Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

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Not MANY weeks ago there was enacted
"a comedy at wedding here winch Was
not provided for in any ritualistc ser'''e
ever prepared The prospective groom was
from "A not distant locality IN Maryiaho'
a weIl-known young tiller of the SOIL Oh
industrious habits, and the young lazy "
native who despite the fact that she hau
chosen "A plain farmer. was well up III inv
customs of fashionable life he hhNiie
agreed a to time left all the arrangements
for the ceremony to the bride ana irieios'
and awaited patiently the day. FROM III
dications he supposed that ne "ouio ap-
near at a plain home wedding. but when
he arrived at the brides home lie" noun
before the set time he learned that elabo-
rate preparations had been made that
tbe bride had a perfectly gorgeous gown
fusion. some flower girls. etc. In short
dressed as he was in a bob-tailed sack
coat and ordinary trousers, he saw that
he would be out OF place ana ne SUN
found that the bride was chagrlned 10
think that he had not put on a Prlnce Al
bert coat if not full dress suit. AT any
rate she declared if he could find no pet,
ter suit she was determined that she "ouio
not marry him
II was too late for him to go back home
and return in time. but a suggestion was
made that suits could be hired In WASH
ington like carriages for Weddings or
funerals He took the hint. and IN douole
quick time secured a full dress his re
app.aranCc at the house Few minutes
before the set time caused the clouds 10
lift and the brides face was hShteo 10y
smiles she expressed herseil pieaSeu VIZ
the fit of the hired suit. She took his arm
and all the ceremonies of n full dress we'd
ding were observed.
Few outside the immediate family were
aware what a little thing had prevented me am an
omen rupture between the parties of the first
mart Ii is needless to say the tailor has
received his suit back with many thahks
due for it's good service
The question of the price of LOAF VI
bread. which was recently under CONSIDER
alton in the District. recalls the custom
followed wears ago when the size of loaI
was determined by the corporation. the reg
lister of the city in addition to his Ordinary
duties being charged with fixing the num-
her of ounces for bakers loaf Tor
month. according to the cash price the pre-
ceding month. AS early as 1876 'his ques-
ti,n WAS before the councils and tapie NY
which the weight of bread loaf was grtfu
uated was prepared.
Though the smaller commodities OF 'ie
baker and confectioner were not re4u
I, he of specified size. there was IN 'nose
DAYS a recognized size, especially oi cah0''
tafYv and candy, as those VINO a''e"'N
tho schools and were then children can IT,
member. ,, , shon near
, scboo, house and not Few can ieoa.i
q 81 .en,am,ny ZONES" an old colored Wo-
- sold MANY cents with or CAKE "
tofry TO boy or girl, and now, uesp :. enc
tuctuation in the price OF gieoiei. .,cr
.rnarently sold the same sized CAKE vi 9'N
of taffy. .;,,o oot wise to
tha f.ct that while the length OF ,ais an0
tta full circumference OF CAKE WEI "a tha
the taffy stick was mite sn,,'' ..gredients''
hn,e in the cake larger wheh at RIM
h"le n;h THEY however, did not III,
W, 9th their coppers TO other snop ,,,tn :.
WV satisfied with their cents 49,,
W. though the old woman nad en,,
thcrn as to quantity. ihueeu' nv
,nented her on her little luse'
,r,,-a road so much ABOUT no" We
e.t,i, is going at the approaching eleI''o'
marked a resident of TINS city "
inter chat it reminds me OF 'ie ''hio
-, T was in the state ana was 'i't''N''e
hout how | was going was soiAs '''
~ the state and there was a serious que'
zion as to whether l would come OUT up
,irbt feet first. Having h'eu III Tue
,onrtainous district, in the "es'eih pa
7 had a a
az The state. several months Hau ieai "e'
,b,t il was a handy thing TO nave mus
ket about the place where "otheu- o"s
.-..;n, ,,han a lame turkey came along l
followed him nearly mile IN the sio"
,, ar,1v Ragged him The wife of the
foreman of the works wanted 10 give ihe
e. for the fowl. but after telling her $40
would not buy it. l made her present vi
il This was after the people at the hotel
had looked with envy upor the result vi
my few minutes outing
:Hayfug covered myself with glory over
the turkey incident he ADDED an oppoi-
funity was presented whereby telt that
| could make myself even more famous IN
the western country one afternoon wliie
out near the foot of the mountain with my
musket saw a deer come down the noun
Tain nath He was not making fast speed.
ia had no trouble in dropping him.
What the boys about the hotel would say
when | reached there made me feel that L
would he looked upon as hero. Certainly
TN. old huntsmen who had been going out
ALI the winter without bringing in "A buck,
| knew. would at least feel that they had
been outdone.
And so | started across the creek drag
cling the carcass after me, but had not
gone far before a man appeared and called
to me: Say. young fellow that's my buck.
OF course | tried to reason that II was not
his for he had not fired the fatal shot, but
he told me he had been in pursuit of the
buck two days and he did not intend to
be cheated out of 1t at the last minute.
The buck that | shot | wounded in the
leg he told me. Look and II there is
not shot in his leg The shot was there.
but still | could not understand why the
buck was not mine when | had done the
effective shooting. The stranger said: