Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27
GOSSIP ABOUT TOW y.
"-Trifies light as air."

from The east, ana they lett me here VIII
friehds till they return, for the train hat
Mormons on, which was not good compa
ny for ME Figures mean love and big let
teIs mean take notice. / have been go
ing round visiting, and 50 little childIer
and,lools tell the truth, so they say
il they say SO it must be so. Yet as on,
greater than says, "Critics, like hornets
never sting dead things"
hear everybody talking about mar
rage Marriage on the brain is as mncl
prevailing hereabouts as the ague. Lot:
of folks have been making hymenia
funeral services for themselves; and on
in the country they say that even E.
L., the barber is married. That las
part is base Islander. In town the Cos
sip just now, ON this point, is about al
Avenue 9Th marriage at the NJ. E. c.
was just In time. / went early-at 4 p
IN. The women all declared beforehand
that the girl took by the man had the bes
bridal rig of The season. 1t was s0.-
How much it cost is a prevailing ques
ton. Some say the dress had trail G.
yds lorg. Some say it did mt. Some
people were mad because the "show" be-
gan and let out before time. They ought
to be carly when q railroad man is in the
business.
l went to the meetings on Sunday
Coming home l heard women and |
man talk in the morning 0he men arc
"pokey" at the beginning and the women
at the close-) At night L heard men
and woman talk. In the morning the
women all talked about sour new minis
ter" aud his wife. heard, eloquent
stylish, beautiful little girl =
" nothing ever like it before" etc. Icon
clu6ed the new minister etc, was the
gossip of the town. | went also 10 anoth-
er place and 1t was SHUT. Some people
said fer one thing, some another. Al
night | went 10 another place where they
say the big bugs have saints rest on
Sunday Co.Aing home the n en- talk
ed and the woman Listened. The men
said something about "Jessel,' and law
yer R and g., and P, Esquire
o. and l., and Ordinances burst
ell up the Town going to the Devil y
''sociables" new railroad, etc. | was
frightened, for men talk so horrid when
they gossip. say nothing about the
liquid g malady' the singers poured forth
at these meetings, for Sunday comes and
goes the same day, and blessed be those
who don't sing, but talk about those who
do the singing
went to the schools, with another lit
tie girl. My ? brothers told me not 10
keep company with girls that say Darn
- Bully for you. ~ kite.''I trot
- put in my best licks,' etc. / heard a
great deal of TALK about the first class
girls of town who run with fellows and
say such things. l went. ! saw.
heard. The teachers talked well enough
but a; that school she'd up in the trees
they play drop the handkerchief
"two-old cat big boys and teacher.
together, and the scholars ring in. Al
the school with steeple on, in the Ole
meeting house, the teacher is "new the
head one, and people are just getting
ready to canvass her. The two teachers
in the school for girls--girls of the fast
class who kite and "iroi, are not seer
often enough to be talked about. Cues.
they are nuns.
Invent TO one sociablc. BY 2 brothers
told Inc not TO 60, for the best class oil
people do mt so 10 sociables in Plymouth
that might meet bad boys and bal
young men there, that everybody is talk.
ing about the awful bad boys and worth.
less young men in town. l went. 1t was
cold and snowy outside and inside. The
boys and young men and girls were round
the room against the wall AT FIRST
Some in chairs. They were all looking
leastways at me. After awhile what was
there got mixed up, and then the old folks
joined il and the chorus was noisy
Once in a while heard the word "festi
val papers, marriage etc. / did
not know what they meant. They went
home two by two. which looked kind
that cold night. hear that another so.
cable will be held this week, but they say
that people play cards and dance there.
Some say they do; some say thew don't.
There is another sociable, but people say
it Is part prayer meeting and part socia-
BILE. Perhaps it is so. Such is life,
l hear good deal of talk about certain
old maids In Gown who are matrimonially
inclined, and certain old bachelors who
are not SO much inclined that way. Ev-
erybody says we are going to have hard
winter. If we do what will these poor
people do? May charitabIy Inclined
public look after them. The public is
doing it already. give you their names.
Mr.. Editors, as it is no secret, and you
may publish them or not. .
. I'VE mot" rs it would
be no information. Ed And in addi-
ton, some or or folks are going to
make q funeral of their single blessedness
before the hymenial altar. Some say,
when the new hotel is doue"--''after a
few weeks more of schoollng"--"after
business improves a little"--"after the
next to the youngest daughter is a little
Older etc. When gossip is mixed l am
silent.
pTHE whole affair about the two girls
who dressed in mems clothes and walked
up K-and wanted lodgings at the hotel
Gust for joke) has got out heard il
all talked over--the tall man moving
arc nj like ghost dressed in the bridal
costume of the Garden OF Eden-the fright
OF the females-and their sudden disap-
pearance. 1t was cruel joke on bach
elor in cold night. Here my feelings
make me weep to think how mean some
rfrIo r. oil hoo T. A.