The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

around mighty bigoty, and smoked and
chawed terhanker. aud took his sweet
ened dram, tied mis- cravat in the fash
ion, pulled his moustache, and played
with his watch chain, and when he
laughed at them boys he laughed at his
betters. One good, honest, hard
workin' country boy like ky Robertson,
Can Dewberry, or Jake Lofts is worth
enough of his sort to build a fence
from here to town.
Yes, everybody knowed when Jake
got thar by the cinnamon draps. Broth
er Cole was axed to marry EN-, and as
many couples as he has joined he don't
know his piece; he had to read it, and
they helt a candle and dipped the taller
a inch thick on the po' old mans coat
sleeve, and then after all he came nigh
marryin' 'em by the wrong names.
Caledony and ky Robertson stood to-
| gether, and / and Cap. Dewberry, and
when we tuck our stands, Malindy Jane
she got on tother side of Jake, and
Brother Cole he wiped his specks and
sot in to readin' and spellin' out his
words.
"The couple who now stand afore us
for the occasion and benefit of being
jined in wedlock, will please to jine they
rights hands"
Old Miss Patience Potter squeaked
out in a loud whisper:
"Lindy Jane, you are on the wrong
side of Jakey."
Then Brother Cole helt up his paper
and read on:
ENNS1l -z,, TAl, TnFE,-
Jacob, not john" said Miss Patti
ence.
"Well, then, we'll proceed to CON
tinue. VIII you, Jacob Lofts, take
the oman, Malissy Ann"
''Ma-lin-dy Jane" says Miss Patience
a little louder. Than in a loud whis-
per: "For the lands sake don't git EN-
married wrong"
"Well, says he, "fling on a piece of
light'ood, or hold me a torch, for I
can't see."
Some of EN- grabbed a torch and heIt
it high. Then jist as fast as one word
could foller tother, without stoppin' to
get his breath, he went on:
Il pronounce you man and wife fur
better or fur wusser salute your bride
andif any present has any reflections let
'em speak now or forever afterwards hold
their tongue you're dismissed amena ar"
Then old man Trotman sept out and
lowed: Git your partners and go in
to ther house to supper; the ole 'oman's
got a bite to eat In thar, and SIGH as it
is you're welcome to it," So we locked
arms and marched in to supper. The
table was plum full, nothin' wasn't skace
o skinny. The brides cake was sot on
a block of wood that was kivered over
with letter paper cut in fringe to han &
all around the aige of it. 1t had a thin
whitewash over it, and was dressed off
with little sprigs of cedar stuck In arrow
all around, and a long stick of pepper
mint candy stuck right up in the mid
die, and / tell you it sot the table off
powerful. They had a taller candle at
each end Of the table and a pine light in
the fireplace. After supper we sot in
to playin' kissin' games. Ole brother
Cole had done all he could-he had
jined EN- In wedlock and he had ct his
supper.
The games was a gwine on, and all
was a laughin' and havin' fun, some
playin' William with a trimbling toe"
"Clap in and clap out" @AIl around
the mulberry bush," and some was
sfFishin' for love-" when Brother Cole
knocked for silence.
"Brethering and sistering." says he,
1let us unite in pra'r and be dismist'ar."
After he was gone Aunt Nancy
lowed: There air a time fur all
things, and that ar prayer was very on
timely. Brother Hagin wouldn't have
done SIGH a on-timely thing as that"
But they soon got to playin' and
laughin' louder'n ever and havin' a
power Of fun, and all looked happy
'cept Miss Trotman. In cose she was
feelin' bad about Malindy Jane q mar
ryin.. The women folks all had sump'n
to say 10 her about it. Ole Arminty
lowed in a religious tone: "Ahl / tell
you, Miss Trotman, / hain't never mar
ried, and al Of EN- Jan marry that's o
mind to, but marryin' air a mighty sol
emn thing"
Yes, ? says Miss Trotman. with tears
m her eyes, fits q solemn thing to
marry
yes SAYS Galedony abut its =
heap solemner not to marry"
II bound for Cal" q y pap.
And that set EN- all to laughin'.--
Betsy Hamilton, in Atlanta Constitu-
tion.