Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1877-11-15
Uncle Blucher's Wedding Trip.

AALC 40 ~hSbSN0s ~ !
was a young fellow. Pun eighty
now, and I've seen considerable hv-
ing. When was twenty.one the
deer used to come out of the woods
yonder and eat my buckwl eat, AID
I used To go out with my rihe anu
shoot 'em down to seyei it. Venison
il scarce now, but you couldn't coax
hungry man to eat it then, If he
could get anything else, it was so
common. Ask Aunt \ art a ii |
that isn't so. AS for doings. they're |
All altered. Everything is hne as
five. pence now. We had to put up |
with common 6xings then, | tell
YOU. Now, that big wedding down
at Dadenhammer yesterday. Aunt
Martha and ], we went. All the
house was fixed up with stuffed fur-
nituye. al d there wele things 10 eat
didn't know the names of; and
four musicians from IL city TO play
for them Co dance, and after tie
wedding there was carriage to
take the young folks to The railway
depot for what they called their
to,sr, aud wagon benil.d, bliss you,
with the brides trunk, rs biz A.
houses, everY one of 'em. Tha
was my Martha's niece, that bride
was; and when Martha vas married
she went ON q diff-reLt kind OF
tour.
I mean to tell all about it while
I'm talking though she says the
oung people will think she wasn't
O bit genteel. Genteel isn't my
brother, aDyway-n,ver was. Give
me up and down just What you are
worth-no airs.
We didn't take any in those times.
We were new settlers, every one of
rs. Martha's mother aud father
had one big room for parlor, sitting
roam and kitchen. and there we
we're married. Peter Grimes fiddlec
or us. and we had corn cakes and
chinken. ard sweet cake and coffee,
aud light biscuits and plum sas,
ard fried pork for supper; and the
parson be ate as hearty aid laughed
us lcud as any of us-though when
it cam1 to dancing, of course he
wasn't there; ard after we danced
until morning, Martha ard | started
for home. ] bad a cart, it hadn't
any cover, and / didn't ride very
easy, and / was going to take her
over iA tnat-
We'd had furnishing bee before
and all my folks and all hern had
given US something; but Grand
mother Smith bad fetched over a
feather bed for q present to Mar
tha-and now says she:
',Put it in the wagon Blpcber.
and it viii be comfortable sesst
for Martha"
So we did 1T.
Martha sat on The bed Iperched
up on the seat. and away we drove.
Mother Smith she cried, so did Mar
tha.
FatEer-in-law hurrahed. So did I,
and eff we went.
For a considerable time I had
plenty to do, coaxing Martha to
cDeer up, telling her that she could
70 home as often as she liked; and
pretending 10 scold her. though
wasn't angry, for q girl who loves
her own folks, and is good daugh-
ter. is sure to be a good wife.
But after while, she cheered mp,
and as We rods along in the gray
dawn, just little mister than night,
shc said:
s'l'm so sleepy that L think
shall Just cnudle down in the feath-
ers and take nap" do it, Z" said
from my perch.
$50, after while, I spoke t, her
without turning my head, and she
didn't answer.
s'Sonnd asleep, poor little chick
en,n thought +, and driv or.
1t was cloudy sort OF morning.
We'd passed through the marsh,
aud the mosquitoes buzzed about,
but never reused the girl up. We'd
couie to the woods. and there you
couldn't SEE your face, and still she
was sound asleep, thoaght. and |
was glad she could hav such a good
rest. But when we'd come to the
top of the hill, and | could see our
title house, | couldn't stand it any
ol,ger. / felt AS ii I'd like to have
her take the nrst peep along with
me.
Martha 70 I shouted, turning
&round on the high seat, Martha,
wake UP, iassie We can see our
hsme from here. +"
But then l stopped short, and
thought r should die. Martha