The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-23
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49, xas s,fpsspa.iag; ;d1lrs. Jens,
70 thswsdding. lwas eoings fath-j
rs going, ths sals wsfe gong, cd ~
70 going @ take liz baby; but eons TO
ress he baby, could 1os ind The bsby's
|slirt. ia laid elan ons out d ons q The
drawers on purpose. ] know'd jist where
"a pot i; bat some y look Cor i twas
ssFor merey's satel'' ays !, ssgals," says
l, sshas any On 70 ssen that baby's shiFtS''
ssOf course, none Of ZEN had seen it; and
| looked, and looked, and looked again, but
'twant nowhere 70 be found. lt'sthe stran-
sest thing in al nature" said ], there l
lad the shirt in my hand mot more'n ten
miautes ago, md now it's gons, and nobod-
en- tell whore. Inev@ eeed the boat
"Gals, !" said ]. edo look around, can't yer"
Bot fretting wouldn't find it: 90 gave it
up, and went to the bureau, and fxed up
smother shirt, and put it onto the baby, and
u last we were ready for start.
Father harnesssd up double team--we
drove the old white mare then, and the gals
aud oil was having . good time, going to
10 see Mary Ann married, but somehow
couldn's get over that shirt! 'Twant the
shirt 80 much; but to have anything spirit
ed away from under my face and eyes so,
s.was preyokiny
ssWhst We thinking about, mother" says
Sophrony, "whatnakes you look 50 sober!"
says she.
, .sI,m pestered to death, thinking about
that ere shirt. One of you must have took
il, | am sartain," says /.
ssNow, ma" says Sophrony, ssyou needn't
say that," as I'd laid it onto her a
good many times, she was beginning to get
vexed. and 90 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 was getting good natured again,
though could not help saying to myself
svery few minutes, tfwhat could have be-
come of that shirt?'' till at last they stood
up to be married, and forgot all about it..
Mary Ann was real modest creature, and
was more'n half frightened to death when
she came into the room with Steven, and
tie minister told them to jine hands. She
first gave Der left hand to stephen. "Your
other hand" says the minister; and poor
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, 50 he gave Mary Ann his left hand
That wouldn't do, any way, left handed
marriage all around; but by this time they
didn't know what they were about, and Ma
~ Ann joined her right hand to his left,
then her left hand with his right, then both
their hands again, until 1 was all Of fidget,
and thought they would never get fixed.
Mary Ann looked Us red Is a turkey, and
TO make matters worse she began to cough,
to turn it Of, l suppose, and called for u
glass Of water. The minister had Just been
drinking, and the tumbler stood right there,
and was 80 nervous, and in such q hurry
to see it all over with, l ketched up the
tumbler and run with it to her, for thought
to goodness she was going to faint. She
undertook to drink don't know how it
happened, but the tumbler slipped, and gra-
ciOus me. if between us we didn't spill the
water all over her collar and dress.
was dreadfully Austered, for thought
it looked as though it was my fault, and the
first thing did was to out with my hand
kerchief and give it to Mary Ann; it was
nicely done up and she took it. The folks
had held in pretty well up to this time, but
then such giggle and laugh as there was.
uIuu AuoW "hae Aau gwen ehCM suSh q
start, till looked and seen that Pd gire
Mary Ann that baby's ssirt?'
Here Mrs. Jones, who is q very feshy wo-
man, undulated and shook like u mighty jel-
", with her mirth, and it was some time be-
fore she could proceed with her narrative.
"Why," said she, with tears of laughter
running down her cheeks, cpd tucked it in
to my dress for 'kerchief. That came
from being absent minded and in a fdget."
Sand Mary Ann and Stephen-were they
married after ALP" ...
ssDear me, yes,' said Mrs. Jones, "and it
turned out to be the gayest wedding that
ever attended"
"And the baby's shirt, Mrs. Jones?''
ola me-" said Mrs. Jones, show young
folks do ask questions. Everybody agreed
ought to make Mary Ann present ONT"
"Well, Mrs. Jones?''
sWell,' said Mrs. Jones, "'twant long
fore she had q use for it," And that's the
end Of the story