The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-30
Notable wedding. /.
A CoLoIEpGENTLLNlAN l0l YEARS OLD
MALEIED TO A MAID or so.

A (NLpEt Nli.bMAN tUt tfsAtsnVAAs 4
MAILIrD TO A MAID or 90.
Peter Cox. aged l0l years. was mar |
ried III Brooklyn last Sunday .yeuing !
to Miss IMcy Green, aged 80, Both |
are ca.oretl, and the mioa. there II
reason to believe, was one entirely d
love. They iirSt met, not long ago, IN
a grocery. where the sprigh'ly LlMy
dealt ont eabhases. Peter was smit-
ten at first sight. and madc overtures
ut once. In his own language, "he
apologized, aud Lucy aIcelded the
apology Arrangements were m;nle
for the wedding, and on Sunday cvcli-
ing the bridal party started from
Strikers alley, where Peter hid been
living in bacllelorhootl, for tile parsoil-
age oitle Rev. Mr.. Mowbray (co,orcdl,
Dullicld street.
GALOMoUS cHivAERE.
They were followed by procession
of coloed women and 1900 or 30l0
hays. The boys ran about alrl hat
tin pans, producing a melody Of dis
co ,ls. tsoulds, not atall resembling the
elias sic webbing march I.ncy was
! given away by in octogelarian uncle.
| but Peter, who is an orphan, had to
| do that part OF the ceremony for him
self.
After the knot was tied the groom
bent gracefully over. kissed the tiniid
and blushing Lucy, and then turning
with glowiag comtenance to the
A friends IN the room, shook Ills head ~
if something peculiarly good lad been
done, took up lis white, antiiulte'l
stoye-pipe, and said:
Il 'spose dis tugs all right, boss?'
TIE REyEL IN SYKES CELLAR.
The boss replied in the affirmative,
and reforming ranks the party return-
Ell ~ they eamS, to the basement IN
Stryker's alley. where the marriage
supper was in readiness. Everybody
had good feed. and in the evening the
happy couple went upon Il wedding
tonr to the Bridge-stieet A. NJ. +.
Church. where they spent the evening
appropriately. singing with more than
usual ftryor, and responding at inter
yals with unetllons emphasis. Peter
could harlly keep his seat at times, in
! lis anxiety to shout 'lIallcluIah. "
The services over, calm and contested
they returned to their home.
HOME INCLEGING BOARD, at 81 30
TER WEEK.
rlis home is in a basement, but 1t
i 4 clean basement. The furniture
consists of u chair. a stool, u trunk, a
bed, stove and Kerosene lamp. Peter
stands about five feet high, and Is slim
in proportion. His form is bowed, aud
his step has lost the elasticity ofyonth.
lie SAYS he was bora in the West In
dies, in l57l, but what month he could
not tell. Who his father was did not
trouble him. Atan early age he left
the Indies and came to this country.
The first port l.e struck was Charles
ton, and around it he remained for
over forty years. There he mrt Major
Caepis Of Brooklyn, by whom he was
employed as a personal attemklut and
with whom lie passed through the
Mexican war. By the. Major lie was
brought to Brooklyn. and left to SHIFT
for Ii mseIf. His first shift was to
Strykcr's alley. where lie obtained
board for the labuloU, price of 81 30 Il
week. And here" with a merry
twinkle III his eye, he added, II got
my first wife. She came from de first
house on the cor.er." She was drawn
at the ripe age ofGS. With her he
lived until eight months ago, when she
died. Peter confessed that exception
might he taken to the hurry lie had
shown in taking another wife; but he
wished those who grtinbled toremenl-
Der that the time ut his disposal is not
s., great as it once was. The couple
seem to have bright future before
tllem.--N. Y. Sm.
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