Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1857-05-14
MARY AIMS WEDDING,
AS RELATED BY MRS. JONES.

MARY ANN'S WEDDING.
y AS RELATED BY MRS. JONES.
eve are all preparing" said Mrs. Jenes,
.'to go to the wedding. was going, faith
er was going, the gals were going, and we
were going to take the baby. but come to
dress the baby, couldn't find the bady's
shirt, I'd laid clean one out of. the draw
ers on purpose. I know'd just where I
had put it; but come to look for't'was
gone" ", 4
'sFor mercy's sakew says I, ''gals, !"
says | 'shas any on ye seen that baby's
shirt?'' .4 =.
.0f course, none of 'em had seen it !; and
1 looked, and looked, and looked again, but
'twant nowhere to be found. It's the strang-
est thing in all nature said [, ''here had
the shirt in my hand not morn ten minutes
ago, and now it's gone and nobody can tell
where, [ never seed the beat. "Gals," !"
says I, '.do look around, can't e?' But
fretting wouldn't find it-so [ gave it up,
and went to the bureau, and fshed up an
other shirt, and put it onto the baby, and
at last we were ready for start.
Father harnessed up 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 l
couldn't git over that shirt 'Twant the
shirt SO much, but to have anything spirited
away from under my face and eyes SO, twas
provokin'! ,te..tss..,T
ts'What ye thinking about, mother?" says
Sophrony, "what makes you look so sobery''
says she. t. ~ s-a7
'.Im pestered to death, thinking about
that ere shirt. One of you must have took
it, am sartin,"' says L.. I'D,
Nov. ma, says Sophrony, you needn't
say that, ''-and as I'd laid onto her good
many times, she was beginning to get yex-
ed, and so we had it back and forth, and
all about that baby's shirt, till We got to the
wedding
Seeing company, kinder put it out Of
mind, and I was getting good natured again
though [ could not help saying to myself
every few minutes, .swhat could have be-
come of that shirt p till at last they stood
up to be married, and I forgot all about it.
Mary Ann was a real modest creature
and was morn half frightened to death when
sf4 car1s into the room with Stephen, and
thu minister told them to jine hands. She
first gave her left hand to Stephen. stYour
other hahd,'' says the minister, and poo,
Steve, he was so bashful, too, he didn't
know what he was about he thought twas
his mistake and that the minister meant
him, SO he gave Mary. Ann his left hand
That wouldn't do, any way, left-hand
marriage all around; but by this time they
didn't know what they were about and Ma
ry Ann joined her rig ght had to his left, then
her left to his right. then both their hands
again, till was all in a fidget, and thought
they never would get fixed. si- :.
Mary Ann looked as red as a turkey, and
to make matters worse, she began to cough
to turn it off, [ suppose, and called for .
glass of water The minister had Just beer
drinken, and the tumbler stood right
there, and was so nervous, and in sucf
hurry to see it all over WITH. I ketch.
ed up the tumbler and run with it to her
for I thought to goodness she was going t.
faint. She undertook to drink-I dom
know how it happened, but the tumble
stopped, and gracious me If between us W,
didn't spill the water all over the collar an,
dress. Il ar s35f tx 4,v a..
I was dreadfully Austered, for though
was my fault, and the first thing I did wa
to out with my handkerchief and give it t.
Mary Ann; it was nicely done up, and sh
took it. The folks had held it pretty wei
up to this time, but then such giggle an,
laugh as there was. I didn't know wha
had given them such start, till I looke'
and seen that I'D give Mary Ann that ba
by's SHIRT" s..q
! Here Mrs. Jones, who is very flesh,
woman undulated and shook like might
jelly, with her mirth, and it was some tim
before she could proceed with her narrative
why" said she, with tears of laughte
running down her cheeks, sssTd tucked
into my dress for 'kerchief. That cam
from being absent minded and in a fdgit.
"And Mary Ann and Stephen-were the
married after all 2" s+g.s. =. o.
Dear me, yes said Mrs. Jones, 'san
it turned out to be the gayest wedding tha
I ever attended,
And the baby's shirt, Mrs. Jones?"
La me-" said Mrs. Jones, Chow, youn,
folks do ask questions Everybody agree,
Iought to make Mary Ann present ont.
/ "Well, Mrs. Jones ?''
! 1eWell said Mrs Jones, s''twant lony
'fre she had use for it, And that's th
end Of the story. s z at1a
| A Western editor thus delivers himself
1--WE would say to the individual who stol
our shirt off the pole while we lay in bet
waiting for it to dry, that we sincerely hop,
that the collar may cut his throat. 5h7