Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-09
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
H1oKsITE QUAKER WEDDING.

HIoKsITE QUAKER WEDDING.
On entering the house we found the
nFriendsa seated on benches, arranged as
usual to run the leugthway of tho house,
part of which on the opposite side from Aa
entrance were elevated step or two am!
faced the door. These were occupied BY
the diguitaries, tina and pa" Quake RS and
Quakeresses, the former with their broad.
brim hats and straight. breasted coats, and
the latter with their inverted scoop shovel,
q. drsb-colored bonnets, and usually plain
general attire. -,
We took our sest midway from the door
an the "Male Department" and, to observe
tie strict order of the meeting, We had to
bsisseverent enough 70 keep our, hat On,
and far g in us:lay, put on 9 SOLEMN
; ,col nance, StpRhSS': l,oaition weiIeld our>
ss!S .fotsomething ske an hour, when a
IN the end of the house opened, and
ih came lady and gentleman, followed i'm.
medlntely by another lady and gentleman,
thon We soon fouhd to be the "happy cou.
tA,ns and all Of whom were, quite to our
: -ssrpriss, very fashionably dressed, and in
this regard ressmb!sd the world quite as
.;1npnh as either myself or any Of our COM
pany.
The brides dress, bonnet and all, ~:es
made up of . kind of snufccolored silk
trimmed in white-the face lining of her
bonnet also being white artifoials and illu-
sions.
The groom was we'll and seusibly Dress
cd and might have passed for country
store-keeper instead of Quaker farmer
After the hustle and somewhat ostentatious
ceremony of getting seated-with their
backs toward the dignitaries, and faces to-
ward us commoners-was over, then came
the tug Of war with them--and tug real. |
ly think it was, from the very evidently
embarrassed air of both parties-I mean
now the waiting till the Spirit should move
them: On this point there seemed to be
some difficulty at least it required about
three quarters Of an hour to make the ar
rangements. But it seemed at last to be
reached all of a sudden, for the groom
giving kind Of spasiAodic jerk, as if re-
minded Of what he had come for, and turn
ing to bis blushing bride, took her by the
hands, and, botherising to their feet, said
:: Friends, in the presence of the Lord
and this assembly, take Miss B. to be my
lawful wife, promising to be to her faith.
ful and loving husband till death do sepa-
rate u.s." - -. 80.
The bride then said, "In the presence Of
the Lord and this assembly, I take Mr.. G..
S. to be my lawful husband, promising, by
Divine assistance, to be to him loving and
faithful wife till death do separate u.s." "
{ They then took their seats again, before
them roll Of parchment on which was
written the fact of their having appeared
at certain time, and asked. permission of
that meeting to marry, and that they had
appeared, and, taking each other by the
hand, promised as have already stated
TO this they signed their names, ard as all
present who witnessed the ceremony were
permitted TO sign their names as witnesses
the writer, though no Hicksite Quaker, ap-
pended his name, and I presume the happy |
couple whenthey see,it, win wonder much |
who --i is. - |
The Ep1scorAL CHuRcH.--The New
York corresnondont of tho ph;ladalnb;,