Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-17

fortunate young woman / know Of.
While she received lot of handsome
presents, and had the satisfaction of
caring for and showing them until her
babies came to take up her entire time.
Deals house burned up. and sway went
the presents, and Lillian is not trou-
bled with them now.
This was not the fashion when we
were married, but grandma gave US a
set of silver spoons, both small and
large some time after we were mar.
ried, and this was lot Of worry to Sal
lie until fortunately the entire set was
lost but one. and we kept that for
memento, and used triple-plated silver,
and when a spoon is lost, we say moth
ing about it.
Cliff showed good judgment in var
ious ways in his marriage. First, Sue
Lee is handsome. sensible girl, and
when he came to the wedding, he did
not bring another man with him that
was better looking than he was, al
though he is not so handsome himself.
1t reminded me of what Pa said about
Uncle Ross. Uncle Ross was our pas
tor here for about 50 years, and it was
his custom to attend the Presbetery
every summer, and make arrangements
for one of the ministers to help him
hold protracted meeting, and Pa
said he always took one that he could
beat preaching. so we would always be
satisfied that there was no better
preacher in the Presbetery.
Speaking of Uncle Ross, he loved his
church, and was lways glad to aid it
in every way. On one occasion, a.
smart insurance agent attended the
Prt ct ~ and suggested that II they
wanted to endow their school at Leba.
non that each minister would insure a
young man in his congregation for the
benefit Of the church, the members of
the congregation paying the premiums
He showed them how this would work,
and Uncle Ross concluded that he would
get the members of his congregation
to 60 into it. He came home, called us
together and explained the plan. and
we agreed to it. The next thing was
to get the young man! OF course we
wanted to get as frail young man as
we could get passed. When I went to
Grandma's that night, Aunt Margaret
ssked me what we had done. and told
her, and she said, "who will you get"
and / said. "Uncle Ross wanted to get
your son Bobbie," and the old lady rose
in her wrath, and said. mo, sir!" and
to show that she believed in prayer,
she said, ''the church might get in a
tight, and pray the Lord to remove
that little boy down there 10 they could
get their money, and they couldn't get
Bobbie."
So they got young man of the con-
gregation that was right weakly, and
we commenced to pay the premium and
had been paying some time, and he be-
gan to get healthier, and 1t looked like
he fattened on US, and got stronger all
of the time. Times got hard, and
money kept getting scarcer and scarcer,
and once when the old man came
around to collect my part of the prem
um, I said, "look here, where Is that |
boy living at now? They say he has |
left the county," And Uncle Ross
said. "He has moved over to Pickens,"
and said, "well, if he has gone to the |
hills of Pickens we had just as we'll |
stop paying now," but the old man
said, "No. let's make one more pay
ment, maybe he'll wink out yet" We
made the payment, but we winked out |
instead of him, and the church never
got the money.
Well, the first fashionable wedding |
ever attended was here in Macon.
Sallie an d were invited to the house,
and | told Ma that night that l wouldn't |
eat any supper. that l was going to 60
to the wedding and get feast, and | |
saw visions OF roast turkey, barbecue,
etc.
We soon went over, were ushered in |
to greet the bride and groom, were
then taken in an adjoining room to
look over the presents, then in another |
room, where we had Russian tea and |
bon-bons, were carried back to bid the
bride final adium, and took our de-
parture, receiving a slice of cake as
we went out, to dream on. and | was
soon at home, rumaging in the safe for
something to eat.
The next one l went to was that of |
my nephew, Josh Cavett. Josh. had
gotten Capt. Snowden's consent for
him and Evie to marry, end all Of our
side we're very much pleased with this
match, for we had loved and honored
Capt. Snowden. and were glad to be
connected with such fine family.
The marriage took place in the old
Deerbrook church, and Josh's grand
father, old Josh Stevens, and myself
sat together in the darkened church.
We hadn't been there long before the
organ broke forth in a wall that sound
ed like lead march, and Josh came
stepping out, about two-inchesnat
time up one aisle. and Evie the ther,
and after while they we're duls smar-
ried. the organ wailing again; they
passed out of the church, and after
Josh and his bonny bride had gone, old
man Josh turned to me and said, EN-
met, there has been great many i'm
provements in great many ways since
Ann and were married, but I'll be
blest if there has been any improve
ment in marrying. Now my idea would |
have been for Snowden to have had a
big wedding at his house, then let me
give an Unfair at my house, and all
had a good time and get acquainted
and am like Mr.. Stevens.
didn't get to ask Beasley how much
he paid the preacher, but i hope he
dent do like DR.. Robert, when he and
Halle were married. The next morn
ing after Uncle Ross had married them,
asked Joe how much he had paid the
old man, was afraid that he had been
most too liberal, and l wanted him to
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