The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-22
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NV life eeerned blank and drear,
For the sweet voice OF the old time
Kept ringing In mine ear, -
But when we met relenfing,
The present seemed again
Far happier thnn ever, spH 70 RI
In spite Of former pain;
And far within the future
We raw no doubts or fears, AjS
e, For the sweet voice OF The Old time
Kept ringing in our ears.
Ringdoves-Ncw]y married Ia
dies.
The church for sfIiancod ones-Ss.
All Banns. EEu ~
a Chicago groom forgot bis brides
-naEe. 'l- ss--q 30 .s,fEisiUl a.. 'nses'Tl
Mo.tIovers ike to be alonc with
their swcet hearts, Of course.
Virginia couple recently walked
thirty miles On a<hot and dusty day
TO get married. shaii
We Won't believe any thing We
hear Of lady's Kiss unlcss We have
IL from her own mouth. VA
New Orleans girls complain that
the young men "don't tease them
enough" E5ryw =,
An Albanian broke a rare aud cost.
" pitcher on his mothcr-in-law's
Some husbands, though anything
but sharp, are awfully shrcwd. b5gTs7'
A Chicago lover pressed his suit
with little revolver, wounding her
fatally.
You should get married exactly at
noon, nowadays, il you respect the
claim. of fashion, fg a. fFt'sEA
Some people say that dark-haired
women marry the soonest. We diff
icr: it is the light-headed ones.
A man calling himself Lord IIsr-
vcy is being chased out of Wisconsin
by four wives. o-'io IVA Flfihi
An Indian groom was 81 and the
bride LOG. They were married
without the consent Of their par
ents. ,.asTe - -F-yTEfg II -Ff 1-Is
At the watering-p places the! call
the matchmaking manlmas %, irri-
dams" Their daughters hope to be
the ''marricd-'uns." g4Tlz
| Young ladies in New Haven are
learning to play the ryioin, The
idea of having four strings ito their
bow, is fascinating.
A newly-married couple in Glove
land took as their bridal tour a4voy-
| age on an elevator to the fourth sto-
ry OF mill and back again.
The police of Vienna have notified
the newspapers that the publication
Of matrimonial advertisements must
be stopped.
A Tcrre Haute man refused 10 pay
the funeral notice of his mother in
law. Most men would pay it,whh
pleasure. -
Question Ito be asked Of the lady you
adOre)-What has been the bright
est idea of the whole season? An
swcr TO be told her in confidential
whisper)-Your, eye-dear.-[Punch.
A Jersey City man slightly intoxi-
Gated, went TO the police station a
few nights ago and asked to be lock-
ed up. He said he preferred that to
going home and receiving a scolding
from his wife. ilSjG lI8lI
I Wheni it wasrepprted that a French
count had eloped from Newport with
| the wife of New Yorker, one hun
dred and seventeen nab0bs TOOK the
first steamer for Long Branch In Or
der TO count their families. ,,...
| One of our contemporaries In the
course of an obituary notice of Wall
| ter Montgomery, the actor, gravely
says that the cause of his suicide is
inexplicable, unless the statement
that he had been married shortly be-
fore supplies a clue to the, feelings
which prompted the act.
In 1869, 2O5,2S7 marriages were
celebrated in Italy. In 36,923 cases
| the contracts were signed by both
husband and wife in 43,H6 by the
husband only in 5,243 by the wife
only, and in 130, COS cases neither of
the parties could write.
A husband advertises thus: "My
wife Maria has strayed or been stOl-
en-. Whoever returnel her will get
his head broke. As to trusting her,
any body can do 80 il they see fit;
for as never pay my own debts, it's
not likely I'll pay her'n.
A Mormon missionary with one
wife courted a girl In Wales and per-
suadcd her to 60 to Utah and there
wed him. But when she got to Salt
Lake, an old saint, a widOwcr, COB;
blcd her up before the missionary
arrived. lie now believes in Utah
dcpravity.hor-'1 's>4 .-''sie e'rs' = sg.. .
Suits for breach of marriage pro-
mise arc not known in France, be-
cause the laws make no provision for
them. On that account, what we
call engagements arenot made there.
When q man wishesto marry q wo-
man, he makes his proposal in the
proper quarter, and, if accepted,
betrothal and marriage usually fol-
low at once. The engagement bust
ness is a social nuisance, aud this
French fashion, if no other, might be
probably introduced here.
A New York paper remarks, on
the subject Of weddings: Owing
to theifhct of making rich and costly
presents to the bride becoming so
general, and also to the fact that it il
now expected of the people accepting
an invitation to attend a wedding,
that they should bring presents, the
number of regrets has increased of
late to an alarming extent TO rem
edy this sad state of things the GUS
tom is now being introduced i'm New
York city Of adding to the bottom
of invitations, No presents will be
received except from relatives"