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We have asked for five more horses and when those are brought we are ready to go to the clerk of the court and get the license. After we had feasted some of our women and men took back the flags, horses, buggies, blankets, pots, kettles & pans, and all the afternoon we sat listening to the stories of some of the old men, and to merriments of a man and a woman.

We have completed our trusseau, a tall silk stovepipe hit to be trimmed with cockades of brilliant colors, a long scarlet military cloak with gold trimmings and a pair of large shaggy eppaulettes. We have not yet decided how many dresses the bride is to wear under this cloak but there must be no less than ten, our pride demands that number. The thermometer at the present time indicates about 80 above but we are hoping that it will go down to 79 at least when