The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-03
60 aMUNIC.Ti N.

IAdhANAGAT VALLEY, July ~, 1857.
Mr.. E liter: We wa. all sorry YOU
didn get down in time for the wedding
as expected, for it kind Of put damper
Gu the hui racket.
l know mother and the gals would
have sacrificed anything they had, good
clothes and all if you'd oply lent US the
efulgence OF your presence to have taken
the shine out Of some If thtir neighbours.
Ho" ever everything went IF pretty
well, considering the nervousness. OF the
proposed victims in the case. When it
came to giviI g the BRIDE away. dad done
irst rate, but after he sal Il do" be had
tn wiper pretty loud to some THAT h.
had two or three more gals to give away
at the same price. 80 some Of the others
catched on, aud Of course there was
general smoker, which kind Of put Shor.
tey cut OF couutenance, and when he
vas aging to put the ring on Sues flu.
her he lot it clip, and all hands kept a
d"dgiog to find it again. Que ar t~o
were that polite bowing, their head.
came together and The heads sounded t, r
all the ~o'ld like empty cocnanuts y
clackng. At last the c,re mory came to
concluei N, aud all the male +, lks
huge'l the bride; whilst the women
tackled shorty, mother being first aud
Mary JaLe next. / tLiuk Mary Jane
felt pretty bad over The matter, but .he
and The other win have Its Of ,punck,
aud dou't you forget it.
The balance Of the afternoon was spent
by the men in smoking, drinking Dixie
vine aud talking craps, and the ~om II
IN the Price Of ca i; and sc ,ndal !
heard 20 ne Of '1m giving mother tad,
cause you aud y"urn hadn't got dowt,
hut sle st. I'D 'sm off as we'll as she couln
by stating that y.ur last ably was cut.
ting his tech, "r you cord wood, don.
I'm W which. SO they had to shut up aud
aud something el-e to talk about
AS for the pork and bean, they went
! OF hike HIT cakes, aud il It had not bt ell
for the green truck ! d mt know What
mother could have done to fill 'em I'LL
out on. When it came to the congratu
la,ions l got up and gave TN my pom,
which met with great applause, until it
came to the unfortunate PHI sphorus.
which caused change from fair to fou
weather, tr Shorty was going to JUMP
for me, when some one suggestt tina,
we'd better adjourn 10 the lam and flu
ish the night vi h a good dsnce, Which
we did and it was kept up till ten O'Clock
and would have been going yet if tn,
fellows with the mouth trgsnl
hadn't give, out fr m too much Dixie
How every body got home, l haint heare
yet. The chances was some Of Tn
landed in the slew to cool off on.
haint sgoiu to send you the poem, al
me and ShoIty went to Il e wood shet
on the subject and he changed one Of m,
beautiful blue eyes to black one, ane
skeered all the conceit cut Of me a. t,
the poems merits. Further more
found out that the bridegroom hadn'
the sand to go further than Salt LAX
where suppose he'll give his wife dil
10 Salt Lake brine and bring her back a
qnick as possible to eight grasshopper
Oft his rancho.
They can't get back any too soon t
suit me, a. I've got to get even wit
that Shorty though he be brother.ir
law. Dern his picture. and mine too 70
that matter; the way look in the glas
is frightful, and I'm afraid Mary
through off on me If don't do som,
thing desperit, which, Mr.. Filter, your
truly is agoing to do or buat.
Bill Smithers.