The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-29
WEDDING GIFTS.

"Poohl Presentsl" said the Old Mar
Red Man to the bridegroom. Don't
think you'll get what you want I'll
tell you my experience.
"As the time for our marriage drew
near used TO call at the house every
available evening and whisper conf
dentially to the curly head which exact
ly fitted my shoulder that | was the
luckiest fellow on earth. On one oc-
caslon Agnes sighed and murmured
dreamlly that that was Just what she
felt.
"That was on the 9th.
"On the 18th stopped In n minute Mt
noon TO see II she loved me as much as
at 11:l5 the night before. She replied
that she did-that love was unalter-
able-but that she must hurry upstairs
now or the dressmaker would get her
sklrts fute-shaped instead or organ
plped.
ION the 14th the present began to ar
riye-also the relatives. II became an
unsettled problem which OF the two
were more numerous. Aggie had
cousins once removed. | had several
uncles and aunts. All were well on;
In fact, II was curious coincidence
that we were the only poor branches on
our respective family trees. was Ia
an insurance office-fre Insurance. not
life insurance when | had com
municated to her the news OF my re
cent promotion she had declared In the
face OF her family's unaccountable
preference for Henry Walker (who was
not 30 good fellow as | am by any
manner OF mcans) that to be Mrs.
Joseph Iounsbury and live In n small
house on n very small income and bliss
was precisely her ideal OF existence.
30 we were not marrying as specula-
ton: nevertheless. since marriage
comes 80 seldom In ones life. we had
hopes that our moncyed relatives
would do the handsome thing
"They did First came complete
Get OF knives. forks and spoons In Il
polished wood case. They were from
the cousin Aggie Lad been named for.
Such a sensible present. said her
mother: they viii last lifetime
ayes said |. IL viii take MS a good
while to wear all those out two at "A
time
"'Don't you suppose we're ever GO
ing 70 entertain any company, Joer
asked the girl Of my affection, tapping
me on the cheek with one of the forks.
"The same night | had a note from
her saying. Dearest Joe. you ought to
see the lovely ter dinner con e 5. oons
Second Cousin Milly has sent-no two
alike. Orange plush case. Isn't 1t ex-
cltingg Don't tell. dear. but | almost
wish they'd been something else. for
think some the girls are going to give
me spoons. The rest OF this letter was
not interesting you.
This was the beginning OF an ava
lanche OF spoons Charter oak spoons.
nutmeg spoons. soldiers monument
spoons. witch spoons. bust spoons. por-
trait spoons Il called these last our
picture gallery. and suggested that
they should be framed In ribbons and
hung In the parlor). one OF our friends
sent pair OF salted-almond spoons.
hoping that we would exchange them
n they were duplicated, but II turned
out that those were the only ones we
had. The sugar spoons were all
marked. There were Ave OF them.
ut Is a time honored custom In our
office when one OF us Is married for the
rest to combine and buy picture
and you could generally tell what year
q mans wedding came OF by a glance
at his parlor wall. Williams. who wa,
married In 's4, had Far Away;
Browns, a few years later. was TIL,
Three Fates' Ours was. OF course, III,
latest thing out. II had a silver frame
AS the days went by and pieces o
silver piled up on us l was more thar
once reminded OF the couple who's
courtship was conducted In Brown
ingese, and who were fitted out b.
; their admiring friends with n Brown
Ing tea set, with quotations around tn
edge, oh, the little more, and hoy
much 1t Isl The Fords had run o.
china, but good deal Of It got broke