The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01
SISTER y Fps WEDDING.
Jimmy Tries His Printing Press on III
sisters Wedding Invitations.

y 10 ouxnI 10 nave Deen married
long while ago. That's what every
body says as knows her. She ha, beer
engaged to Mr.. Travers for three years
and she had to refuse lots of offers t.
go to the circus with other young men
l have wanted her to get married SC
that could go and live with her and
Mr.. Trayers. When l think that if |,
hadn't been for a mistake / made she
would have been married yesterday,
find it dreadfully hard to be resigned
But we ought always to be resigned tc
everything when we can't helr
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. lie was going to write to the
Young Peoples post-oflice box and offer
to exchange it for a bicycle, st.
Bernard dog, and twelve good books,
but he finally let me have it for dol
lar and half. 1t prints beautifully,
and l 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 l should
ever have another circus, so l 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 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 bridegrooms, and flowers, and
music, and things till you couldn'trest.
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 McFadden
girls; but Sue said they had insulted
her, and she couldn't bear the idea of
asking the McFadden tribe. Every
body agreed that old Mr.. Wilkinson,
who once came to party at our house
with one boot aad 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 three
hundred of them. You would hardly
believe it, but she told me must carry
around all the invitations and deliver
them myself. OF course could not do
this without neglecting my studies and
losing time, which is always precious,
50 | thought of plan which would
save Sue the trouble of directing three
hundred invitations and save me from
wasting time delivering them. l got
to work with my printing press and
printed dozen splendid big bills about
The wedding. When they were printed
| cut a lot of small pictures of animals
and ladies riding on horses out of some
old circus bills, and pasted thom on to
the wedding bills. They were perfectly
gorgeous, and you could see them four
or five rods off. When they were all
done, l 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 stern, and car
rying one Of the wedding bills in his
hand. He handed it to Susan and said
''Susan, what does this mean? These
bills are pasted all over the village, and
there are crowds of people reading
them"
She read the bill and then she gave
an awful shrek and tainted away, and
hurried down to the post Office to see
if the mail had come. This was on the
bill, and l am sure it was spelled all
right:
Miss Susan Brown announces that she will
marry Mr. James Travers
at the church next Thursday at $50 sharp.
All the Friends of the Family
With the exception of
the McFadden tribe and old Mr.. wilkinson
are invited.