Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-04-16
SHOWING THE ALBUM
The Old Plush Volume Pictured
the Family History.
A TREAT FOR THE VISITOR.
She Learned All About the Twins and
Aunt James Little Love Affair and
Sister oertis's Marrow Escape and
Whole Lot More Besides


Aunt James Little Love Affair and
Sister osrtie's Marrow Escape and a
Whole Lot More Besides
Yes'm. that's my marriage certin-
cate. and them pictures pasted on il
is me and pa the day we was married
No, he wasn't sick. but be was so
scared IL made him look peaked Do
you like to look at photographer Most
every body does. l guess. Walt till
get the album Yes. lt Is kind OF a
pretty eOyer-real plush. got a OF a
book peddler lady-dollar down and so
cents a month.
Them's twins. There was two OF
them. They looked just like you see
them there One OF them is my hus-
band. but nobody can tell which he
is now. Sort of creepy. amt II. not to
know whether your own husband is
one twin or the other? One OF them
died when he was sixteen. and that
broke the set I think II Is the sweet
est picture In the album. they look so
simple and harmless. just like two lit
tie calves. Gran'ma Jones used to
make their clothes herself You'd new
lay the cloth In two thicknesses and
cut out two suits at once. IL one of
them had been a girl she couldn't have
done II. Turn over the page.
That's the gentleman Aunt Jane
nearly married. He looks like a col
lege professor don't he: He was so
refined and meek and so eloquent at
prayer meeting But he wasn't pro-
feSsor; he peddled Grigg's infallible
cure for hog cholera and lectured on
temperance He was awful poor in his
health. and the minute Aunt Jane set
eyes on him she made up her mind TO
marry him She was forty. and she
usually got what she wanted. and ev-
rybody said IL was a thousand
chances TO one that she would get him
But just when Aunt Jane was sure
she had him be got wind of it He
went back to Massac husetts the next
day and died peaceful. Turn over
the page.
That's my sister Gertie and a bass
singer We used to have In the choir
His name was Spung LauDcelot
Spung-and he was a barber by pro
fession- Him and Gertie was engaged
for six weeks. but she found out he
had a wife and six children at Boston.
so she didn't marry him. He was the
sweetest singer! You'd never imagine
be had a wife and six children II you
could have heard him sing. Amt ii
awful bow sinful people can be and
yet look so innocent7 Gertie took on
awful when she heard the facts about
him, and she wouldn't get engaged to
anybody else for a long time and you
know what that means for a choir
singer Turn over the page.
Sue Hartwick that is. one of my old
girl chums. She ran of with a cattle
buyer and got married. but that
wasn't until FIVE years after this pic
ture was took She had lovely char |
acter-so light and playful and that |
fond of handsome clothes remem-
Der the day she had that picture took |
Shed been to a picnic with a travel |
ing gentleman from Cincinnati and |
got engaged to him. l helped her |
trim the very hat she has on. 1t |
was a green straw with roses. one red |
and one blue and one yellow. 1t |
matched her complexion lovely. She |
was a dark blond with red hair. Oh. |
yes. she always smiled that way Oh |
account Of one front tooth being out. |
Turn over the page
That's my Aunt Phoebe by marriage |
the day she was married. Amt she |
sweet? The basket wasn't hers. 1t |
belonged to the man that took the
picture. Neither was the curls ali |
hers, though they didn't belong to the
man. I've got them now
laid away till they come in handy.
tell pa it's a pity it amt mans hair
stead of lady's. and then be could
wear f. Badness seems to run in
his family. His father was SO bald
that he never used a brush and comb
for forty-two years: used TO comb his
hair with flannel rag. That dress
Of Aunt Pboebe's is the lowest necked
on either side OF our family
ever had. but then she was a great
one for society Turn over the page
Ellis Parker Butler In Reader.