Show i Q r a 1 5 X Q R t k g uz 02 HO R t ai 4 i W at S r 7 N ax f I 1 I 1 4 HIS WEDDING t PEE I 1 after the tr was tally ift cf marta W wai sund the wife of bf a well to do vermont farmer called the attention of her husband to a 91 newspaper article describing a wedding where the groom had compensated pen sated the minister for his services in farm produce youths bays companion n how chow ridiculous commented com the good lady her husband smiled it I 1 the ordinary thing he remarked but then people who live in glass houses muar t throw stones what do you mean jonas farmer famer asked his bis wife sharply well returned jonas when I 1 married you I 1 paid the minister two pl pigs gsand and he gave me 35 cents change and with that mr farmer burst into a lung laugh h to the great discomfort of his h ja wife ive lived with you thirty years and ancl anever I 1 never heard that before she said and I 1 should like to know what you mean by it I 1 believe youre saying that just to hector me no amri answered her spouse anen 11 his mirth had somewhat subsided ill you how it happened 1 you know I 1 had been running the farm for father before we were married and parson steadman who married us had just come to town he wanted a couple of pigs and came over to our place to get them I 1 had gone but the hired man sold them to him by weight and they amounted to just 1035 parson steadman told the man m an that he the money by him but would be over again in a few days and would settle and the hired man told him that would be all right well when we were married I 1 gave the me parson 13 arson a brand new 10 bill one that I 1 had got r lean clean f from rom the bank tor for that purpose next morning bright and early over came cam e the parson to our place he asked the hired man if I 1 was vas at home and when I 1 came out he was pretty much surprised to see that I 1 was the same man that he had married the night before he turned kind of red and looked a little queer and said he had come over to settle for those two pigs and he took from his pocket that very 10 bill that I 1 gave him the night before and 35 cents besides and handed them to me 1 I burst out laughing and he looked kind ot of sober tor for a minute then ho burst out laughing too if I 1 had recognized you as the man I 1 owed for the pigs digs when you were at my house last night he said 1 I could have bave handed you the 35 cents and we should have been square so you see amri that while we went through the form of passing the money back and forth you were practically bought for two pigs minus 35 cents 1 |