The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-12-10

Sewell fall in love- As he was a young
man of good character, industrious in his
business, and a member of the church,
the mint master very readily gave his
consent.
eyes, you may take her." said he, in his
rough way, 'and you will find her a
heavy burden enough"
On the wedding day, We may suppose
honest John Hull dressed in a plain coat,
all the buttons of which were made of
pine tree shillings The buttons of his
waistcoat were sixpences, and the knees
of his small clothes were buttoned with
silver threepences. Thus attired, he sat
with great dignity in his grandfather 5
chair; and being portly old gentleman,
he completely filed it from elbow to ell
bow On the opposite side Of the room,
between her bridesmaids, sat his Betsey.
She was blushing with all her might, and
looked like full blown peony, great red
apple, or any round or scarlet object.
There, too, was the bridegroom, dressed
in fine purple coat, and gold-lace waist
coat, with as much other fnery as the
Puritan laws and customs would allow him
to put on-his hair cropped close to his
ears, because Governor Endicott had for
bidden any man to wear it below his ears.
But he was very personable young man,
and so thought the bridesmaids, and Miss
Betsey herself
The mint master was also pleased with
his new sou-in-law, especially as he had
said nothing at all about her portion So,
when the marriage ceremony was over,
Captain Hull whispered word or two to
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out, and returned Juggling in a large pair
of scales They were such pair as
wholesale merchants used for weighing
a bulky commodity was now to be weighed
in them.
Daughter Betsey," said the mint mas
ter, "go into one side of the scales"
Miss Betsey-or Mrs. Sewell, as we
must now call her-did as she was bid,
like dutiful child, without any question
Of why or wherefore. But what her father
could mean, unless it was to make her
husband pay for her by the pound Gin
which case she would have been a dear
bargain), she had not the least idea.
''And now," said honest John Hull to
his servants, ':bring me that box hither. y
The box to which the mint master
pointed was huge, square, iron-bound
oak chest it was big enough, my chill
dren, for you all four to play hide-and-
seek In.
Captain Hull then took key out OF
his girdle, unlocked the chest, and lifted
the ponderous lid Behold! it was full to
the brim of bright pine tree shillings,
fresh from the mint, and Samuel Sewell
thought that his father-in-law had cot
possession of all the money in the Massa-
chusetts treasury; but it was the mint
masters honest share of the coinage.
Then the servants, at Captain Hull's
command, heaped double handfuls of shil-
| lings into one side of the scales, while
Betsey remained in the other. Jingle
jingle went the shillings, handful after
handful were thrown in, till, plump and
ponderous as she was, they weighed the
! young lady from the floor
There, son Sewell," !" cried the honest
mint master, resuning his seat in his
grandfather's chair, ''take these shillings
for nny daughters portion. Use her kind
ly, and thank heaven for her, for it's not
every wife that's worth her weight in
silver"