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Show A PEASANT WEDDINO. H Mrs Alco Tweedle, In her journey- H Ings through I Inland, ippenrs to have H displayed n happy aptitude for forming H friendly relations with all sorts and H eondttlnns ot vopl. At onvivvase-nl . klc-KVH hcoUkaVotUi!,voJt.t tort,wbr sbs IB stopped to buy a bowl'ot mllVTahe tell H Into conversation wllhiltsimlttresi. a H very clean and apparently vcry'aged 1 woman clad In a short sergo skirt, a H looio whlto chemise and a striped H apron ot many colurs-theie simple H garment! being nil of her own weav- Ing Over her hend sho woro a black H rashmero kerchief Her face mlghl H havo belonged to a wiumn ot a lain H dred or n witch of ancleut tlmci, II H was so wrinkled mil tanned, hcl hands were bard a. i horny, an I yet, H nflcr half an hour conversation, wc dlicovered ihe waa only about fifty five Hard work poor fool and lift H In dark III ventilated, smoky cotlagel H ago tho peasants fait, at leventeei f many a girl begins to look like an ott H woman Tho old, or middle-aged H woman wai a cheerful and frlendlj H soul and wm soon beguiled, by thi H vldtor's comments on a woven ban .H hanging In alght, Into narrating ni i Isodo of family history It had beet H ono of the present! given by her 101 H on hit marriage lo his groomsman H Ho had married a girl of another vll lllB lago asking her hand In nccordanci H with Immemorial Hiinlih custom through a pubemlcs or spokesman, 1 IH kind of ircllmlnary best man whi must do nil the talking while Iho suit H or himself sits dumb Ilelng accepted he exchanged rings with his betrothal nn 1 gave her father tho usual klhlarat 'What la thntt' the visitor ntked WaiaisH ' W hy It Ii a sort ot a deposit glvon ti Vsisisisisi Iho girl father to show he real!) meant to marry the girl a cow 01 H something of that nort " A twi ) cars' engagement, during which tbi H young 1 eoplo wcro taming their house- H bold eiiulpmcnt, was followed by 1 H grand wedding, celebrated as usual Ii H t Inland, at tho bridegroom 1 houto H 'It Is a tcry expentlvo thing to got H married,' said tho mother, and inj H son had to glie many present! to thi H father-In law, mother tn law, brides, H maids and groomsmen To all thi jH bride 1 maids ho gavo stockings, thai H kilng tho fashion ot our country, (1 jH tho groomsmen be gave shlrti, to hli aisisR mother-In law a dreti to tho father- 9IH In law a belt, and to other friends beat SsVm handkerchief! In short, tho coDfosset 'sMTvf' that the occasion wna a very lerloui WSfHi drain upon tho family resources. ' Hut tfflttfil ob, It was n lovely tlmo ' ihe added, MwmV. "A wedding Ii a iplendl 1 thing Wi jQBifcrVtl' bad a feast all ono day and the next, ifluCvw and then the priest canto and the flPwyr were married Krcry ono y " MaWmi came from miles nrouud.c' HiilWlnL' brought a can of milk and 101 oaaLSlUt brought corn brandy, an ? IisisHbKi' brought porridge and Job asisHaUi' been to (own, so he brought uLssHv him soma white bread A) laaafla grand feaitl We danced a BsisiswsV sand and mado merry for asisisisisllH then we all walked with n HH hla bride to that llttU coll LbbHI other tide of the wood and aLLsisiH wbero they hato lr H tlnce H |