The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-30
MATRIMoNIAhIMUsE.

MATRIsfoNIAhiM MUSE.
y Inspires tile Editor OF lie sawbuel.
Some Social Happenings.
parol Free ll4a
Tho editor OF tho simpsonyille SaU-
tuek was putting the marriage notices
into shape, and as the names Of the
happy couples were rather unusual, It
occurred5to him that he might make it
pleasant for all concerned, and possibly
sell q few more copies OF his paper.
Let me see" he said, chuckling to
himself, and sorting over tho copy,
here's Jim Old and Fannie Smith.
Jim's been on the books for a long
time. l wonder howthis'ls strike them"
and he wrote:
onr city Is proud Of the youth Of her girls,
Iney're younger each year 10 behold,
And sinee we've been here now many o year,
sweet Fannie's tho lrstt % got Old.
There, / guess that's good for a
dozen. copies and with 3 sigh Of relief
hepnlled out another:
"Um-Mr. English and Miss French"
helsoliloqufzed. They're high flyers.
Want something nice aud quiet Don't
IKE TO see their names in the papers,
but they buy up all the copies they
fine" and he worked away for ton min.
utes: guess that's the pole that will
knock the perstmmons,n he smiled, IS
he wrote this after the formal notice:
"Je t'alme," he said.
II gave her heart o wrench. &,
lido not understand shesald,
~ am not French.n
tYou were, he said.
"I1dld. not like you 30,
And have made YOU Is.
English, dOn'tYou know.n
He readiit over once or twice with
evident pride and wentfor another.
civilian Higgins and Katie Black"
he said, thoughtfully. II don't know
Katie, but Bill owes me 81 for'printlng
his wedding cards a month ago. l
guess I'll remind William of his prom
iseto pay on the spot" and he took up.
htspenctl sayagely,, and wrote:
May blessings DO with Bill this day,
Although ei 4 slack one:
He couldn't get q gin that's white,
n 70 he t~ookablack one.
H1f,that doesn't fetch him, laughed
the editorsotdy I'll give him the 81
tot a wedding present.
lie lookedsup another:
"Ah, here's Harry Thorn and Ann
Rose; that'san easy one. i eau write
that kind at so much mile, running
MEASURE and he dashed off this:
Oh. Happy Harry Happy Ann,
Rejoice that you wore born,
Andilhunk tho man who said, There 10
No Rose without o Thorn
"That isn't so bad.Y he unused Us he
reached for more aids to posey, andIhe
dragged out another:
"Mr. Hogg and Miss Mary Law" he
repeated as he chewed on his pencil.
Well, m say what i please, 1 think.
as / don't know either Of them, and
here goea.". He worked few minutes
and had this:
He's taken tho Law tntohis own hands,
And happily may ithcy jog;
She loved him true, or she never could DO
Such athlng as marry o bHogg.
"That a little left-lianded, may be-"
he sighed, "but it will amuse their
friends EVENT. they don't like it them-
selves. Besides, Hogs haven't any
business getting married, anyway"
Here's something better" he con-
tinuedl as he picked up another notice.
nMr. Sweet and Miss Angel. Think
OF it,. he murmured. "Nhy it Just
makes itself a poem" and he scribbled
away for this.
May all the Joys ofllic betide
This sweet Young groom aud angel !
ThG1groom'S in luck. hos drawn u prizes
Nor sthe bride much otherwise.
She,s bound to be Sweet for all OF her lie
n dhN'sgot an Angelfor q vile.
Gnrhat's worth atleast twenty copies"