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Show fBLUNQ TUB TRUTH. Wawspapar's Taxations Detorlptloai of a) Werfdln,. f j l The Palmyra (Mo.) Spectator under- ) takes to show by satire what might be expected were editors sometimes to i " speak their minds, Here are a few 1 of the Spectator's simplest "Willie Bhortlke and Dettle llloomers were married at the church last evtn- j Ing, The rhurch was very prettily decorated with flowers and potttod plants, borrowed promiscuously from C over town from people who didn't 53 want to lend them. Tbo decorating Ul was done tinder protest by some ol H the members of the church, who wen It asked to do so by the brldo all gv couldn't well refuse The ladles art H ot the opinion that If the couple were H ao bent on having n stylish wcddlni R3 they should have been wlllllng to havt JO paid some one to chase all over tin 19 town for a day getting flowers to- SB gethor and then taking them horns m again. The bride wore a hnndsami m Bllvtrstetn gown, made at home, arvt ,' (H the groom was deeked out In a 111 I H hand-me-down suit The uibera wore I Itf cutaway coats borrowed for the occa- A alon, Balllo Potts was mads of honor. H and tht eoniemui ot oplulon waa that j H she was two-to-one better than the j H brldr. The young rouple took the I H morning train for Rt. Lous', where they ', will spend more money In a ftw days j J Ihsn Willie can ram In three months. M Wllllo saya that now bo's married ha'a M going to tetlle down. Borne of our B merchants think It would have been . better If he had settled up first. The I groom gets a salary ot 2? a month. I H which Is about tho allowance Iletttte M baa been used to for pin money. We H wish for Willie's sake that the old M saying that It takes no more to sup- B port two than one wasn't a lie. The H bride tent us a shoe box full of a con- H glomeratlon of itult tuppoied to be H cake. If this Is a samplo of Dottle's cooking we feel sorrrow for Willie, B Our janitor's dog fell hair to tha cake M and now he's lying In the cold, cold M ground, llut this wedding Is none of M our funeral. It Willie and Detttle are k B satisfied we've got no kick coming." ( H |