St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-03-30
THE CLUTTERBY WEDDING
NOT - Preoeut-able IN AFFAIR O.
Was Anticipated.

'Of course wen invite the Bigbees9"
said Julia Clutterby. She held . pen.
Gil n her chubby fingers. and = list OF
names lay before her.
'Well. hardly know. said Mrs.
Clutterby; ''they are poor as Jobs tur-
key. you know" renectively.
But they have such exquisite taste.
and drese like fashion plates" rcmon-
strated the daughter, ''one likes to
have stylish-loOking people 1t ones
welding
'.And they would pawn their old
shoes rather than not bring present" :"
said Mrs. Clutterby. still reaectively.
Il declare it's enough to make ono
laugh to see how ridiculously poor and
how absurdly proud they are One
can see a mile OF that every rag they
wear has been turned and made over a
dozen times, and yet they wouldn't
carry little parcel homo from q store
for the world. Well. yes, have the
Bigbees. though l presume they'll 60
on mush and molasscs a week TO pay
for the present"
That's not my affair. laughed Miss
julia, lightly; ''there's the C0ttrells. "
''The Cottrells! You know, child.
they always carry bangle-boards or
pin-cushious.
(Which l am supplied with for the
next generation" and Miss Julia's
plump shoulders shrugged suggestive
ly. arguing oblivion for the COttrells.
80 far as the wedding was concerned.
..Seatiment and pin-cushions are all
very well for every day affairs. but one
doesn't get married every day in q
week. Captain Parmalee?"
'.Yes, OF course" Mrs. Clutterby be-
came all animation. He can't decent
ly do hess than French clock on his
income"
IF there is any thing which could
survive having a variety of its clocks, +"
said Miss Julia. There are such love-
" designs this year that would like
one in each room"
Suppose you mention in an artless
way how you dote on clocks In Captain
Parmalec's presence, for instance.
suggested the mother. craftily. Her
sex had spoiled her for diplomatic
position in the nation. hence her tai
4 s were confined TO the home and
social circle
.Oh. mar and Miss Julia giggled
outright. putting the hint away in her
memory nevertheless. "What plot
ter you are"
The mother smiled complacently.
evidently taking the remark a. a COM
plimcnt. Have you put down the
Allens?"
mo. ma; they are 90 horribly vul-
gar. Mrs. Allen is always saying:
La, sue.' at every thing, and the sight
Of those four girls ranged along the
wall in graduated way makes me
nervous.
But they have such an allowance,
and arc so tickled At being invited out,
that each one makes q separate spread
by herself"
..Just think of the Allen name five
times repeated in the list of wedding
rifts," and Julia rolled up her eyes In
much despair; but just Is you please
mother. though l know I shall giggle
uI catch q glimpse Of them during the
evening"
Il will take care that they are seated
IN convenient obscurity," and the ma
ternal head nodded sagaciOusly, land
: few Of their names might be accident
.lly omitted from the list"
And so the making-up process wen
nm. and the Clutterby wedding was evi
dently to be . strictly present-able AZ
fair.
Miss Julia Clutterby vas naturally
an .mible and thorougly nice girl. had
.he not had the misfortune to be hel
mothers only daughter.
Mrs Clutterby. . selfish and arti
Ncial woman. reminded her acquaint
.rces of an o.d hen with one chicken
n her superabundance Of cluck an
fuss
Ju,ia was sent to fashionabl'
.chool. and the burden Of Mrs. Clut
terby's conversation became: IN,
S.uehter Is At Madame BIS this yea
-the finest school in the State (rumin,
her fcathers).
..In what respect?" asks listene
With . sineers desire tos knowledge