Year: 1859

Correspondence of the Glencoe Register.
FOREST CRY, March %, 1859.
"These maxims make a rule,
And lump them a. the gither,
The rigid righteous is a fool,
70 The rigid wise another"
Ash is rather rare thing to be at an old.
| fashioned wedding, nowadays, and in this
western country, it will perhaps be interest
ing to your unmarried readers especially, even
to hear of one.
But before tell you about the wedding,
will add that your paper is becoming quite
popular in our county. 1t contains the local
news of the surrounding country, and is the
only paper in the State that does. Should
yon continue to conduct it as you have here.
tofore, it must soon be found in the house of
every man who would know what is going on
around him. Indeed, we Of this place receive
our earliest eastern news from it; for instance
we had the news of A.V. Browns death first
by the Register and afterwards by st. Paul
and eastern papers-but the wedding.
A few days ago, great number OF our cltl-
zens were invited to the house Of Mr.. Dudley
Taylor, in this immediate vicinity, to witness
the marriage of his daughter, gerry beautiful
girl of "sweet sixteen" to Mr.. Scott, young
Canadian, and l among the number. AS we
drove up in companies Of eight, ten and doz-
en-, we found Mr.. Taylor surrounded by the
evidences Of substantial plenty, with his clean
shirt and new coat on, ready to receive his
guests in old style. was one of the last to
make my appearance, and upon entering the
house and counting noses, found that we had
about eighty of "beauty and chivalry" of
Forest City, assembled to witness the rare
spectacle of a wedding west of the Big
Woods.


We were not long awaiting. The loving
couple soon made their appearance, and were
transformed into man and wife by few mys-
tic words from the lips of your excellent friend
Parson Whitney. Then commenced in greet
ing, the congratulations of friends, the kissing,
the crying, the rustling of silks and starched
calicos, and all such things as are necessary
appurtenances to wedding occasion. How
long this continued am unable to tell. 1t is
Unnecessary to say that the bride look admira-
BILE. Who ever saw bride who did not p
Or who would wish to? There Is beauty
even in being bride.


While was looking on and wishing my
self bridegroom, bride, or something else
equally happy, a little circumstance occurred
which put me on level with the best. Some
fellow whispered to me that there was no less
than wash-tub full of egg-nog in certain
pantry in certain corner of the house, and
invited me then and there to make my appear
ance and imbibe. Now although man may
be model Of temperance, yet, General, as
you well know, it is human to get thirsty now
and then, and especially on wedding occasions.
So, feeling myself growing thirsty very fast,
| excused myself and repaired to the pantry
aforesaid, not dreaming that should find
any of my pious friends there. But to my
utter astonishment and CONSERVATION. tum-
bled upon those two leaders of the Knight
Templars, COL Evans and Capt. Skinner
both military heroes-one the commander of
the Forest City Earthquakes, and the other of
the right wing of the U. S. Land Office. We
all promised secrecy, on the ground that we
were at a wedding and pitched in miscellane-
ously, to the no small astonishment of the
nectar, vulgarly called egg-nog.


Supper was now announced, and in COM
pany with my military escort, whose patriot
ism was already considerably elevated, we re-
paired to the crinoline department, and each
of us added the delight of calico, to that of
egg-nog, and sat down to as sumptuous a sup
per as could be desired. This was dispatched
with due ceremony. The old champagne bot
ties, containing wine of the vintage Of 164O,
made their appearance, being the first ever
brought to the county. The table was clear
ed away and fiddle introduced. Now COM
menced the fun.


"First upon the heel-tap,


Then upon the toe;


Wheel about and turn about


And jump Jim Grow


Everybody who could, danced, reeled polk
ed, swung, bowed and banded according to
the latest style, and it is said even the jolly
parson as he stood on the door step with
tear in his eye, and bid us farewell for the eve
ming, was seen to pat his foot and 60 through
other unholy motions, plainly showing that
he was 'patting Juba" internally. But this
report is no doubt attributable to that same
nectar, and is not believed even here The
parson, too denies it, and l am ithe more in
clined to believe him, from the fact that no
ticed several mistakes that evening among
those who had seen the wash-tub One gen.
tleman, of steady habits as a usual thing, re-
moved his boot, believing there was bug
on his foot, and forgot to put it on again.
Capt. Skinner, the gay young soldier, whom
had occasion to mention before, was seen
on several occasions to bow to the stove-ppe,
instead of his lady, while dancing but this
may have arisen from his natural bashSulness.
One thing is certain however, the mistakes of
the Captain so mortified his friend Atkinson
that he at once buried his face in quart mug
which was setting on side table near him
and was supposed to contain egg-nog before
that time But Smith, who was present, de-
nies this. He says that he had occasion to
look into the same mug Immediately after, and
that it was empty. Smith is a judge and
ought to know


l left at one in the morning; but when l at
tempted to shake hands with our host, Dud-
ley, that worthy gentleman was lying on his
bed and couldn't crook his finger. He was
tired, suppose. As Burns says of Tam
O'Shanter-


"Kings may be blest, but Dud was glorious,


Ger all the ills of life Victorious