The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-07

jumped up as quick as "sixteen-year
old.boy" and moved his cheer over clos
to hern. That nearly killed us, but
kept my face straight, and made th'
origin sound as loud as could to drount
out Betsy's latin; and the louder tha
wood talk the louder I'd play. no il
resun you could of hearn US half mile
We didn't sing much more before We
excused ourselves and went out to give
'em chance to fix things up. We
couldn't hardly keep aunt Easter out O.
the room she didn't know his business
but she caught on and stayed in the cook
room with the rest of US.
Aunt Margit wood set back in the
rockin' cheer an smoke her old clay pipe
as big as if she wus kin to the President
and he sot off and admired her indepen.
dence.
Every few minits he wood take out his
red cotton handkerchief and wipe bis
face. reckin he thot we wood think il
wus silk one, but if we did live in the
mountains we warn't green enough to
think that
Arter supper thai got off to themselves
and I knowed tha' wood set the day then.
When bed time cum we wus on top OF
our heads to no when it wus to be, 80 as
soon as their door closed we made sure
he wood tell his cozen what wus with
him all about it, and we listened with all
our ears to hear; but he never sed a
word. We couldn't stand it any longer,
and ne lit out of bed aud ran into aunt
Margits room to hear it, and she told US
tina had set the 22nd of July as the day.
The next mornin' sick woman in the
naborhood sent fur aunt Margit to cum
to see her, but she coodn't go-she had a
more serious case at home to see after-a
tryin to cure broken hart.
She sent me and Bets. l didn't mind
goin one bit, fur the doctor what was
tendin on her wus young man; and
thot may be I'd git to see him.
Well, the wedding was not but two
weeks off, so We had to git a hustle on US.
That evening arter tha' left we sot down
and counted up how many We wood in
vite. told her we must be shore to
invite the Editor of our County paper so
he wood gin them a big puG (he is a
powerful good hand q! 6zin up such
things.
Aunt Margit had promised to rite to
the preacher, so 1 rit off note fur her
and she copied it and 1 added P.S.
and told him to cum by and bring the
Editor with him. Now what do you
think ? that preacher actually went and
telephoned to the Editor about it, The
telephone between them two towns wus
right new thing and ths' are so proud
of it tha' use it every time tha' can think
of anything to say. We invited about
fifty guests. We thought it wood never
do to invite our Editor and lawyer and
not invite cur physician, so l rit to him
to cum, too.
We had time 6xin up the weddin
dinner. We baked I don't know how
many different kinds of cakes, and killed
pig. I was so afeared we wood not hav
enuff fur the crowd. By and BY the 22nd
rolled around. The evening before our
kinnery frum Georgy cum drivin in.
Tha' wus in fine two boss carriage lone
tha' had borrowed for the OCCASION, J and
looked powerful stylish. And arter sup
per Bets bow from town cum over, he is
a readin medicine to be a doctor. She
wus nifty glad to see him and tha' kept
sich tslkin till we coodn't go to sleep.
We five ga. had made US down pallets
in the dining room, and the company
wus sleepin in the admin room; aud
every time We wood git nearly to sleep
the boys wood set in to whis,lin' and
singin' to wake us up.
Away before daylight thai was up a
fixin about brekfus, the wedding WITS to
be at II o'clock, and we had a lots 10 do.
Long before We got primped the bug
gies begun cummin in. We had negro
man thar to take the horses, and I give
him particular instructions about how to
do when my feller driv up. as soon as
ne saw the Anderson delegation cum in
site, let in to singin, "Behold the bride.
groom for he comes," that wus to let
aunt Margit no he wus on hand. He was
scared purity nigh to death, he wanted to
see what time it wus, but he coodn't find
his watch-if he had one-and he had
cum of and forgot his gloves. The
preacher walked in and tuck his place in
the floor, and then the couple marched
in and stood in front of him, and in few
minutes the two was made one ; and by
the way, that is mathematical puzzle
to me yet, how you can take two and
make one.
Directly dinner was announced, but I
woodn't eat ct the fust table fer wanted
to talk to my bow some tLen.
That night the Herenaders cum, and
such shooting of guns and ringin OF
bells, Jlowin of horus and bugles and
hollerin you never hearn. Tha' wood
stick the old bugle in the winder at our
heads and blow it loud enough to make
the mounlins quake.
Every time tina wood fire the guns the
old negro we had to help us woud groan
and say, 20 Lawd have mercy on us,
aiu't tina got no sense? Oh, Lawd, make
'em hush" 1t scared the folks from An
dersou, tha' wasn't used to the like; and
one woman sed she didn't kno' whether
it WIS The judgment day or an earth
quake. Arter @ while when We thought
tba' had all gone, somebody fred three
ouns under the house. At that aunI