The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-06-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mary Ann's Wedding,
AS RELATED BY MRS. JONES.

AS RELATED BY MRS. JONES.
We were all preparing" said Mrs
Jones, "to 90 to the wedding. l was 60
lug father was going, the gals were going
and we were going to take the baby but
come to dress the baby. I couldn't find
the baby's shirt, I'd laid q clean one
out of one of the drawers on purpose 1
knew'd where l had put it but come to
look fort twas gone"
For mercy's sake !" says I, gals"
says l, "has any on ye seen the baby's
shirt ?"
or course. none Of M had seen; and
l looked, and looked again, but 'twant
nowhere, to be found It's the strang-
est thing in all nature" said l, "here
had the shirt in my hand not more than
ten minutes ago, and now it's gone, and
nobody can tell where. I never seed the
beat. Gals says I, do look around
can't ye ?-But fretting wouldn't find it;
SO gave it up and won't to the bureau,
aud finished up another shirt, and put il.
on to the baby, and at last were ready for
start Father baruessed up double
team-we drove the old white marc then
and the gals and all was having a good
time, going to see Mary Ann married ::
but somehow | couldn't gi, over the shirt
'TwoDt the shirt SO much ; but to have
anything spirited away from under my
face and eyes so, twas provokin =
What ye thinking about, mother p"
says SopbroDy, what makes you look so
sober 2" says she.
"Pm pesterred to death. thinking
about tina, ere shirt. Oue of you must
have it, am certain" says l.
Now, ma" says Sophrony, "you
needn't say that, as I'd laid onto
her good many times, she was beginning
to get vexed 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
my mind, and was getting good natured
again, though could not help saying to
myself every few minutes, what could
have become Of that shirt ?" till at last
they stood up to be married, and l forgot
all about it.
Mary Ann was real modest creature
and was morn half frightened to death
when she came into the room with Steph.
en-, and the minister told them to jine
hands. She first gave her left hand to
Stephen. Your other hand" says the
minister and poor Steve, be was so bash
full, too, he didn't know what he was a
bout 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, a left handed marriage all
around but by this time they didn',
know what they were about, aud Mary
Abn joined her right hand to his left
then her left with his right, then both
their hands again, until | was all of a
fdget, and thought they never would ge,
fixed.
Mary Ann looked as red as a turkey
and to make matters worse, she began tc
couch to turn it off, suppose, aud cal
led for glass Of .ater The minister
had just been drinking, and tho tumblel
stood right here, and was 80 nervous
and in such hurry to see it all over with
l kethed up the tumbler and run with il
to her, for | thought to goodness she wai
going to faint. She undertook to drinl
i don't know howit happened, but the
tumbler slipped, and gracious me, if We
didn't ,pill the water all ovor the collar
and dress.
was dreadfully Austered, for | tho
it looked as though it was my fault FAN
the first thing did was to out with IN,
handkerchief and give it to Mary Ann
it was nicely done up and she took il
The folks had held it pretty we'll up t.
this time, but then such gigle and laugl
as thero was / didn't know what hat
given them such a start, till looked an,
seen that I'd siue Mary Ann that baby
shirt |"
Ho,e, NJ. Jones who is very dsshy