48 THE TIM BUNKER PAPERS. 



. 17. DOMESTICITIES AT TIM BUNKER S. 



Our readers have become so much interested in the 

 affairs of Hookertown in general, and at Esquire Bunker s 

 in particular, that we feel obliged to keep them &quot; posted 

 up &quot; in current events thereabouts, even if not in all cases 

 strictly agricultural. The Squire has been so busy with 

 other engagements that he has failed to send us the usual 

 letter for the month, but we chance to be prepared to fill 

 the gap not so well as he could do, of course. We had 

 fully intended to celebrate Independence Day at Squire 

 Bunker s, and since we have seen the bill of fare he had 

 prepared, we regret more than ever that a pressure of 

 business prevented our visit to Hookertown. Our German 

 Edition, added to our other cares, has completely absorbed 

 us, so that we have not had a moment to think of the 

 clover fields and the hospitalities of old Connecticut. 

 Esquire Bunker will please accept our apologies for this 

 seeming neglect, and for anything defective he may find 

 in the report of the occasion. The fact is, the young man 

 we sent up there had his head turned, (or rather his 

 heart) by the Hookertown damsels, and came back nearer 

 addled than any fellow we have seen in a twelve-month. 

 The whole report had such a tint of rose color, that we 

 have reduced the tone full one-half, besides, throwing out 

 lots of poetry, that were more appropriate to the Knick 

 erbocker than to our matter-of-fact journal. Well here is 



&quot;OUR OWN REPORTER S&quot; REPORT SOMEWHAT GARBLED. 

 Hookertown^ Ct., July 5th, 1858. 



MARRIED. 



SLOCTJM BUNKER. At Hookertown, Ct., on Saturday, 

 July 3rd, in the Congregational Meeting-house, by the 

 Rev. Jacob Spooner, Rev. Josinh Slocum, of Shadtown, 

 to Sally, eldest daughter of Timothy Bunker, Esq., of this 

 place. A large loaf attests the fact to the printers. 



