Sharp County record., 1881-08-04
THE holden WEDDING.

r. brou nm wife-tho black cloak of Night be-
She'd "ar ia a. the u east the Morning his kitchen
'our a re y saS Seatng redhot his stove of iron
.e the ten eoT is nea'iiis i'O NV -,
asked im lars are winking and blinking before the
courage light o day'
Won what 1 was doin just fifty years
T. Wen SEE igSenes4 I'll ,,,,u r,tmoDt an, putin, my
way out S,est ,p 10y Iooks Son on; ,.
ed 'S'r ~ myself in courage, so none my fright
my went NV coyyard heart within, the whe, was
cannot tell Bounding o pTi to get free.
was when ,,,h,o ord three mile
VI l05held an dew, .,,-., l., ,,o,,-
he plano ) cold smile of morning walked to mar
e he Soon Try you; =, mn nilot but n
he doctor; star; star nAa ''
Elsie, in sny boyish heart it fancied it heard you
Or's bob1 from afar.
S, rouoh the woods I hurried, an through
emf bor. the grass an dew,
ner Ra1lttle thought O. tring, the whole of my
er fatherh lou Journey eyf through;
lrS' H. S. b neer before nor after 90 SO d iian IT,
the day he marries the woman Of his
Weasel ''''''' ,
then our country wedding-brimful O
/ the nrnsi grief an glee -,
rootnPP' P''" every one a-pettin' an iokin' you an
o"'u,eS me-: ,,e. ., -
S in all CO. good cheer went and came, wife, as 1t
noLle II \ cionds have chased each other across
or in any, the salnmer sun.
n find shell eo.,ou aro.sod I'M in
00UszeQ weddin' shape, ..,,
laS l0ni all the homespun fnery that ne coulu
neck orf rake an scrape;
il rOundg whose Who smile
cred viii he through the showers of tear-drops that
'wn cON s'ofneu noi i''00 'nO "1'''
W, 1t bg, your sisters an brothers, who hardy
and VA seemed to know
T.. wv they could scare up courage TO let tneir
lVS StrOr sister gO
1t know, c0usinsan schoOl-house comraueS, ueSoeu
Y lor. up in meetin trim, -.
OF thEk him;
w. 4lv there was the good old parson, his neck all
'HlleS. IN dressed in white,
Y, which lunch q texts in his left eye, hymnbook
/, orI IL in his right
ana Ols the parsons virgin daughter plain an Sc
can os,s. o hoped we should be happy, but wasn't
: talOnS
ONE hid there was the victuals, seasoned with
large hsd boIv @ wTeaths with breastpins of rubies
antlv :, there was my heart a-wonderin' as how
Ivy IL such things could be,
udrleQ z there was the world before us, an tnere
he hunhi was you and me-
IL uylns AXE up, wife that gold bird, the Sun, has
ON the come in sight,
4 9wav I'D on tree-top perches TO take MS dally
n" flight
near By is not old and feeble an he will sail away,
unte i he has done often since fifty years to-day
Q peCS)u know there's company coming-our
The ll1l daughters an our sOns .
IN ecm, lere's John, and James, and Lucy, an all
V'T'N their little ones
the h!ad Jennie she will be here, who in her grave
could w doth lie
easily ossHvS sEyl; '0iup""' 0'ef GALLO -'O- 'O' 'H
and r,gnd Sam-I am not certain as he will come or
not;
le weaR hey say he Is black sheep-the widest of
with the lot,
nfortulaut STILL somehow or other, hope that Sam
st asitg will come
neck he tree bends down its branches to its chill
soon a dren from above
III he son is lord Of the father, and rules him
DloOl with his love-
,ls mOand he will eer be longed for, though far they
, Lrn,a be apart,
lluasa or the drop of blood he carries that came
be seg from the fathers heart.
's0nV Wake you wife the loud sun has reused the
u %f sweet Daylight,
hCken And she has dressed herself up in red and ye
low and white:
he has dressed herself for us, wfe-for our
yeaSeE- weddin' day once more
Y of and my soul to-day is younger than ever it was
L. i, before.
KY OH From Farm Festivals, by Fill Carleton.