red in the
_Clipper's_ next issue:

"On Wednesday evening in the presence of a large and respectable
gathering of the quality of Bull Skin Township, Jacob Rail and
Polly Rider were married by a duly qualified squire. The affair
was held at Tom Rush's Tavern. All following the bride and groom
a-horseback made a crowd as long as any that ever attended an
infair or any other public outpouring in this neighborhood. Rush
sets the best table on the old pike twixt Brownsville and
Cumberland. At this infair he outshone all others; many claimed
it was the best meal they ever sat down to. Mine host is not a
candidate for any office we know of but he can get anything he
wants in this county insofar as the support of this paper goes.
And we know whereof we write. Two baskets filled with dainties
and a demi-john came to this office. The whole office wishes the
happy landlord 'bon vivant' until we can do better by him. The
bride wore red roses and other posies; the groom wore a new
black suit which he bought at Skinner's round corner clothing
store. Everybody wishes them a pleasant voyage through life, as
does the CLIPPER."

The two baskets of dainties had not been received when the article was
written but a copy of the paper found its way into the hands of the
landlord before the ink was dry and the baskets and demi-john were in
the office soon thereafter. Folks were just as susceptible to favorable
mention then as now.

In the same column of the _Clipper_ appeared this voluntary tribute:

"T. B. Murphy, the handsome and polite ladies' man, the artistic
grocer, has just gotten in a large supply of everything in his
line. Murphy is just a little cheaper and a great deal better
than other grocers. Among the toothsome goodies which the boys
of the CLIPPER dote on are the fresh Scotch herring all ready
for eating and the sugar crackers. They go together and make a
snack fit for a king to gorge on."

Harrison never tired of sugar crackers and Scotch herring. The herring
kept him continually thirsty, hence Jose Lawton came in for favorable
mention:

"Jose Lawton, the oldest and best baker in the town this day
received a dray load of Spencer & McKay's Cream Ale. Spicy and
brown, it is a nectar fit for the gods and spurs on ye editor in
his untiring labors for that great moral inspiration, the
public."

All that