Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27
MANY ArN,s WEDDING.

Eve were all preparing said Mrs. Jones,
ITO 60 10 the wedding. I was going, father VAS
going, the gals we're going, and we were goiEg
to take the baby; but come to dress the baby,
could not find the baby's shirt. I'd laid clean
one out of one of the drawers on purpose.
know'd jist where I'd put it; but come to .sok
for it twas gone.
"For mercy's sake" says l, gals" says l.,
.'has any on We seen that baby's shirt "
'0f course, none Of 'em bad seen it; and
looked, and looked, and looked again, but
'twant nowhere to be found. It's the strangest
thing in all na,ur," said /, ''here had the shirt
in my hand not more'n ten minutes ago, and
now it's gone and nobody can tell where. Inev.
er seed the beat. Gals" said /, do look
around, can't YEP" But tretting wouldn't find
it; so gave it up, and went to the bureau
and fished up another shirt, and put it onto
the baby, aud at last We were ready for a
start.
Father harnessed up a 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 1 could't get over
that shirt! 'Twant the shirt so much /; but TO
have anything spirited away from under my
face and eyes so, 'twss provokin7
what are you thinking about, paiher ~
says Sophrony; what makes you looklVb sober, "
says she.
am pestered 10 death thiukn' about that
ere shirt. One of YOU must have took it, am
certain" saysI.
Now, ma" says Sophrony, "you needn't say
that" and as I'd laid it onto her good many
times, she was beginnin' to get vexed and so we
had it back and forth, and all about that baby 8
shirt, till we got to the wedding.
Seeing company kinder put it out of my mind.
and was getting good natured again, though
could not help saying to myself every few mill
utes, what could have become of that shirt ~
till at last they stood up to be married, and l
forgot all about it.
was more'n half frightened to death when
she came into the room with Stephen, and
the minister told them to jire hands. She first
gave her left hand to Stephen. "Your other
hand" says the minister; and poor Steve, he
was so bashtul, too, he didn't know with his
right then both their hands again, until was
all OF a tdget and thought they would never
get fixed.
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 been drinking, and the
tumbler stood right there, and was so ner.
vous. and in such hurry to see it all over with
me, lketched up the tumbler aud run with it
W ueT, lOT LuOuSut 10 bOOuHcSS she was gong
to faint. She undertook to drink don't know
how it happened, but the tumber slipped, and
gracious me, if between US we didn't spill the
water all over her collar and dress
l was dreadfully fustered, for thought it
looked as though it was my fault, and the first
thing did was to out with my handkerchief and
give it to Mary Ann; it was nicely done up, and
she took it. The folks had held in pretty we'll
up to this time but then such giggle and laugh
ar there was. | didn't know what had given
them such start, till looked and seen that I'd
gioe Mary Am that baJy's shiHn
Here Mrs. Jones, who is a very heshy woman,
undulated and shook like mighty Jelly with
her mirth, and it WAS some time before she could
proceed with her narrative.
why" said she, with tears Of laughter run
ming down her cheeks, II tucked it into my
dress for a '>erchiet. That came from being
absent minded and in fdgct"
"ind Mary Ann aud Stephen-wcrc they mar.
riei after alp"
Dear me-" yes" said Mrs Jones, "and it
turned out to be the gayest wedding that | ever
attended"
And the baby's shirt, Mrs Jones?"
'La me" said Mrs. Jones, show young folks
do ask questions. Everybody agreed ought 10
make Mary Ann a present ont
"Well, Mrs. Jones."
"Well," said Mrs Jones, "twant long fore
she had use for it," And that's the end of the
story.