The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1855-08-18
The DOuble Bridal.

nine passengers on board the steamer Emily
Barton, bound up the Tennessee. A pheasant,
intelligent, go-ahead captain, good steward.
and a social refined company, made the trip
one of pleasure; indeed long shall remember
the saucy Emily Barton and her suberb living
freight. One lovely summer afternoon, it was
whispered that We were to have wedding be-
fore the boat reached her destination, said
whisper starting first, and low, near the stern
somewhere in the vicinity of the ladys cabin,
and speedily making its way to the hall, the
boiler deck, and even to the main; like the
snow ball down the mountain gathering size,
form, and momentum, as it rolled forward, un-
til the principals in the interesting scene were
not only pointed out, but the parson, some
scraps of the history of each, fiction, fact, and
surmise, all hushed up ingeniously, leaving you
in the half pleasant, half painful suspense and
doubt that opens the eyes wide and strains the
drum of the ear so tight to all transpiring
around you. Well, we landed to wood at a
magnificent beech bottom, the tall heavily
leaved trees with their silver gray trunks max
ing deep cool shade, while they, with the
grassy green bank that bore them, were imag
ed in the CLASSY river, so clear, so true, that
Cutting this charming spot in twain came
spans wide, to lose itself in the mass Of the
Tennessee waters they in turn to be alike lost
in the boundless sea.
No sooner was the staging out than there
emerged from the lady's cabin a fine, manly
looking fellow, dressed in fautless taste, intel
lect beaming in every feature, while over his
face perfect happiness shone like phosphorus
on the sea. Leaning on his arm was the most
lOveable woman it has ever been our lot to be-
hold Her fine hazel eyes (tell tales that they
were) speaking deep emotion, and her express
sive lip quivering with suppressed excitement,
while her dress, step and grace, was that Of a
queen There they are!' That's she!'-
"Oh, how handsome burst from many lip
as we instinctively made way to let them pass
to the alter, and where that was we had about
as clear an idea as transcendentalist general
ly has Of what he is talking about. But one
thing we all seemed to know, that there was
fun ahead and to follow in their wake was the
way to see it. AS the ladies passed, an arm
was offered to each, and thus we marched out
Of the cabin, down the stairs, across the stair
ing, and up the sloping bank. Some fifty
yards up the brook the pair stopped, and join
ing hands they stood with the clear water be-
tween them-bridged as it was by their wind
ing fingers and crossed by stream of love as
pure as itself. All was silent-stil-
broken by the minister, reading in an impress
sive manner, "And of the rib which the Lord
God had taken from man made he a woman
and brought her to the man. And Adam said
this is now bone of my bone and flesh of nv
flesh, she shall be called woman because she
was taken out of man. Therefore shall man
leave his father and his mother and cleave un-
to his wife, and they shall be one flesh" He
closed the book and offered most touching
and beautiful prayer; not heart but seemed
to feel that earnest appeal to the throne of
grace. Then asking the usual questions, he
pronounced them man and wife. The bride
slowly sinking on her knees raised her beauti-
full face, all covered with tears, and her clasped
hands, and in the most touchingly sweet voice,
tremulous with deep emotion, said, "And now
| o, merciful father grant that our two lives
thus united, may peacefully flow in one, even
as this rivulet, until We reach IKE river of
death, and undivided in faith and conduct, be
permitted to enjoy Thine eternal smile in the
land of the pure and blest.' Every pulse SEEM
ed stilled, hoping, wishing for more of this
beautiful drama. Not a word, not a move
ment from all the throng, all was happiness
o, lovely panorama, how thou art craven on
this heart! The happy man was in 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 re-
verie; the universal gaze rested upon hand
some, tall Tennessean, whose eagle eye spoke
the man-a fit representative of State where
sleeps jackson.
II can't stand this any longer. l cont
Pardon, ladies, pardon have proposition
to make on the faith of a man that never lies
on trides. l must make it or desc here
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that has the nerve to face such music; look at
me, and if you can love me as she loves point
ing to the bride,) III promise to be husband
to you, and such husband as she deserves,
and such husband as true hearted man will
make to the woman that comes trembling un-
der his wing. further say, that no spot nor
shame attaches to my name nor ever shall and
this arm will support and protect the one who
can trust it. Who'll take it?' and his eye ran
slowly over the crowd of handsome woman
around him.
| His earnest manner and novel speech had
aroused an intense feeling; all was surprise
and deep sympathy with the fearless, excited
orator, when fawn-like, blue-eyed girl, from
the fowery banks of Alabama, stepped to his
side, and looking confidently up in his eyes
with her hands Oh his arm, said, Il am thine"
BY this time his arm was around her waist,
and parting her curls (black as the ravens
wing at midnight) looked steadfastly in her
face for a moment, and signed the contract
with a kiss that all the married ladies pro-
nounced the genuine sort-perfectlv satisfac-
tory. Raising his flashing eyes with triumph
ant expression from the pleasant job just men,
toned, he said: "where is that Parson? Send
him right here ON this spot we will be made
one. never let such luck as this pass me by
spot where they first met, were they solemnly
united forever. When the wOrds-'What God
hath joined let no man put asunder, died away
shout went up that awoke the echoes for a
mile every hand was extended to the happy,
lucky, venturous fellow and every young lady