Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-08-10
Matrimony under Difficulties


A queer case cane to our notice yesterday
That IT is true in every particular we learn
upon indisputobIe authority. A rich old
German widower, living eight miles out of
town, drove into the city yesterday morning
in his own conveyance, with a buxom female
whom he proposed TO convert into q Wife
Ills wagon was shcckipgly primitive article.
with rope harness and rafting spokes, while
bis horse, though not in lenn condition, ap.
peared to have remained uncurried for at
least six mouths az time. The object in
driving into the city was to End clergyman
TO perform The ceremony, who understo
the German language, and was willing to take
in payment a half bushel of "schntts."
In moDgrel German schntts is used 20
express dried. The wi6ower drove first to
the house of a well known preacher down
town. A Milesan female opened the door.
and the widower told her his errand-be
wanted to be married, and to pay for the
operation with two pecks of schntts. The
preacher was absent, bat the girl laughed in
bis face, and slammed the door upon him
Nothing disconnected, except at the trouble
he was taking, the widower reioined his
charmer in the vehicle and drove to the
house of the next preacher on bis list he had
taken memorandums of four. He left the
girl in the wagon while he went TO the door
and made the inquiry. The clergyman for.
tunately wac at home. The widower caused
him to be summoned into the parlor and
there stated bis business. Whether the
clergyman's family we're not partial to dried
apples, or otherwise, we didn't learn Suffice
1t to say that the clergyman was just going
out to pay visit to sick parishouer, and
couldn't possibly be detained.
The ypidomor ~ IN hooa, r,o1 l,r
especially as the girl in the wagon commenced
to berate him for his bunglng manner OF
doing business. Mr.. Widower climbed into
his rckety buggy. hit bis horse n heavy whack
with hickory goad, aud drove eight squares
further to the residence Of minister No. g.
He saw minister No. 3. but minister No. 3, O
bachelor, didn't need schnitts. Mr.. Widower
was now desperate, and The girl began to
fear that the marriage might yet be indefi.
nltely postponed. They drove, however, to
the house of minister No 4. MIR. Widower
left the girl in the wagon, alighted, and gave
jerk to the bell pull that brought the worthy
clergyman in person to the door, before the
bell itself had ceased its clamor. The i'm.
portant question was now put TO hin, and, to
the great joy Of the German, response in
the affirmative was rendered.
"Y ou shoost shumps out, Becky" shouted
The German from the door step to the girl in
the wagon "he takes der schnitts!"
The girl obeyed orders, jumped out of the
vehicle, and carried the bag containing the
sctnitts into The house. In ten minutes the
job was done, the schnitts carried and deposi.
ted in the minister's storeroom, and the
couple left, carrying the empty bag with
them. We learned that the bride was the
servant girl of the groom She had struck
for higher wages, and the wdower had
concluded that marriage certificate, paid
for in two pecks of schnitts, would come
cheaper than an advance of wages. Whether
be will think so n year hence remains to be
seen. Our informant represents him as worth
about forty thousand dollars Philadelphia
North american.