The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1871-02-23
BRIDES WHO DIDN'T KNOW 1T.
From the Pittsburg Paper.


Hasty marriages have ever been the sub
jects of apprehension on the part of elderly
people and unfortunate bachelors and spin
sters, SO much so, indeed that "marry at
haste and repent at leisure" has become one
of the most frequently repeated proverbs in
the language. Notwithstanding all the warn
ings of the satisfied and dissatisfied, however,
marriages in hast are by no means unfrequent
In this respect Pittsburg is as guilty as other
places, and if the last reported case of this
description be true, our city is far in advance
OF most los 9TH. others 81. IN the Union !.i.9
has ever been recorded took place in this city
on Tuesday evening of last week, on which
occasion two highly respectable young ladies
were united in the bonds Of wedlock with two
young men, being all the while unconscious
that they had become brides The facts of
this peculiar marriage, as far as can be gath
cred, may thus be stated:
In that portion Of our city knows as ssThe
Hill,'' reside two ladies', young, good looking,
and lively. Of good family, and well known,
they have always been considered as among
the most attractive girls living in that quar-
ter But they are lively girls, full of rolick-
some fun, fond of any legitimate excitement
and of adventure Of legitimate character.
Possessing these attractions, it is not to be
wondered at that they became favorites among
the gentlemen, and that many Of the young
men of the city made it habit to call upon
them at their parents home and spend pleas
ant evenings in their society On the night
above named TUESDAY OF last week, } two gen
tlemen, both vel! acquainted with the young
ladies, and also their parents made call at
the house After the usual greetings, and
under the privilege gained by thorough
friendship, the quartette became quite at home
with each other, and the fun became fast and
furious, The young men began talking
about what they dare do, and the young ladies'
expressed themselves as equally daring. At
last the gentlemen, in their rashaess and fool.
ishness, stated that they even dare get mar
red and pursuing the matter thus broached
still further, expressed themselves as willing
to make both the sisters brides upon the spot.
The girls were not to be beaten they too,
dare get married, and dare also to take, for
better or worse, the two callers. Protestaton
on the one side was followed by reiteration
on the other, and the young men at last came
to the conclusion to take their fair entertain
ers at their word.
Il vas the work of but few moments for
one of the gentlemen to rush from the house
and bring back to it with him a young friend
who was invested with marrying power Of a
full-Aedged preacher
The gentleman was introduced. The girls
thought it all a good joke. The quartette
stood up; the marriage ceremony was gone
through with, and two couples we're made one,
four persons made two. The gentlemen knew
the matter was no joke. The ladies supposed
the whole affair to be joke and the marriage
mock one.
The newly-made husbands determined to
wait developments, and left with dignity, COM
seuuently, upon their new relation. The la
dies retired to bed and laughed over the joke
of the evening.
The next morning brought fresh develop
ments, however, to the fair ones. Both re-
ceived large yellow envelopes, and on opening
them, to their utmost dsmay, they found that
they contained marriage certificates. What
they thought joke, then, was serious reali-
ty, and both girls were in fact married women.
What was to be done? Should they keep
the matter secret and attempt to get d.
yorced or should they accept the situation
and fly to their husbands.
The husbands on the morrow were in an
equally perplexing condition Neither had
been married to the girl he wished. Should
they change certificates or take the wives as
they had been dealt to them
Neither husbands nor wives have yet set
tied these knotty points, and SO the matter
1o Wou ms nP9uiIaFIV
performed, or were eyey brides and BRIDE
groolns in such an unpleasant quandary?
We believe the soil loves to eat az well as
the owner, and ought therefore to be veil