. her portion. SO when the marriage
ceremony wss over Capt, Hull shIspcred a
ord or lwo 10 hls men servants. who imme.
dia,ely vent out and soon returned logging a
pair Of scales. They we're such a pair as
wholesale merchants use for weighing bull
XIV commodity vas now TO be weighed IN them.
Daughter Betsy said the min, master,
90 into one side of The scales
Mise Betsy, OF Mrs. Se~el, as We must no "
call her, did - she vas bid, like dur'!uI
child, without any questions, or why or where
fore; bu, what her father could mean, unes'
TO make her hu,b,nd pay for her by the pound
IN which case she would have been dear
bargain, che had no, tie least 'dss.
And nos,' said honest John Hull TO hi'
servants, bring that big boz h''hef.'
This box. to Which tho mot master point
ed, was . huge, square, ron'bound. oake'
chest; il vas big enough. my children, io'
al four Of you to play hide ard seek in.
The servants rugged With might aud main
but could cot III, ,his enormous receptacle
sod were finally obliged 10 deg At acto" sh'
floor.
Capt. Hull then took key GU, Of his CIR
die, unlocked the chest, and lifted IT'S ponder
gu. lid. Behold |, was foil TO the brim o
b,iah, piue.,rse shllings. flesh ifom.,he mint
and Samuel Sc~ci began TO think thai h's 10
,her.in.a~ had GO, possession Of oil the mo
! ney in the Massachusetts Treasury. But
WI, only tho min, masters honest share :
The coinage.
? Then The servants, a, Capt. Hul's con
mand heoped double,hands!u Of sh,llings lni
! one side Of the scales. While Betsy RENAME
P N the other. jingle, jingle, vent the shI
Iinss, az handful after hand ul ss. thrown II
: TIL, plump and pondefous as she sas, the
! fairly Weighed the young lady from the Hoo
e There, 500 Seael cred the honest mn
master, tesutnins his seat IN his graodia'her
' chair, take these shillIngs for my daughter
e portion. Use her kindly apd lhank hea'e
}, for her. I is no. every wife that IS wort
r her weigh, in silver.
# The children laughed heartily at this Il
J. eend, and would hardly DO convinced but lh'
o grandfather had made 1t out Of has own hes
}, fIe assured them faithfully, ho"ever, that !
e had found i, 10 the pages Of a grave historian
h and had merel, tried TO tell /, IN some"h
!. funnief manner.
d We'll, grandfather remarked Clsfs,
wedding portions nowadays were paid
d Miss Beisys vas, young ladies' would o.
e pride themselves upon an airy figure, as m
ID ny Of them do