Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-08-16
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Friend -,-Quiet and uninterestipg as
this place usually i, yet an occurrence took place
yesterday which I win venture to assertis unique
of its kind, and unparalleled in the worlds his
tory. What think you Of the marriage of liv-
ing woman to dead man? and yet, incredible as
IL may appear, such . ceremony was actually
performed here yesterday. will give you the
history:
For some years there has lived here Captain
-, worthy citizen Of high standing and
influence, in the employ of the Camden & Am
boy Company, and possessed Of lucrative Office
in their gift. Some years ago he became a be-
lever in the Spiritual Fania which has deluded
so many, and his family also have embraced the
same belief. About eighteen or twenty months
ago, Mrs. - and family, (also believers in
Spiritualism,) removed to this place, and an init
macy Immediately sprang up between the fami-
lies, which, embracing all their members, ripened
into strong affection between the oldest son of
the Captain and the Oldest child of Mrs. -.
They two were wont to perambulate the quiet
streets of our village, seemingly unconscious Of
aught else in this world than themselves, and It
became an understood thing in the community.
that in few years SO ardent an attachment
would end in matrimony. o
For some months past, however, the health Of
the young man has failed him, and all the symp-
toms of a deep decline has alarmed his family
and friends, and caused them to fear that bis
days on earth were numbered. To obviate such
a calamity If possible, and to prolong his life,
during the last few weeks of warm weather, be
has been travelling through New York State, &C.
companied by his father, his beloved and his
mother. Increasing weakness warned them oil
Lockport that it was time the invalid should re.
turn, if they wished him to reach home alive
Accordingly they re-traced their steps as far al
possible, and while staying at Hotel there, thu
father congratulated his son on his improved
looks, telling him that he would soon be we'll, al
home and engaged at his usual occupation Of
Clerk in the Canal Office. "Father, Pm dyine
now" was the reply. His father, supposing THU
was the consequence of low spirits, rallied hin
and left the room, (eaving his SON in compan.
with the lady of his love,) intending to take {
bath in contiguous apartment. He had mo-
been gone long, when hearing a shrek he hurried
back as fast as he could, and when he entered
the room he found his son just dying and Miss -
upon the floor in swoon. This was July 3lst
The lady was brought home, and yesterday
August Sd, invitations to the funeral at o'clocl
P. NJ. were read in the various Churches. A
the appointed time, large crowd had assem-
bled, for inklngs of strange doings had got about
and an intense curiosity prevailed. Approaching
the house, instead of the usual sable drapery O
woe, streamers of white Grape hung from ever,
window; and there we heard that the youn,
man had, before his death, interdcted black a
his funeral. 1t was rumored, too, that his lad,
love would, instead of grief's usual drapery, ap
pear at the funeral decked in the paraphanalia o
bride. The reason of this did not appear un
til about the period when the procession left tn
house, when it was ascertained that about thre
hours previous Spiritual Marriage had takel
place between the dead who lay in the coffin
and the lady of his affections. How this wa
managed I know not, but have been informed
that the usual questions of the marriage servic
were asked by the person who oficiated as Spir
itual Priest, and the responses on the part of tn
deceased were given afirmatively by the usua
knocks or raps proceeding from the coffin. B
this as it may, the marriage was performed ant
she became the spirit Bride'' of her dead Low
er. The relatives attended the body to the grave
and as they left the house, it was found that ru
NOR was true. The bride, in white dress, brida
vail and wreath of orange blossoms, was there
the mother Of the deceased, dressed in white
his sisters also in white with rosettes of the sam
color in their hair, got into the carriages.
The procession moved on, and the friends o
the family who on the sidewalk attended q
mourners, had each from their left arm, whit
streamer Huttering in the wind. At the Chur
yard the body was deposited in the grave. A
the earth ratified upon the coffin lid, a piercin
shrek broke from the lips of the bride, and a
the friends strove to lead her away, her cry was
-" Let me stay with him = Sc let me stay wit
him." So ends this strange eventful history
which is nevertheless true in every particular. !.
Yours, &C., EY-