The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-03-14

I hfALfh tlat W Nee has H'tn''N '~Nt@ NV
this. but society |, lynx eyed. and the I
was thick with sly hints aud knosing .
marks as tb. time drew near.
Going to the Clulterby wedding, o
chappie7 and Captain parmalee slsrped
fellow exquisite on ,ae shoulder.
| Az yes. Cap, doocid unpleasant d.
obsr kBos, bat the truth is. came viii
10 an inch Of getting ~ the bridegroom
place myself. old boy. Thought the ol
lady bad me booked snre, ssd out
gratitude. you know, Cap. and he winl
ed snggesliyely.
SO your wedding present viii be sol
Of Thank Offering. ehi laughed the Csl
tain. What is il to bes
Pom my soul. don't know. Some sol
o. silver trumpery ! suppose, Con
founded boab. anyhow
Miss Julia limited pretty strongly Il
ward French clock, said the Captain,
Just the thing. Cap. I've got : Gil
Wsttlewsp that drew 10 . lottery. 1t
snowy enough on the outside, but
couldn't run day TO save the nation
Wouldn't it be good one for all us fel
labs to take clocks and the facetious younl
men poked each other IN the ribs will
their elbows.
Isn't it shame those Clutterbys hav,
slighted the Greens and CottIells in civ
ing ont their invitation2 said Miss Blancb,
Newcombe. Such old friends ard neigh
bors, aud just because they are poor and
not crushingly stylish
And the Oglesbys, who have Just cem,
to town and scarcely know the Clutterbys
by sight, have cards, rejoined the friend
to wLom ahe was speaking. declare it's
disgusting to see such bare face begging
for presents.
II would serve them right il we all sen.
regrets and bangle board, replied Miss
Blanche.
But l confess to curiosity to see how
the affair goes off, hastily replied the
friend.
There is peculiar fascination about a
which does not pertain to any
other form OF entertainment, and however
or uninteresting tho parties
may be, if no other SO the Clutterby
psrlors were well filed on the wedding
with curiously assorted crowd,
,ut Of which perhaps. half dozen cared
! rye straw whether Miss Julia's matri.
nonial bark anchored in safe hm Dor or in
divorce court.
Oh, you dear, r,sweet thing, how perfectly
ovely you do look this morning, gushed
Hiss Blanche after the ceremony and what
company you have, her eyes
lighting on the four Misses Allen ranged
n mathematical precision against the
rail-; they had dubbed together, contrary
o sll precedent, and sent pair OF antique
ases, costly but intensely ugly, to Mrs.
horror and Julia's wrath in
eed, they might have sat directly in front
I her in their primmest row and she could
ot have smiled, she was so thoroughly
ngry.
And SO lovely Of you to remember me
'i.h that charming -m-er. Miss Julia's
lemory gave her the slip, and she could |
OF have told for her life whether Miss
lanche had given her china poodle
og or house and lot.
Have you seen the wedding presents,
Iiss Blanche? and Mrs Clutterby swoop-
l down to the rescue with q cluck and q
utter as Mrs Julias face was turning q
ost uncomfortable red. Such beautiful
fits. had no idea my daughter had so
any friends OF taste and generosity.
There were rows and rows OF vases Of
lrious sizss and shapes OF ugliness. pie
hives, fish-knives. and other siIverware
old patterns, enough to stock country
welry store, and, conspicuous smong
em, eight clocks OF painfully uniform
yle, the only things in the whole collec.
On which did match at sll, and, though
RS. Clutterbys heart was sinking with
appointment. she kept up q rattling
re cfadmiration for the benefit OF other
tests who were looking them over, and
hose gifts were included 10 the display. d
le only sensible and thoughtful gift 3
IS an assortment OF table linen, q pes I
I from a maiden aunt whom Mrs Clut |
rby had been too ylish to invite. Not
poor relation precisely. but . very 60
nitric and old-fasbioned one, and the Z
le OF exclusion had been sharply drawn /
,en her name was proposed. +,
The bridegroom smbled about on his Q
fe's arm perfect sample OF nouentity,
tie majority OF the bridegrooms are !
on such occasions, and very red and :
comfortable one iu his case
Fifty-nine times be remarked that the
, wss q delightfully."- cool one though
appearance belied bis words, forty.
bt times that be had determined 10 re-
IN in b., otherwise bis conversational
orts we're confined to um -er. Yes = y
Um.m-m. q
Z any one i'm igines be can do bette, :
him test the matter by becoming :
degroom himself in . wedding assem-. :
ge OF entire strangers =
DO, for PHYS rake, ma. get those ever =,
Ting vases and that row u clocks pack \,
out Of sight before We come back, said I.
.. Julis. A. she was putting on her I,
Yelling wrap, and II you could contrive i
et those horrible Allen vases get brok. !.
! shall be perfectly happy Eight !,
sks the idea could choke Captain !.