The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

to each, and thus we passed out of tn,
cabin, down the stair, across the stagin!
and up the sloping bank.
Some fifty yards up the brook the
pair stopped, and joining hands they
stood with The clear ,cdter Jetuccn them
brdged as it was by the winding fingers
and crossed by stream of love as pure
as itself. All was silent-still-until
broken by the minister reading in an
impressive manner, And of the rib
which the Lord God had taken from the
man made he woman and brought he to
the man. And Adam said this is now
bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh
she shall be called Woman because she
was taken out Of man. Therefore shall
a man leave father and mother and
cleave unto his wife and they twain
shall be one flesh He closed the book
and offered a most beautiful and touch
ing prayer, not heart but seemed to
teel that earnest appeal to the throne Of
grace Then asking the usual ques-
tons, he pronounced them husband and
wife. The bride slowly sinking on her
knees raised her beautiful face all COW
cred with tears, and her claspcd hands,
and in the most touchingly sweet voice,
trenulcus with emotion, said, And
now, o, merciful Father, grant that our
lives thus united, may peacefully flow in
one, even as this rivulet, until we reach
the river of death, and undivided in
faith and conduct be permitted to enjoy
Thine eternal smiles in the land of the
pure and blest Every pulse seemed
still, hoping, wishing for more. of this
beautiful drama Not word, not
from all the throng all, all
was happiness. o, lovely panorama,
how art thou craven on this heart =
The happy man was in the act of i'm
printing kiss upon the smiling lips of
his magnificent bride, when the clear
tones Of a manly voice startled all from
their pleasant reverie the universal
gaze rested on a handsome, tall Tennc-
,ecan, whose eagle eye spoke the man.
a fit representative Of State where
sleeps Jackson.
| can't stand this any longer Par
don, ladies, pardon | have PROPOSE
lion to make on the faith of man who
never lies or trifcs | mast make it or
die so here goes. Now | will marry
on the spot any lady that has the nerve
to face such music look at me, and if
you can love me as she loves pointing
to the bride, I'll promise to be a hus-
band to you, and such a husband as she
deserves, and such a husband as true
hearted man will make to the woman
who comes trembling under his wing
[ further say that no spot or shame at
taches to my name now, nor never shall;
and this arm will support and protect
the one who can trust to it. Who will
take p and his eye ran slowly over the
crowd of handsome women gathered
around; his earnest manner and novel
speech had aroused an intense feeling
all was surprise and sympathy with the
fearless, excited orator, when, to the
astonishmcnt and delight of every one,
a fawn like, blue eyed young girl, from
the fowery banks of the Alabama, step
ped to his side, and, looking confden-
tally up to his eyes with her hands on his
arm, said, g am thine = BY this time
his arm was around her waist and part
ing her curls, (black as a ravens wing
at midnight,) looked stcadfastly in her
face for moment, and signed the con-
tract with kiss that all the married la
dies pronounced of the genuine sort
perfectly satisfactory.
Raising his flashing eyes with tri-
umphant expression from the pleasant
job just mentioned, he said, Where's
that Parson' Send him right here on
this spot we will be made one. l never
let such luck as this pass me by waiting
A minute--so 90 ahead and on that
spot where they FIRST met were they SOL
emnly united forever. When the words
What God hath joined, let not man put
died away, shout went up
that awoke the echoes fora mile eve