Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-12-24


the whispering of the women servants
and the awkward embarrassment o.
the men, Mr. Pickwick proceeded:
Ladies' and gentlemen-no. | won't
say ladies and gentlemen, I'll call you
my friends, my dear friends, if the
ladies will allow me to take so great
a liberty"
Here Mr. Pickwick was interrupted
by immense applause from the ladies,
echoed by the gentlemen, during
which the owner of the eyes was dis
tinctly heard to state that she could
kiss that dear Mr.. Pickwick Where
upon Mr. Winkle gallantly inquired if
it couldn't be done by deputy to
which the young lady with the black
eyes replied, "Go away"-and accom-
panied the request with look which
said as plainly as look could do-"if
you can"
my dear friends" resumed Mr..
Pickwick, 81 am going to propose the
health of the bride and bridegroom
God bless 'em CHEERS and tears.) My
young friend, Trundle, | believe to be
very excellent and manly fellow !;
and his wife / know to be a very
amiable and lovely girl, well qualified
to transfer to another sphere of action
the happiness which for twenty years
she has diffused around her in her
fathers house. Here the fat boy
burst forth into stentorian blubber-
ings, and was led forth by the coat
collar by Mr.. Weller.) wish" added
Mr.. Pickwick, II wish / was young
enough to be her sisters husband
(cheers,) } but, failing that, am happy
to be old enough to be her father !;
for, being so, shall not be suspected
of any latent designs when say, that
| admire, esteem, and love them both
(cheers and sobs). The brides father,
our good friend there, is noble person,
and | am proud to know him (great
uproar). He is kind, excellent, inde-
pendent-spirited, fne-hearted, hospi-
table, liberal man. That lis daughter
may enjoy all the happiness, even he
can desire; and that he may derive
from the contemplation of her felicity
all the qualification of heart and peace
of mind which he so well deserves, is,
/ am persuaded, our united wish. So,
let US drink their healths, and wish
them prolonged life, and every bless
ing!"
Mr.. Pickwick concluded amidst a
whirlwind of applause and once
more were the lungs of the supernum-
eraries, under Mr. Weller's command,
brought into active and efficient opera
tion. Mr.. Wardle proposed Mr.. Pick
wick Mr.. Pickwick proposed the old
lady. Mr. Snodgrass proposed Mr..
Wardle; Mr.. Wardle proposed Mr..
Snodgrass. One of the poor relations
proposed Mr. Tupman, and the other
poor relation proposed Mr.. Winkle
all was happiness and festivity, until
the mysterious disappearance of both
the poor relations beneath the table
warned the party that it was time to
adjourn.
At dinner they met again, after a
Gve-and-twenty mile walk, undertaken
by the males at Wardle's recommends
tion, to get rid of the effects of the
wine at breakfast. The poor relations
had kept in bed all day, with the view
of attaining the same happy consumma-
ton, but, as they had been unsuccess-
full, they stopped there Mr.. Weller
kept the domestics in a state of per-
petual hilarity; and the fat boy di-
vided his time into small alternate al
lotments of eating and sleeping.
The dinner was as hearty an affair
as the breakfast, and was quite as
noisy, without the tears. Then came
the dessert and some more toasts
Then came the tea and coffee; and
then, the ball.
TIE best sitting-room at Manor
Farm was good, long, dark-panelled
room with high chimney-piece, and
capacious chimney, up which you
could have driven one of the new pat
ent cabs, wheels and ALL At the
upper end of the room, seated in a
shady bower of holly and evcrgreens,
were the two best fiddlers, and the
only harp, in all Muggleton. In all
sorts of recesses, and on all kinds of
brackets, stood massive old silver
candlesticks with four branches each.
The carpet was up, the candles burnt
bright, the fire blazed and cracked on
the hearth, and merry voices and light
hearted laughter rang through the
room. If any of the old English yeo-
men had turned into fairies when they
died, it was just the place in which
they would have held their revcls.
If anything could have added to
the interest of this agreeable scene, it
would have been the remarkable fact
of Mr. Pickwick's appearing without
his CATERS, for the first time within
the memory of his oldest friends.
"You mean to dance ~ said Wardle
"Of course / do" replied Mr. Pick
wick. Don't you see | am dressed
for the purpose ?" Mr.. Pickwick called
attention to his speckled silk stockings
and smartly tied pumps.
you in silk stockings !" exclaimed
Mr.. Tupman, jocosely.
"And why not, sir-why not ~
said Mr.. Pickwick, turning warmly
upon him.
"Oh, of course there is no reason
why you shouldn't wear them," re-
sponded Mr.. Tupman.
II imagine not, sir, / imagine not"
said Mr.. Pickwick, in very peremp-
tory tone.
Mr.. Tupman had contemplated a
laugh, but he found it was serious
matter; so he looked grave, and said
they were pretty pattern.
81 hope they are," said Mr. Pick
wick, fixing his eyes upon his friend.
"You see nothing extraordinary in the
stockings, as stockings, | trust, sir p
Certainly not Oh certainly not
replied Mr. Tupman. He walked away
and Mr.. Pickwick's countenance re-
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