The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-13
SISTER SUES WEDDING.
Jimmy Tries His Printing Press on His
Sisters Wedding Invitations.

Jimmy Tries His Printing Press on III
Sisters Wedding Invitations.
She ought to have been married
long while ago. That's what everybod,
says as knows her. She las been engaged
to Mr.. Travers for three years and sh,
had to refuse lots Of offers to 20 to til,
circus with other young men. l hav.
wanted her to get married so that couc
60 and live with her and Mr.. Travcrs
When think that if i. hadn't been for 8
mistake | made she would have been
married yesterday, fiud it dreadfully
hard to tie resigned. But we ought al
ways to be resigned to everything when
we can't help it. Before 20 any further
l must tell about my printing press II
belonged to Tommy McGinnis, but he
got tired of it and sold it to me real cheap
lie was going to write to the Young Fso
pes post. Office box and offer to exchange
1t for bicycle, a St. Bernard dog, and
twelve good books, but he finally let nc
have II for dollar and half. It prints
beautifully, and have printed cards for
ever so many people, and made three
dollars and seventy cents already.
thought it would be nice to 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
MIR. Travcrs should be married without
Whiting any longer. You should nave
seen what state OF mind her and mother
we're in. They did nothing but buy ;,e1,
clothes, and sew and talk Of tLe wedding
a!! day long. She was determined to be
married in church, and to have six
bridesmaids and six bridegrooms, and
flowers, aud 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. McFadden and the seven
Actadden girls but Sue said they had
insulted her, and she couldn't bear the
idea of inviting the McFadden tribe.
Everybody agreed that old Mr.. Wilkin.
son, who once came to party a: our
house with one boot and one slipper,
couldn't be invited; but it was decided
mat every one else that was on good
terms with the family should be invited.
she counted up all the people she maent
70 invite, and there we're nearly three
hundred of them. You would hardly
believe it but she told me l must carry
around all the invitations and deliver
mem myself. OF course could not do
this without ncglecting my studies and
loosing time, which il always precious.
so thought of Il plan which would save
que the trouble Of directing three hun.
dred Invitations and save me from vast.
ing, time delivering them. got to work
with my printing press and printed
dozen splendid big bills about the wed.
ding. When they were printed cut
lot OF small pictures of animals and ladies
riding on horses out Of some old circus
bills, and pasted them on the wedding
ollis. They wero perfectly gorgeous,
and you could see them four or five rods
OIL. When .ney were all done, made
some paste in tin pail 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
tslern, and carrying one OF the wedding
Silis in his hand. He handed it to
Susan and said:
,Susan, what does this mean? These
pilss are pasted all over the village, and
then"
She read the bill and then she gave an
awlol shriek aud tainted sway, and I
nuFF.ea down to the post Office to see if
me inSil had come. This was on the
o!li' aga | am sure IL was spelled all
M'ss 0"san Brown announces that she will
| Marry Mr.. James Travers
al tue cnulSh n, next Thursday at 7.30 shnrp.
All me Friends of the Family,
| With the execution of
Mcf adden tribe and old Mr.. Wilkinson.
q are invited.
Come early and bring
lots of flowers.
Now, what Was there to find fault with
In that! II waslprinted beautifully aud
every word was spelled right, with the
exception of the name of the church
and wasn't quite sure how to smell Il
The bill saved Sue all the trouble of
sending out invitations, and is said every.
thing that anybody could want to know
about the wedding. Any other Girl bu,
Sue would have been pleased, and would
have thanked me for .isY sssas,Ia. s,.,s .he
vas ~ angry as II hdd done somethinp
real bad. Mr.. TraveIs was almost as
angry as Sue, and it was the firgt time
he was ever angry with me. am afraid
now he won't ever let me come and live
with him. He hasn't saidSs word about
my coming since the wedding bills were
put up. AS for The wedding it has been
put OIL, and Sue iays she viii go to New
York to be married, for she Sould per.
fectly die If she were to have Il wedding
at home after that boy's dreadful Lconduct
What ia worse, am to be sent e,7ay to q
boarding school, and all becauseI made
4 mistake in printing the weddiHv hilla