The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-03-07
Mfscellanentrs.
SISTER SUES WEDDING.
Jimmy Tries His Printing Press on His
Sisters Wedding Invitations.


Sue ought to have been married long
while ago. That's what everybody says as
knows her. She has been engaged to Mr.
Travers for three years and she had to refuse
lots of offers to go to the circus with other
young men. l have wanted her to get mar
ried so that could go and live with her and
Mr. Travcrs. When think that if hadn't
been for mistake made she would have
been married Yesterday, find it dreadfully
hard to be resigned. But we ought always
to be resigned 10 everything when we can't
help it.
Before go any further must tell about
my printing press 1t belonged to Tommy
McGinnis but he got tired of it and sold it to
me real cheap. He was going to write to the
Young Peoples post Office box and offer to
exchange it for bicycle, a st. Bernard dog,
and 12 good books, but he finally let me have
it for $3.50. Itprin's beautifully, and
have printed cards for ever so many people,
and made $3.70 already. thought it would
be nice 10 be able to print circus bills in case
Tom and should ever have another circus,
so | sent to the city and bought some type
more than an inch high, and some beautiful
yellow paper.
Last week it was decided that Sue and Mr..
Travers should be married without waiting
any longer You should have seen what q
state of mind her and mother were in. They
did nothing but buy new clothes, and sew
and talk of the wedding all day long. She
was determined to be married in church, and
to have six bridesmaids and six blidegrooms,
and flowers, and music, and things till you
couldn't rest The only thing that troubled
her was making up her mind who to invite.
Mother wanted to invite Mr. and Mrs. Nc
Fadden and the seven McFadden girls but
4 Al. I.n1 tt.1
couldn't bear the idea of asking the McFad-
den tribe. Everybody agreed that old Mr..
Wilkinson, who once came TO a party at our
house with one boot and one slipper, couldn't
be invited but it was decided that every one
else that was on good terms with the family
should be invited. She counted up all the
people she meant to invite and there were
| nearly 800 of them.
You would hardly believe it, but she told
me must carry around all the invitations
and deliver them myself OF course I could
| not do this without neglecting my studies
and losing time, which is always precious, so
| thought of plan which would save Sue
the trouble of directing 300 invitations and
save me from wasting time delivering them.
| got to work with my printing press and
printed dozen splendid big bills about the
wedding. When they were printed cut a
| lOb Oh Sllldll Vi anu ldulcs
riding on horses out of some old circus bills
and pasted them on to the wedding bills
They were perfectly gorgeous and you could
see them four or five rods off When they
were all done, Imade some paste in tin pal
and went out after dark and pasted them in
good places all over the village. The next
| afternoon father came into the house looking
| very stern, and carrying one of the wedding
bills in his hand. He handed it to Susan anC
| said:
| "Susan, what does this meanp These bills
are pasted all over the village, and there arc
crowds of people reading them"
She read the bill and then she gave an aw
full Shrek and tainted away, and l hurried
down to the pOstoffice to see if the mail hat
come. This was on the bill, and am SURF
it was spelled all right:
Miss Susan Brown announces that she will MARI,
| Mr.. James Travers
at the church next Thursday at 1880 sharp. AL
| the Friends of tho Family
| With the exception of
the MoFadden tribe and old Mr.. Wilkinson art
| invited.
Come early and bring
| lots of flowers.
Now, what was there to find fault with il
that 1t was printed beautifully and ever,
word was spelled right, with the exception O
the name OF the church. and didn't put tina
in because wasn't quite sure how to spell
it. The bill saved Sue all the trouble O
sending out invitations, and it said every
thing that any body could want to know abou
the wedding. Amy other girl but Sue would
have been pleased, and would have thanked
me for my trouble, but she was as angry as
| had done something real bad. Mr.. Travcr
was almost as angry as Sue, and 1t was Ith
first time he was ever angry with me. Ian
afraid now he won't let me ever come ant
live with him. He hasn't said word abou
my coming since the wedding bills were pu
up. AS for the wedding, it has been put of
and Sue says she will go to New York to b.
married, for she would perfectly die II sh'
boys dreadful conduct. What is worse,
am to be sent away to boarding school, an,
oil because made mistake in printing tn
wedding bills without first asking Sue how
she would like to have them printed.