The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-30

necessarily have been duly arranged,
and its provisions all settled and the
deed drawn up. when the parties betake
themselves TO thetnotaey who has pre-
pared the document. In the case of
very wealthy families, and in the pro-
vinces, the notary comes to the house
of the idstcee, in which case etiquette re-
quires that he should be invited TO dine.
It is, as with us, esteemed an honor to
have the document witnessed by q
prince ofthe blood or great State dig
nitary. AL expenses of the proceeding
are to be'paid by the future husband.
The notary reads the document; NJ.
DelRunay rises, makes bow to his
fdncee as though to ask her consent,
takes the pen, signs the deed, and then
passes the pen TO Mademoiselle Rosa
lie. The young lady signs in turn, and
passes the pen 10 the mother OF her in.
tended, who passes 1t to the mother OF
the bride, and SO on through the mem
bers of the family present, who sign
for the most part In the order of their
age.
It is on this day that NJ. Delaunay is
expected to send the presents known
as the c0TbejlLe de marriage. The value
of the presents should amount to about
ten per cent of the dos OF the lady: Ihey
consist generally of shawlsI jewels,
lace, furs, golves, fans, books, and
purse containing certain NUMBER OF
gold pieces of money which should be
new. These presents Should be put
either in an elegant box, or in work
table destined to form part of the
furniture of the young couple. The
corbeiHe should arrive on the morning
of the signing of the contract, accom-.
panied with handsome bouquet Of
flowers; and the cor6etLLe, together with
the rousseau of the GdHcee, which by
this time should be prepared, Is ex-
hibited in her room, tastefnlly arranged
with flowers, for her friends to admire.
II there Is ball that evening as is GUS
tomary, ut the hose OF the JIdncee, the
young lady should be in white. She
opens the ball with her Intended, and
In the second quadrIlle she belongs de
droit to the notary, who in olden times
had the right of kissing her on the
cheek. Every body who signs the mar
rage deed Is expected TO make a pres
ent TO the,young lady.
THE MARRIAGE.
As for the actual marriage, il is we'll
known this Is performed In two cere-
monies-one at the HdiYie, the other at
the church: Both at the Marie and the
church marriages are performed on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
in every week; at the marie from nine
In the morning to five In The evening:
at church from six in the morning till
one in the afternoon. The marriage at
the marie Ia of a strictly civil charac.
ter, and is often performed on the same
day as the other, though strict Catho-
lies look on it as mere legal formal
ity, and as no marriage at all In a
proper sense. The qndire can, IL he
pleases TO honor persons of import
anCe, perform the marriage ceremony
In his drawing room; but all the doors
in the house must be open down to the
street, SO that all the world may enter
If they please. The Marie marriage
must be preceded by the proper legal
formalities-evidence OF publication of
bans, consent of parents (ifsuch is re-
quired by the law)-and can only be
celebrated three days AFTER notification
has been published as the Marie. When
the bride has signed her name at the
marie, she passesthe pen to her hus-
band, who receives it and says, Merci,
madame. The lady Is thus styled
for the first time in her life |
by her future husband. The publica-
ton of the bans for the marriage in the
church takes place much the same as
with us. On the morning of the mar |
riage the bridegroom and his family |
come to call for the bride and her fam
lily. The bridegroom then presents the
60Quet de nOceS, which must be entirely |
white, to his JfdHcee. Carriages hired |
expenses of the day with the excep- |
tIon of those at the house-of- the
bride, are sent to fetch the witnesses
ofrthe marriage and the members of
the two families who are invited to be
present, to the house of the bride. The
bridegroom, besides the bouquet,
brings the wedding-ring and the piece
de marriage, piece of money, of gold |
or silver according to the condition of /
the parties; II of the former II is placed |
like medal in a morocco case. Among |
the peasants II piece of copper coin fnl-
which must receive the priests bene-
diction during the ceremony.
AS soon MS the whole party is as
sembled they start for the marie. The
bride is in the fret carriage to the right,
with her mother on the back seat, with
her father or his representative in front
OF her. In the second carriage is the /
bridegroom, on the back seat likewise; |
but his mother-or her representa-
If he has monet takes the right, and |
his father sits on the front seat. The
of thesmaf fiAge and the other |
members of the family follow. Ar
rived at the church the father of
the bride leads her toc the altar,
and the bridegroom follows with
his mother. Thent mother of the
bride should follow in, procession with |
the father of the bridegroom. The
nearest relatives and most intimate |
friends of the; two families also ap-
proactf the altar. The rest of those in |
vited sit in the body of the church on'l
chairs prepared for them.I The family |
of the bridegroom and the bridegroom |
take the right, the bride and her family |
take the LEFT of the altar. During the |
service a quote is made In thelchurch,
which is performed by the younger sis |
tiers OF the bride and bridegroom, If |
they have any, one on each side. In |
the absence Of younger sisters the,
nearest younger female relative supply |
the deficiency.
THE oERRAtoNY.
During the ceremony, when the priest |
addresses TO the young couple theQues |
ton, ''GbHsenteEpoRs a pretldre pour |
epost1 9''-t de-, each of them before re-
plying turns to- the side OF the father
and mother, makes them a low bow or
courtesy and then eachreplies, not in
q loud. tone, but "a nj Voie. After the
offertory of the mass the young couple
arise, and each takes a wax taper,
which Is placed before them, and they
go to the altar and place the money
which they offer as aims in the hand of
said pail ID held over the heads of the
bride and bridegroom by the youngest
boys-the neareAt relatives of each
family. When the marriage-mass Is
over the young pair go to the saeristy,
and there receive the congratulations
of their friends. The order, however,
of going there is Just the reverse of what
1t was on entering the chnrch. Thus,
the father of the Bridegroom now leads
the bride, and the mother Of the bride
now takes the arm of the bridegronms