Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-25
WEDDING AT NUTMEGvILLE.

WEDDING AT NUTMEGF1LLE.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser,
had got good deal fatigued with the sea-
sons business, and one evening while L was
stretching my limbs on the sofa, my wife says
to me, 9 Mr.. Lowell. why don t you take short
turn up at NutmegTille, and recruit yourself a
little %
Happiest of thoughts" replied. "we'll
Just pack the trunks tonight, and off to-mor-
row morning by the first train.
Well no, husband, 1 can't GO myself, for
there's''-and then followed dozen reasons
and not one of them the correct Oue why Mrs
Lowell felt that she could not accompany me-
The fact is, the present expansion in the mat
ter Of feminine costume has not a more Jealous
supporter through the entire queendom of pet
ticOstery than Mrs. Lowell, and the hoops she
wears, Ito say nothing Of hOgshead or tierce)
are large enough 10 encircle a eistern of the
capacity Of some two or three hundred gallons
Now Nutmegyille rs a quiet, unpretending
sort Of place, and uncle Lemuel Lowell and
his wife are old fashioned plOdding people. and
moreover, the pews Of the Nutmegvile church
narrow and contracted. They were built
some forty years ago, when our female country
cousins never thought of putting over six yards
81 calico in a dress; and 80 ii can be seen that
Nutmegville, and uncle Lemuel's farm-h house.
and the Nutlncgville church not the sort of
places at all in which to display a crinoline
of extraordinary circumference to any adyan-
tIge- As n natural consequence of all this. L
made my track tn NutmegyiIe this time, in
the society Of myself simply considered; rather
than in that associate condition of dual unity
which constitutes man and wife. L suppose
the change Of atmosphere must have been the
cause of it, but for several days felt dull and
heavy, and just lOunged about the piazza, and
ehat;ed with Mrs. Milly Lowell, the wife Of un-
Gle Lemuel's son Aleck: Her early days were
spent in the metropolis but she has hearty
appreciation of the striking and more comic
characteristics Of rustic life, and had budget
of news relating to the Nutmegyille people, as
long as the legs OF Shanghai rooster.
Among other wOndrOus events, Sally Ann
Lynes had gOne and got married and il is Of
her wedding, and of matters pertaining thereto,
that this paper will exclusively treat. Mrs.
TruxtOn, who comes to assist aunt Jemma's
help on washing days, got talking about it with
aunt Jemima, and worked herself up to a con-
siderable degree of SHds.
Mr. PdddlefOrd, the young man who married
Sally Ann Lynes, was a school teacher, (that's
the term AZ Nutmegville,) and as he always
wore gloves out of doors, and kept his coat on
when he took dinner even in hot weather, peo-
pie somehow got the idea that he was sight
Too smart for such girl as Sally Ann Lynes.
Mrs. Truxton, besides doing the washing for
a number OF families, and making shrOuds on
funeral occasions, was a great stickier for equal
marriages; and observed that - it was onac-
cOuntable ~ her that such n proper nice young
man as Mr.. Paddelford could be Prevailed on
10 90 and marry sech gal as that Sally Ann
Lynes. - But yet, she continued, as though
she had reflected farther Cd the subject, {" L can
tell you how it, all been brought about; they We
come around that young man, they've come
around him, oh, don't 1 know that old Mrs
Lynes," (she meant Sally Ann 5 mother ''she's
cunning as shark.
Aunt Jemima told Mrs. Truxton that . she
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manage such matters 10 suit themselves, and
for those who were not particularly interested
To make up their minds TO be satisfied -
All, yes, that's il, Mss Lowell, if the young
folks was only allowed TO manage il them SCI Ues
but there , that old 1H!Ss Lynes, exspeet she's
the one that's managed this match. On it takes
a cunnin old critter like her to circumvent such
an extraordinary young man as Mr. Paddelford
Is"
At this, Aunt Jemima'S help, Betsy Gliddons
spoke right up GU are ali out Of the way
there, Miss TruxtOn. for Sally AIMS mother
had gone down 10 WethersfOrd, tO see her folks
on n long visit, and she never set her eyes on
Mr. PaddelfOrd, till she got home and heered
from Sally Ann own lips, that she en-
gagged To BE- married To him"
- Why, gracious alive, BetSey Gliddons, how
you talk what on airth then could have pos
sesssd the man to marry her"
. Well, III tell you, Miss Truxton, expect
that when MIR. Paddelford come to sec what a
nice gal Sally Ann was love set in. and he
eOuldn't live without her"
Why new Bets=y tiiidion's do you think
that love ralely set in i''
. haint the least doubt about il, p" responded
the gOod-hearted Betsey, at which Mrs Trux-
ton took pinch Of Scotch snuff from the rusty
tin box, resumed her washing, and looked a.
though after this she wOuidn't be astonished at
the cOn6sgratiOn Of the world by a comet, or at
anything else.
- But Cousin Lionel perhaps you would ike
TO hear some OF the particulars Of the wedding -
inquired Mrs. Milly Lowell ~
- Nothing would please me better" / re-
piled
Well, we all had an invitation, and a. your
uncle and aunty hardly felt young enough TO
honor 10, your cousin Aleck and thought wa
would go. You know Lionel, that while Sally
Ann Is most excellent girl, and her father is
"A man OF some means, they are st II a yery
plain family; palmer indeed by several degrees
than the average Of US Nutmegvillagers
When We got there, we found that old Mrs
Lynes-ffOm some confused and bewiIdered
notion that weddings and funerals were Of the
same order, had separated the seyes. so that
Aleck wa sent 10 the back room aud was
directed 10 the one in front. Here about TWEEN
~ women sat as upright as stakes. and nearly
as silent and as We heard 10 sounds from the
back room, We concluded that the lords of
creation there assembled were as much i'm
pressed with the s1lemnity Of the occasion A
We were. Presently we heard old Mrs ParseIIs.
out ia the entry, whispering 10 Mrs Lynes ON
the absuTdIty Of her having divided the men
and women. '' want no way" she said
Why, inquired Mrs.. Lynes, in u sup
pressed tone, but loud enough TO be heard
did mt Mr.. sykes folks have the men and
women apart when they buried the old man -
"1es, yes, you goose bat wasn't that fu-
neralI'
La sakes alive, said Mrs Lynes. now fully
aware Of her error, . 30 il was, and somehow +
did think OF the difference Well, now. Mr.
Parsells, do you go into the room and mix them
UP again, for couldn't do it myself if il was To
cave our best cow"
At this Mrs. Parsells came in and unsorted
the assortment as ii then stood, and sorted us
over afrssh $ well as she could. There was at
length, in each room, about an equal distribu-
ton Of the sexes The maneuyer served TO oil
the wheels Of conversation a very little, for
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