Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-28
/ BROWNSBUkG SERENADE (?)
Brownsburg, Va, Nov. 10, 1900.

you Tor ten years. The last time wa
tenn crane letter. hive somewha
d ch'nged my poll les since, but thai ha
rolhr'g t 10 with this, for l am wri.
Fg on another SUBJECT / think o NOR
imfo torrance now. am net going bacl
, into the apostolic age, TO liy and tel
yoi 'emething, but will confne mvsel
TO The near past. We have had severa
goo J fine weddings, and they say we
cave had an election. / C .ul not swear
o that, for [ was not there. But what
wish to tell you about was serenade
The other night. 1 expected to see it
in The County News, but guess beef
was the hIndering cause, for we all
know beet soup is fine, and did n ot
get my part, so you may know how I
feel over this
The other night two OF our bert
young people, who had just returned
from " Wedding tour, arrived in front
OF newly painted cottage, rewly ar
ranged for their future home. This
VAS their first appearance to stay, The
word was soon in the wind, and boy
after boy was to be seen looking for
8 me musical instrument, such as cow
b lis, horns, gongs and other like
things usually found in such play. To
our surprise the bride got in buggy
with her sistcr-in-law and drove off
toward home, then we began to think
we were foiled, and our fun for the
night spoiled. And yeti spite of this |
and other reasons, the boys did not
ave; they still watched the new house. |
Aud when the western sun withdrew |
Its lulid glory from Brownsburg and |
he blue-black shadows Aickered from
the tops OF the locustS, the boyJ gath
cred near The corner TO see the groom
mount his horse and ride homeward.
y bile the consultation was still in ses-
SION, courier came saying he had
seen the bride enter the house at a
ack door, and as the lamps had been
ighte1 conld see that she was the
BRIDE. Then came new courage and
mother consultation was held az to
What 10 do, and they said wait for the
room, that he would soon return or
lie should anyway. So watchers were
laced on every corner to sec him ms
% should return. Time passed. One,
no hours, ard no groom. Then a
ommittee OF three was appointed to
ook through The stable and see if his
o'se could be found. The stable was
KAN ned, but no horse found. It was
ow growing late and the bride was c
lone. SO two young ladies were sent
sr as company for the bride. Yet the
room Wa still trying hard to carry O
ut his plans and to enter the house Il
lthout any che seeing him, and thus Il
'ol the boys. The groom hid his "
orse in the colored graveyard, where N
Q knew no one would go to look for
m, crossed through the academy 1,
'rd, finding a stump which he used ;,
r a stool, sat looking at the light in l,
s wife house, not his at that time. =,
Q could stand it no longer, and he =,
Gde break for Hays creek, but the ~
a:er was too Geld, and he found a
tier hiding place under the colored
heal house and little nearer the q
al, and he could now see the lamp 81
rning in the bridal chamber. Now NJ
sill through the fence, leaving his 81
esent hiding place, and crosses into pl
garden, saying to himself, ri have ie'
'led them at last" And just then
saw someone in an outbuildlng, and te
mixing he could buy him off, started dr
see. Then there came yell, and If ha
, people outside OF Brownsburg sa
MT believe that d. j. Whipple, Jr., ca
not 90 through the lower window as
ID first, taking with him sash and
and land head foremost in the g.,
odbox, tuln over table to get to wi,
wife, ask j, @. Anderson, of Browns fol
e. Then the boys played young Ca
chinyar' and went home. Aside Al,
m their harmless fun those boys are mn
friends and wish him and his fair s1s
lie long, happy and prosperous
o. PosEY.
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