Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1912 — PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING [ARTICLE]

PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING

But the' Old 8/foe, Fixed Up for the < Occasion, Was Not Intended for the Bridal Pair. There was to be a wedding in the vicinity. Many ot the mountaineers would be these. Early in the morning of "the nuptial day Bud Hightower was noticed filling an old No. 12 shoe with slugs and nails and plaster of paris. "Wot you doin’, Bud?” drawled Sim Beesley. “Kain’t you see wot I’m doin’? I’m makin’ moonshine sperrits out’n cheese scrapin’s." Sim chuckled. “Gettin' good an’ ready f'r th’ weddin’, I reckon.” "I reckon.”, ' “doin' to throw it at the bridegroom, maybe?” “Goto’ to throw It at him, maybe, but it ain’t goin’ to hit him. It’s goin’ to break th’ face of Snipe Tolliver, an’ do it accidental, too. I been layin’ f’r that theer Snipe f’r a right smart spell.” And he drove an extra railway spike Jn the hardening mass.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.