The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-10-05

Tie parson himself thought it would be
too bad to disappoint the invited guests.
Lets carve Mary's wedding goose
"Not wedding goose ~ groaned Sebas-
tian.
swell, yell cali it So Come. cheer up.
Na1y storm has blown over without harm
to anybody"
The great old sitting room was ahaze
with score Of lamps and when Sebastian
2tad Nary haG taken their seats together at
tie tS>oie-sittiDg on the center OF the long
side, opposite the Old mil,.ster--and wbep
they found how Truly kind and consiaer-
ate their friends were, they began to take
heart, and Mary whispered to her loger:
Lets te happy if we cap, Sebastian.
1t won't be for long that the evil shall rest
with us.''
Parson Bebee invoked the Divine bless
ing and then seized the carving uteusiis and
attacked the smo.l,eTed goose, The royal
| sayQr of which had filled the house with its
delicious odor. He took off the WINGS
disjointed and separated the legs, and then
cut down at the breast, and pared off the
thick. rich layers of meat from the sides oS
the breast bone. THIS done, he inserted
the point of the carver into the thoracic
cavity for the purpose Of extracting tia
| stuffing. 4 few bits of rich stukfug, and
then something in:srferea there seemed
to be substance that aid aot belong there
The parson got the points Of the fork into
, it, and tiually pulled it out.
"a dish rag 90 inadvertently uttered an
unsophisticated female guest.
ooh l thought Susan Burke a1aS clean
ed it J" gasped Mary, turning les IS fire,
aud then pai-ss +G All ashen hue.
"Hoid on - exclaiGled the parsqq, who
| substance with the knife and fork, now
took it into his hands. y|You peei't lie at
all alarmed, my dear child" he went qp,
| at ths ss.rle time standing erect. ana over
ha,fiing the thing in such n m2nner that
those who were sitstag could not see it.
'1t is all right. The goose is all proper.
Augustus Sebastian Walpole aud Mary
Elmira Allard, | want you to stand Up. I
| can't 90 as I'd hike &c 80, bet Eve though
that our wedding feast would seem more
like the real thing if we only went through
the form. Come-just to please us all
staga Up. Stand up, and take bold of
| hands, and III show you just how the thing
| ought to be done Tor 1 declare l can't
serve owt this goose without just a little
more than simple blessing"
ooh, yes! yesi Do! dol" came from all
parts of the long table.
And without thinking moving like ma
| chimes, their sell, wills fairly crushed oY,--
the twain arose, took each other by the
hand, and the old pastor went through the
marriage service with such JUNCTION that old
Deacon Alard, Mary's uncle, exclaimed:
.'Ain't that ere leetle too much like the
real thing, parson ?''
''Well, no {; l think not" replied the
minister
And then he showed what he'd found in
the goose, to wit, Se6astian's money aud
the marriage certificate.
Was there ever such n time2 The eI.l
.parson, the moment he ceased speaking,
shot back his chair and popped around
and kissed the bride, and everybody else
| followed suit she laughing and crying Joy
turns, but al the while is happy IS coz lG
be.
ADd then, with the bright glea ming Of
a great COY. aud the blessed beams of a
happy promise. making .jubiant the feast,
the assembled company set TO fhe work of
testing the excellence of the duly commits
stoned and accredited Wedding Goose.