Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-03-14
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tFrom "Maior mes Courtship."
MAI. JOS. JONES WEDDING.

To Mr.. Tompson-D Dear Sir Ever sense
/ writ my last letter to you things is gone on
Just as straight as shingle, and the only
thing that troubles me is, I'm afraid it's all
too good to last. It's always been the way
with me ever sense | can remember, when
ever I'm the happyest, sumtbng seems to
turn up jest to upset all my calculations, and
now, though the day is sot for the wedlin,
and the Stallionses is getting everything
reddy as fast as ihey can. | wouldn't be
sprised much if some bominabe thing was to
happen, some yearthquake or something jest
bust il all up again, though | should bate it
monstrous.
Old Miss Stations red that piece in the
Miscellany bou: the mstuke in parsUn NJ H.
lers's tigers, and do believe she's as glad
bout it as ii she was sure she would live u
whole Thousand years more herself, She ses
she haiat got no objections to the weddin
now, for me and mary will have plenty of
time to make fortn for our children and
raise 'em up US they ought to be- She ses
she always wondered how Mr.. Miller could
cfer the thing out so straight TO the very day.
without single mistake, but now he's made
sch terrible blunder of whole thousand
years, she ses she knows he aint no smarter
nor other people, if he was raised at the
north
Its really surprisin how maziu popular il
does make u body to be engaged to be mar
ried to q beautiful young lady. Sense the
things leaked out, every body's my ticker
fried, and can't meet nobody wherever | go.
but what wants to gratilate me on my good
fortin, cept cousin Pete and two or three
other fellers, who look sort O. like they want
ed to laugh and couldn't. Almost every
night Mary and ME is invited to Il party.
Tother night we went to one to old Squire
Rogerses, whar got my dander up II little
the worst I've had it for some time. | don't
believe you've ever heard of jest sich fool
trick as they played on me.-rher was a good
many thar and as the Squire don't allow
dsncin, they all played games and tricks, and
such ioolshness, 10 pass away the time, which
to my notions bominabe site worse than
dancin.
Cousin Pete was there splurging bout in
his biggest, and with his dandy cat trowsers
and big whiskers, and tried to take the shine
of of eevrybody else, jest us lie always DOSE
Well, bimeby he ses
"Spose We play brother Bob-lets play
brother Bob" . ... .....
."Yss. lets play that" ses all of EN-, "wont
you be brother Bob, Major"
"Who's brother Bob I" ses l., for didn't
know nothing bout it, aud that's the way
cum to be so bominably tnck in. ..'
al tell you," ses he. "you aud somebody
else must set Gown in the chairs and be blind
folded, and the rest must all walk round and
round you, and keep tapping you on the head
with somethin, till you guess who bobbed
you" -..-
y, But how bob me ?" ses /. .-.-.....t
"Why," ses he, "when any one taps you
you must say. brother Pm bobbed and theI
they'll AK who bobbed you? and il you guess
the rite one. ..then they must take your plar'
and be bobbed till they guess who bobbeG
'em. If you'll be blindiolded, will" Sos be
.jest for FAM ...,...-i-. .-.f
T, f"Well." ses ], anything Tor fun" and Con
sin Pete sot out TIVE chars into the mddlf
tef tho room, and I'VE sot downi and. they lie,
handkerchief sonnd my eyes astisIt Us TN
mischief. so eouldn't soc to guess no more'I
il had no eye at all. s5I1 s'rss.r,.s .s,rT
hadn't sot 20 no time fore cavhalox som