The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-06-24
THE BABHss sHIRT-As RELATED ET
Mrs. JONES.

We was all prepared to go to the
wedding. Il was going, father was
going, the gals was going, and we was
going to take the baby. But come to
dress the baby, couldn't find its lit
tie shirt. I'd laid clean one out of
the drawer a purpose; I knew jest
where I'd put it, but come to look for
it, it was gone. aY @
For mercy's sake" says /; :. gals,
has any IF you seen that baby'sshirtS'
OF course none of 'em had seen it,
and looked again, but it want no
where to be found.
"It's the strangest thing in all ma
ture,v says I; "here I had that shirt
in my hand not more'n ten minutes
ago, and now it's gone, nobody knows
where! Gals" says I, ado look
around, can't YEP
But fretting and fuming wouldn't
find it, SO I went to the bureau and
fished up another shirt, and put it on
to the baby, and at last we were ready
for start.
Father had harnessed up the double
team, and the gals were all having
good time going to see Mary Ann
married but somehow couldn't get
over that baby's shirt. 'Twant so
much the shirt, but to have anything
sperrited away right from under my
face and eyes, twas too provoking. j
"What be you thinking about, ma
mar says Sophrony. "What makes
you SO sober?" says she.
"I'm pestered to death. thinking
about that baby's shirt" says /. One
of you must took it, Pm sartain," /
says.
"Now, ma" says Sophrony, says
she, You needn't say that" And, as
I had laid it on to 'em a good many
times, they was beginning to get
vexed, and so, we had it back and
forth all about that baby's shirt till we
got to the wedding.
Seeing company kind o. put it out
o. my mind, and l was gettin' good
natur'd again, though 1 couldn't help
but say to myself, every few minutes,
what could have become of that baby's
shirt? till they stood up to be married,
and forgot all about it,. ru
Mary Ann was real modest crea-
ture, and was more'n half frightened
to death, when she came into the room
with Stephen, and the minister. fold
'em to jine hands. She fnst gave her
left hand to Stephen. Your other
hand,n says the minister, and poor
Steye,a she was SO bashful, too, he didn't
know what he was about; he thought
twas his mistake, SO he gave Mary
Ann his left hand. That wouldn't do,
any way but by this time they didn't
know what they was about, and Mary
Ann jined her left hand with his left,
then the left with her right, then both
their left hands again, till / was all in
a fidget, and thought they wonld new
Ter get fixed. Mary Ann looked as
red as a turkey; and to make matters
wuss, she began to cough-to turn it
off, I s'pose-and called for glass of
water. The minister had just been
drinking, and the tumbler stood right
there. l was so narvous, and i'll such
a hurry to see it all over with that
ketched up the tumbler ahd ran with
it to her; forI thought to goodness
she was going to faint. She under
took to drink. / do not know how it
happened, but the tumbler slipped,
and gracious mel if between us both
we didn't spill the water all over her
collar and sleeve. / was dreadfully
frustrated, for it looked as though
twas all my fault, and the first thing
1 did was to out with my handker-
chief and give it to Mary Ann. Il
was nicely done up; she took it and
shook it out. The folks had held in
putty well up to this time, but theI
such a giggle and laugh as there was
I didn't know what had given then
such start till looked and see.-
I'd gire Mary Aan that ba6y's shirt
/ (Here Mrs. Jones, who is big
f1eshy woman, undulated and shool
like mighty jelly with mirth and i
was some time before she could pro
ceed with her narrative.)
Why" continued she, while tear
of laughter ran down her cheeks
sd tucked it into my dress pocket
instead of handkerchief. That cam,
of being absent-minded and in
fdget."
"And Mary Ann and Stephen
were they married, after all p MI,
Dear me, yes" said Mrs. Jones
"and it turned out the gayest wed
ding ever tended"
To A QUERY as to the probable effec
of the Pacific Railroad upon Mormon
: ism, Brigham Young is said to hay
replied, with airy Indifference, tbs
t 1t must be a d-d poor religion tha
| can't stand one railroad.n Well,
1 Brigham Young's religion does stan
: the snort of the iron horse, the conclu
;, sion will be, we suppose, that it is nc
:. exactly that kind of a poor concern
! But there are already indications of
q break in the Mormon family. On til
e Sd of the present month, two cars fu
}, of people, who have renounced til
e faith, left Corinne on the Union P.
: cific Railroad, bound for the East
: Many more, it is understood, wei
t anxious to accompany the party, b,
e were unable to prepare in time for tt
# journey. That polygamy, the distin
n tive feature of Mormonism, can stan
e the pressure of am irruption of thol
G sands of minated Gentiles who wi
n be poured into the land of the La
| L. A.