Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-21

w no married tnem:
"Parson Hildreth, and he was the
only person there outside the family.
l don't believe their nearest neighbors
would have known anything about it
if it hadn't been for the twins They
were ON hand with their rice and old
shoes and gave the couple good send
off"
"What was her dress?" queried
Dodge, jotting down the points as fast
as his garrulous informant brought
them out
"Well, she did have on the queer
est rig for a bride "a white duck skirt,
pink shirt waist and plain white
sailor hat. She looked real sweet,
though, and as they were evidently
going away on carriage trip it was
well enough, but not what you would
expect from Mrs. PETERS, daughter.
No one would suspect from her dress,
though, that she was bride, and that
is probably what she intended"
"Thauk you ever so much, Mrs.
Smith, " said Dodge; meeting you has
saved me lots of trouble"
Back he hurried to the Office with
qualification so plainly depicted upon
his countenance that the idlers in the
square, as the business part of the
town was called, wondered what
"Hustler" Dodge had got onto now to
make him look so happy, and several
old farmers, who had driven down to
the village to do some trading, decided
to wait until after the paper was out
before going home; 1.-THE women folks
would like to read the news" they
thought.
"Now, girls, wake up, said the edi-
tor as he blew into the Office, 'and set
this copy as fast as you can; we have
only ten minutes to spare, and it
won't do to miss the mails; people are
too anxious to'get The Clipper, he adj
ded complacently. Here is the first
take" he called, after a moment or
two of violently scribbling, and type
began to rattle into the sticks with
businesslike rapidity.
In due time the article was set up,
the proof taken, read and corrected,
and o'clock in the afternoon The
Clipper-with a great news Scoop
was awaiting it's eager readers in the
boxes of the postotfice.
Mr.. Peters was among the first to
get the paper, but without stopping to
look at its contents he wendell his way
home and tossed the sheet into his
wife's lap
Here mother, is the IlluminAtor, y
his fayorite name for The Clipper;
where are the twins?"
81 put them to bed" said Mrs
Peters, unfolding the paper, "that
they might realize how naughty they
were this afternoon, but OH what is
this Bingham Peters, and with
wide distended eyes-horror, indigna-
ton and amazement in her whole at
titude, she began to read the news
while it was news and decidedly
fresh:
"BINGHAM-PETERS."
ga very pretty home wedding took
place this afternoon at the residence
of our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr.,
John F. Peters, whose eldest duugh-
| ter, Miss Susan Amelia, was united in
marriage to Mr.. Charles Gerald Bing-
ham, a rising young lawyer OF Shows
vile.
The wedding was very quiet al.
| fair indeed, only the immediate mem
bers of the brides family being pres
ent at the ceremony, which was per.
formed by Rev. DR.. Hildreth, pastor
of the First Church.
1.-The bride, one of Snowsville's fair.
est daughters, was plainly but most
becomingly gowned in white duck
skirt and pink shirt waist, and was at
tended by her twin sisters, Pauline
and Polly, who showered the happy
couple with rice as they started away
on a carriage trip.
''Mr. and Mrs. Bingham are very
popular young people, and The Clip
per joins their host of friends in eX
tending congratulations and goo(
wishes"
Those wretched children, " breathet
Mrs. Peters, starting to her feet
Pauline and Polly covered theil
guilty heads with the bed clothes
But the sight of The Clipper turned
the direction of her wrath, and sht
glanced at the item again.
THE poor little girl" she groaned
chow could anybody have been ST
stupid. Most becomingly gowned il
white duck skirt and pink shir
waist,' with sarcastic emphasis
MY daughter married in a shir
waist"
'Don't faint, mother, don't. Hi
esteemed fellow citizen is going RICH
down to interview Editor Dodge, an
while I'm gone you can write up hi
obituary, I'll guarantee that it will b
l founded on fact, at least. Where
my hat?"
But Mrs. Peters was dissolved i
tears, and before her husband sue
ceeded in finding his head covering
. alone and unaided, Susie and youn
Bingham returned from their ride i
t a state of satisfaction that even TIL
} Clipper was powerless to disturb. A
ter they had read The Clippers az
=, count of their wedding, Mr.. Binghal
e plucked up courage to propose tbs
they regard it as a prophecy and pre-
: coed Immediately to fulfill it.
d Mrs. Peters, in the awkwark ci
s cumstances IN which they wei
! placed, approved of the idea, and Nj
k Peters, after time, was persuaded
e tip his hat at les murderous' lool
n ing angle, and departed in search
@ Parson Hildreth instead of the movir
10 spirit of the press, while Mr.. Bin