The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-01-11
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Getting ready for this wedding re-
.cepJion has been one Of the biggest
and lirt.iest/ and most varied times
of ny ufe--so far, Ten days or two
weeks beforehand the excitement h=-
gan at my house Mrs. SanIey put tie
old gen on the hustle and there was
ne hick;rs oUt OF ,Ge harness until
jam - to Friday a, noon when she
ana the IDS left Il attend the in
tie" and I stayed home 70 take care
Of Things.
Ten days of run-and-do-this and
/ run and do that and few
cold scrOpS - the chips and
iWhetst0nes" of the wedding necces-
saries and luxuries-a cup of fairly
90 coffee for breakfast warmed
over for dinner and what was left Off
any for supper. But it made things
lC. k good TO me. Seven roosters in
fore and after each meal and at noon
Growing sized ones, too Every egg
regardless of brood blood and breed
was put on the high shelf" where
the kids can't reach and the old gent
hnOWS better too.
Pork was butchered; sausage made
and hung on the reserved stick.
| never was 50 hungry before Bur
d didn't say so where she could hear
n. Won't do 10 cross up a real hun
CRY disposition OF man with a real
busy one of a woman.
Inever saw so many fine pies, cakes
and custards. Mrs. Stanley knows
how to cook good things. She used
to fix up for me that way b4 we got
married and the lemon pies she
cooked ate right where you held
them" t,
When at last | was home all alone
/ sat down by the old meat door in
the dining room to rest and think.
Yellok jackets and humble bees.
What a stack of wedding grub. All
the eggs and sweet potatoes and milk
and butter was spaced into that mas
sine mass. Besides these was a half
barrel of flour. 81 worth of sugar. -
nutmegs, ) dozen lemons and 6 bot
ties of extract. citrOn, nuts and other
also some spice, ginger and black
pepper. besides a few packages Of
chocolate and cocoanut.
Saturday they all returned. | was
unwell Had been sick all night. Cat
got a paw under the table cover and
ruined some of the pies and other
things; just had to give them what {
was left Some sneaking varmint had
broken UP one of the hen nests. hal .
discovered that about half of the nice
fig preserves had really spoiled. No, /
no! Hadn't cracked anything at all. .
Sick. don't want anything TO eat. /
Well" Mrs. Stanley replied Il
forgot to tell you where the soda was, /
but | guess you found it"
Oh. yes, | found the soda. Wonder /
why she didn't say: Why didn't you
take a bit of brandy and maybe that .
would have stimulated your appetite" ,
Man is Incorporate and unjust. We /
are taught to ever circumScribe our 1
appetites and keep them under reaS- /
enable control. 'Twould be best were /
we all lined square and upright before 1
God and man. But its hard to do
when one is real hungry /
and there's plenty to eat. Or real /
thirsty and there's plenty to drink.
1t takes the influence of a pure. /
Christian wife to predominant and (
regulate the mtemperance of home, /
the qualify of religion our reading
teaches us. the new bride. Mrs J. r. /.
Thomas. possesses.
And may the trackIess trail of life !
real always lead his happy couple
alongside the still waters and where
the green pastures are, at last in the (
fullneSs of due time, landing them /
safely upon the happy golden shore !
where they shall pass from earthly /
toll to hevenly bliss forevermore.
PETER STANLEY.
Pine Jan. :. 1907.