The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-09-22
take Matilda to be your lawful, true, and
only welded wife?'

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only welded wife?'
Yes, sir
you promise that you will live with
her, in sickness as we'll as in health, and
nourish, protect and comfort her as your
true and faithful wife; that you will
not get drunk, and will clothe yourself
and keep clean?'
so will
And you, Matilda, on your part, will
YOU promise the same, and be true wife
to this man?'
L will try sir
But do you promise all this faithfully?
Yes, sir, I will
Then pronounce you man and wife
yes. sir, / will
Then pronounce you man and wife,
Now, Thomas, says the new wife, af-
ter had made out the certificate and CIV
en- it to her, with an injunction to keep it
safe-'now pay Mr.. Pease, and let us go
home and break the bottle Thomas felt
first in the right hand pocket. then in
the left, then he examined the watch
fob. ~
why, where is it?' says she, you had
two dollars this morningp
Yes, I know it, but have only got
two cents this evening. There, Mr.. Pease
take them; it is all that have got in the
world; what more can give?' II -
Sure enough, what could he do more?
l took them and prayed over them, that
in parting with the last penny, this couple
might have parted with advice, wicked,
foolish practice, which had reduced them
10 such degree of poverty and wretched-
ness, that the monster power of rum
could hardly send its victim lower.
So Tom and Mag were transformed In
to Mr.. and Mrs. Etling, and having grown
somewhat more sober while in the house,
seemed to fully understand their new po-
sition, and all the obligations they had.
taken upon themselves.
For few days 1 thought occasionally
OF this two-penny marriage, and then it
became absorbed with a thousand other
scenes of wretchedness which / have wit
messed since have lived in this centre of
city misery.
Time wore ON and | married many 9TH
er couples--of en- those who came in their
carriage and left golden marriage fee
a delicate way of giving to the needy but
among all | had never performed the rite
for couple quite SO low as that of this
two-penny fee, and I resolved I never
would again At length however, 1 had
call for full match to them, which re-
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why do you come to me to be married
my friend?' said / to the man. You are
both too poor to live separate, and besides
you are both terrible drunkards, / know
you are +z
THAT is just what we get married for,
and take the pledge
take that first
No, we must take all together, nothing
else will save u.s. hie
e'Will that?' 'l 1@
1t did for one of my friends
We'll, then go and bring that friend
here: let me see and hear how much it
saved him, and will make up my mind
what to do; if can do any good, want
to do it,
My friend is at work; he has got good
job and several hands working for him,
and is making money, and won't quit till
night. Shall l come this evening?'
'Yes, l will stay at home and wait for
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little expected to see him again, but
about o'clock, the servant said that that
man and his girl, with gentlemen and la
dy, were waiting in the reception ROOM
| told him to ask the lady and gentleman
to walk up to the parlor and sit moment
while sent the candidates for marriage
away. being determined never to unite an
other drunken couple, not dreaming there
was any sympathy between the parties.-
But they would not come up; they want
ed to see that couple married. So l went
down and found the squalidly wretched
pair, in company with well-dressed Ia
boring man, for he wore fine black coat,
silk vest gold watch chain, clean white
shirt and cravat, polished calf skin boos;
and his wife was as neat and tiiily dressed
as any body's wife, and her face beamed
with intelligence. and the way in which
she clung to the arm of her husband, as
she seemed to shrink from my sight, told
that she was a loving as well as pretty
wife.
This couple, says the gentleman, 'have
come to be married.
Yes. l know it, but haved refused
Look at them; do they look like fit SUBJ
Ijects for such holy ordinance? God new
er intended those wEom he created in his
own image should live in matrimony like