The Van Buren press., 1896-06-13

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Hanson g9s 30 bad ratified OVER at Eef
Level ehafeh one Rfgars and E4s&e sSeA
sfemensa5aas Bug break TIN bSesa
f9asSssHsss be Ted afss 7@Sssfss aafssys ard
mseted off fEae mroag pair.
The neas had pens Qua tha5 fsfssszses
MfHgi@za ea1 Mass Tenapse Mmf6oclt had
cosae 10 the conclusion THAT life w0@Id
BE mhOae lot more brighter and hap
pier with taean if siseq pOaad sail IN and
ark ea9HAes fos better o. f0r Nogx@s san
.<ath DO tEsesa part The ehoa Was set
for Friday might at CANDLE light aud
anepss everybody IN ths settlement fof
miles around anFm@sf 0as aud mems over
egsere 30 keel Level ehsreh 10 see tbs
Sights and hear tae fatal words spoke.
n the kaaSm tlaae Ead Newton bad
agreed to play az best rnaa for fhe con.
neans and Miss Mandy Singleton abe had
made engagements to stand up with
hAfa billet the preacher eHed the knot
for Rahs and Eass Temple
Vow then, As 10 old PEARSON Hanson
wei, the good Lord never pumped fsae
bfeasia Of mortal life into better man
than hAan. Bot old maa josh e. lsn0eBSd@
aAe#g Into the vale of years. and tears
e0naiderabaes ard In Regards TO ey esigfat
he IL faehes dim and doabtfal. And
ssAst is worse and Baofe of II. he IL seet
naturally - nervous znd skSteisa an a
right g0aag girl 50 consequent he
went 10 work years ago and AGED up flas
little meddfa speech and got IL by heart.
and ne don't have 10 DO any readfH in
psssasraent 10 lie the knot. and tic IL &c
IL wIGl hold Through tblek and shin.
bsae~fofwaveHa and forever
The church WAS crowded 10 standfn
Foosa only that night. Bless gracious.
the people were IasHnaed and pack In
thefe ~ regular and 80 thick $50 you
eOaldnss Of stirred eEa with Ecd.h0f
poker. They come bg ta0s and In
dF0aes. tn wagons on bofsebacs and
sfo0s--sphieh, you uadefstand, the
weather peas pleasant ard the MOON was
fUHE and bright and u seerHs ike every
body thought Il VAS baliy time Of
year for see8dins.
At any rate$-in the general hum and
push and stir sDd e1c9fement--OId Par
sCn Hanson lost his nerve and went
ratified and gOs things all mixed and
rnaddled gp 10 a terrible extent. And
finally at last when the time come 10
proceed with tf1c pFoceedins blamed II
be didp't pitch in, 'sIgbt onseeu.7 az II
were, and marry the wrong couple. Old
gnan Bunk STeafheffofd tsas there and
he r5z up IN the crowd and tried 10 stop
the parSOD and switch him around on
the right track. But the parSon he was
goin II blind. In sieh Wild SWISH and
smiget 70 git the dread OF and the agony
over, tin II seems Ike nothin could stop
him 1911 IL was evcrlastingiy too late.
Then Bod Newton and Miss Mandy
Singleton sto0d forth ~ man aad wife,
with ali that tremendous big crowd for
Witnesses, whilst Rams Miliigau and
Miss Temple Murdoch looked like they
had been sent for and couldn't come
scross. Old Misses Singleton - the
mother Of Miss Mandy Singleton, "a
she had been, but Mises Bud Nev ton AZ
she now Was screamed and tainted on
She spot. Rams and Miss Temple turned
ssl,ita and red by fits and starts. Miss
Mandy she cried little around the
edges. and when the old parwon found
out what fcandious big mess be had
made -unbckpowancc 10 himself a. II
wefe he broke out in a cold sweat and
wound up with buck ager.