Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-16
Mary AIMS Wedding.
AS RELATED BY MRS. JONES.

AS RELATED BY MRS. JONES.
We were all preparing, Mrs. Jones, to
go to the wedding. 1 was going, father
was going the gals was going, and we
was going to take the baby. But come
to dress the baby, couldn t find the baby's
shirt. I'd laid clean one out of the
drawers on purpose. know'd jist
where [ put it; but come to look for t
twas gone.
For merey's sake. saysI, gals says 1
has any one on ye seen that baby's shirt?
Of course, none on en- seen it; and
Hooked, and looked, and looked again,
but 'twant nowhere to be found. It's
the strangest thing in all natur, said 1,
here L had the shirt in my hand not
NOR n ten minutes ago. and now 1t gone,
and nobody can tell where. I never
seed the beat. Gals, says I, do look
around, can't ye? But fretting would't
find it, SO [ give it up, and went to the
bureau and fished up another shirt and
put it onto the baby, and at last we were
ready to start.
Father harnessed up the double team
we drove the old white mare then, and
the gals and all was having a good time,
going to see Mary Ann married; but
somehow Iceuldn't git over that shirt!
Twant the shirt so much, but to have
anything spirited away right from under
my face and eyes SO, twas proyokin
What ye thinking about mother?' says
Sophrony, what makes you look so So
ber?' says she.
I'm pcstered to death, thinking about
that are shirt One of you must have
took it am sartain, says L.
Now, Ma says Sophrony, says she,
you needn't say that, says she, and as
i'd laid it onto her a good many times,
she was beginning to get vexed, and SO
we had it back and forth, and all about
that baby's shirt, till 1--we got to the we'd
ding.
Seeing company kinder put it out of
mind, and was getting good natured
again, though 1 could not help saying to
myself every few minutes, what could
become of that shirt till at last they
stood up to be married, and l forgot all
about it. Mary Ann was Il real modest
creature, and was NOR n half frightened
to death, when she came into the room
with Stcphc ;ana the Aiiniss told them
to jine hands. She first gave her left
hand to Stephen. Your other hand,
says the minister, says he, and Steve, he
was so, bashful too, he didn't know what
he was about; he thought twar his mis-
take, and that the minister meant him
so he gave Mary Ann his left hand
| Thatwouldn't do any way, left handed
marriage all round; but by this time they
didn't know what they was about, and
Mary Ann Joined her right hand to his
left, then her left with his right, then
both their hands again, till was all of
fdgit and thought they would never get
| fixed. Mary Ann looked as red as tur-
key, and to make matters worse, she be-
gan to cough, to turn it of, [ suppose, and
called for glass of water. The minis
ter had just been drinking, and the
tu.ablcr stood right there, ard WAS so
nervous, and in such a hurry to see it
over with kctchcd up the tumbler, and
run with it to her, for 1 thought to good
ness she was going to faint. She under
took to drink don't know how it hap
pened, but the tumbler slipped, and gra-
cious me if between us both we didn 'tspiH
the water all over her collar and dress
Twas dreadfully fustered, for though it
looked as though twas my fault, and
the fust thing l did was TO out with my
handkerchief, and give it to Mary Ann;
it was nicely done up and she took it
and shook it, the folks had held in put
ty we'll up to this time, but then such
a giggle and laugh as there was. Didn't
know what had given them such start,
till 1 looked and seen that Id9icen Mag.y
Inn that Jo6ys shirt! ,
Here Mrs. Jones, who is a very feshy
woman undalatcd and shook like a
migty jelly, with her mirth, and is was
| some time before she could proceed with
the narrative.
Why said she, with tears of ughter
running down her checks, 'Id tucked it
intomy dress for 'kerchief. That come
r from being abscnt-minded, and in a fidg-
it @
and Mary Ann Supplemented they
married after alp
: Dear me, yes,' said Mrs. Jones, and
it turned out to be the gayest wedding
that ever tended. a5'.
and the baby shirt, Mrs. Jones?'
La me- said Mrs. j Jones, how young
: folks do ask questions. Everybody
agreed ought to make Mary Ann ;
present ont
We'll, Mrs. Jones?'
well, said Mrs Jones, ''twant long
fore she had a use for it. And that's
the end Of the story .......