20070701 Why the Editor Left Town

Why the Editor Left Town

Union Bridge Pilot, July 1, 1921.

On July 1^st, 1921 the Union Bridge Pilot wrote:

In a recent letter to The Breeder's Gazette, Mr. F. M. Woods, of Lancaster county, Nebraska, told how a Nebraska printer got an auction sale and an account of a wedding mixed together.

The resulting article, wrote Mr. Woods, read like this:

"Married at the home of the bride's township one mile north and two miles east of Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, highly respected residents, of Thursday, January 27, Miss Ethel Drinkwater by the Rev. 18 head of Shorthorns consisting of four bridesmaids dressed in pale blue and carrying calves by their sides. They had tulle veils . . sired by the noted Kentucky jack Bombina 3d.

Also forty-six head of hogs, including the groom's father from North Dakota where he is engaged in missionary work, and is immuned by the double process.

These shoats are thrifty and all relatives of the bride and groom. They all gathered in the spacious dining room after the ceremony and partook of 300 bushels of seed oats, 1,000 bushels of corn, 10 large stacks of millet and alfalfa.

The bride is the youngest daughter of one trusty incubator, capacity 600 eggs, one Jno. Deere five-room cottage and a trip to Omaha, after which they draw 10 per cent, interest from date. Free lunch at noon. "

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