The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-12-05

|, sive material, with white lace hat Wit
> orange buds and flowers, with kid glove
6 and light gaiters--suoh was the dcscriI
g. tion every lady had on her tongues en-
!; to repeat as soon as the services sser
! 1 ended. ~ ez5 css f7sf
And the gentleman--he was dresse
in style--didn't he wearwhite pants, G
E the latest pattern, hnd white vest, an
coat of 'ssatin finish, and white kid
) too; and didn't he sporta massirecha
aud didn't he gaze often. aud lovingly Of
the fair features beside him : -
Ah, ,syes he did so, and there was NJ
further room to doubt. Widow G. sha,
cheated them. She had won. a beau
laid aside her mourning, put on her bri
dal attire, and was agoing to be Marie,
in church. But who the beau was ans
whence be came. was moro difficult. tt
solve. sz.-s- adf a ss
I Services proceeded. The choir snne
and the minister prayed and preached--
\ the people wondered when the ceremony
would take place. ~, - = zs
i But to their utter 'astenishment they
were left Ito wonder. ~ ase
Fors1hen the benediction was pro.
pouneed, widow c. and the strange gen.
tleman walked with the rest of the con-
| gregatioH quietly out off the church -
When they reached the pavement be Of
fered her his arm very gracefully and
she placed her arm very confidently in
the beautiful coat sleeve as they pass
| ed on. szSs S $50 ~ sseE
| What morn that was in Fairmount
What asworld of conjectures, surmises,
inquiries, and doubts rolled over and
over in the brains of not ouly gossipping
ladies, but sober matter of fact gentle
men. sFhe like of such a thing had ney-
er occurred In the annals of the village.
There was something new under the sun s;
azlady had beau and no body knew it.
{. Widow O., didn't your ears burn that
day All, we wonder they didn I drop
off; surely they must be crisp and erirp-
The Rey. Mr.. B. preached,to crowd
ed house that afternoon ! no compliment
to him though. Every one was sure
that the wedding would take place then,
but every ylbody was sadly disappointed !;
and if tongues bad railroad.speed before,
they travelled then on electric wires
The minister might have preached in
| Greek that day, and the sermons would
have been quite as edifying But one
subject occupied the village mind--the
widows beau ae5 ~
Ii actually seemed, loo, as though the
lady tried to make all the talk. she
could. AfterJtea, arm in arm with the
stra1eo, Hantlemaa she sWal ked the Whole
length of the village, and away out in
the cemetery and never returned till the
moon was high.
!" A nice looking dress I guess she
had,p ,drawled out Grandma w, as she
listended to the widows wanderiRgs.
N glad hadn't got to wash it all.
drabbled up with dew as it mnst have
been; bat don't suppose she thought
or cared word about it, she's so car
ried away with him. But I'll give her
piece Of my mind the first time I have
chance. see if I DON'T" aa s
But the good old dame began to fear
she would never have the desired chance.
She hurried through her washing on
Monday and hobbled over to the widows s
as soon as possible, but the door was
locked, andsone of the neighbors said
that Mrs. G. and the young gentleman
went off in carriage, nobody knew
where, very early in the morning Yes,
and never got home until nine o'clock in
the evening. % Look out. widowi your
character is on the carpet 30
IF she knew it, apparently she didn't
cure for the next day she went sailing
with her beau and the next day ram
bling with him off into the mountains,
and the next forenoon went with him In
carriage to the station house, and
there not only wept as she parted from
him, but actually embraced and kissed
him - Il @ zsa
What in broad daylight ?p ex-.
claimed Grandma w. )" Well, if 1 ever
heard or seen the like ont !
Little Nell, the old lady's youngest
grand-child, wondered to herself if it
were any worse in broad daylight than
at any other times, perhaps you will
wonder too, we do ut least.
There was large attendance, that af-
ternoon at the weekly meeting of the
sewing society. Everybody went that
could possibly leave home. And what
chattering there was when the hustle of
assembling was over. There was but
one topic, but that was all sufficient; all
engrossing-the widows beau-for the
gentleman must be her beau-or at
least ought to be. css : s. 4
Every bsdy had something to tell,
something to wonder about. But sud-
denly every magic tongue was hushed,
a universal stroke of numb palsy seem.
ed to have fallen on the group as look
ing up they perceived the very lady
about whom they were conyersing so ca
gerly, standing in, the doorway.
&c Good afternoon, ladies'" said she in
her usual quiet way" I'm glad to see
so large and happy a gathering. tits a
beautiful day for our meeting"
And then she proceeded to the table
and helped herself to a block of patch
work, inquiring for the sewing silk,
which having received she sat down in
the only vacant chair, and commenced
heming red bird with a yellow wing
on very green twig, which latter had
already been hemmed on to. square
piece of with cloth, and the whole when
Completed was designed to form the
twentieth part of bed spread. She
seemed all engrossed with the birds bill
and spoke to no one. Every body won-
.dered if she heard what they we're say
ing when she came in; but her placid
countenance soon reassured the MOST
fearful, and every one longed to COM
mence a personal attack. ...,-s. s:..s.
Old Grandma w. was first to venture
She meant to do up the matter very del
icately and in so roundabout way that
the Lady would not suspect her of curis