The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31

barn 70 where 4 was wanted, he eousss -
ne ARD takes me ny tas hAnas. a.d says
he, kesa2h. yos are mine. and them exsn
has non ysr
= s~ssr felt - proud In my NE. Ard
fatHsr. - he vas man Of hss word, hs
allowed that II Vas fair decker. aad ne
wouldn't back cut
Me- ws raxns. married rsxts away
Exestal he allowed we bsd better wat. I'LL
winter. ssesns IS we had waited - long
and BY taat time bed have the hos.e On
hss own p'aee AL fixed sr and ready. 80 K
VAS eesti-f that re wasn't to be married
I'll January. Bst the time soon passed
snsi slnsoss afers knowed IT my wesain'
GAY Was ~ hand. Ard il WAS time ia
never f~rTit--shs snfne ss IN never fsrgt:
them oxen. ]. suppose nobody ever does
fergst their weddsns day. Anyhow. know
III never ferxis mine. and while I kin re-
call that day. III Always recolisci them
oxen- II vas them that took us over 20
Farsor Doniows Little iax nas~tin house
At Arnson's corners. where Ne was yoked
for Ifse
Muscr's Corners was good three miles
from our place. ard on q cold night II WAS
constderasis of . ride. and that westdsn'
night Of ours was about the coolest night
that winter. But we had = hix party In the
sled. and 10 ne managed to keep tol'abiy
warm. There was his father ana mother
and mine made four. and Esekiafs sister
Prudence she made i've. ard his brother
Joshua. he made SIX: and Joshua's wffe.
ahs made seven: and her sister Experssncs
was eight; then my two sisters. they made
ten: and my sister Charisy.s huhsand. he
WAS steven: and Exekisi and me. Ne made
thirteen. II was onIueky number. 20
father sad, bat we tlss filed the sless-body
right UP. and by settiu' down nat on the
bottom In the stray we managed 20 keep
t0rably warm. as said.
Father he jssed with Esekisl, sayin' he
didn't believe them oxen could ever tote
Us all up Jimson's hill. But Ezekiai he
allowed they could. and Of course they did
This Jsshson's hill was hong and steep.
and right at the top OF IL WAS Mnnsons
Corners. and Just little this side of the
Corners stood the Old log meetin' house.
"Parson Doniow was holdIn p'tracsed
meeftns at that time. and long afore we
got 10 the top Of the hill We could hear
Deacon wilburts loud 'Anenr and
Square Munson's ringin' sHaiieis3sh-
Exekiai and me had talked matters all
over. and we had settled II that the day
Of our bein' made one on earth should Ia
also the day Of cur beiu' made one In
the Lord: and Exekisl he had ssen Par
son Donlox. and II was all arranged.
Well, We got 10 ths top OF tho hill!
after q long. hard pull, and Exekisl he
drove to the door of th. naeetin' house
of the cold. while he attended to maxim
them oxen fast somewheres SOS they
couldn't get away.
''I-hs place was about fun when We
went In, but room was made for us by
the stove. and by the time we had
warmed ourselves Ezekial came In. nd
we found places and sot down The meet
In was goln' right on all this time: they
was singin and shouun' In the good old
way We never hear nowadays. At iAst.
when the right time had come. Farson
ponIow made some remarks about hAvin.
. couple to unite In holy wedlocx. and
then he calls for Ezekisi and me TO como
ford.
I'VE went up, Exeklai lookin' ~ red
as a beet. and me feeiin' aboa. the same:
and there. In the presence of everybody.
We Was yoked together for life. prorsissn'
TO love and cherish Till jssth do US part.
which. I'm proud to say. We carried out
TO the letter.
when IL was all done farson ponlow
he takes Us by tho hands. and says he.
My childrcn-them was ssis wcrds-'my
children says he, 'you have now started
upon = new walk In life. You have taken
upon yourselves the grasest Responsible
ties OF earth. Upon you depends thu At
ting for heaven or hell OF failure genera
tons. WIN you not. at this critical pc
riod-at this critical period says he. put
yourselves into the hands OF the Lord.
TO walk with Him all the Gays OF yonr
ifer' Then Erekisl SPEAKS NJ. and says
he: 'parson poniow, that II Just what
we've made I'd cur minds to ds-saa at
that Parson Doniow he shouts: 'i'rsise
the Lords and Deacon wthart holiers
.Amenr while Square Manson he let's cut
hts rlngsn' 'HaIteiutahs
..aavin' our minds made up to Il, Exe-
kial and me kneeled down q; the mourn