Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-08
IEyA GAZETTE& 8 VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
.sSDiritS" at Il Wedding.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
On The l4th of December last wedding was
celebrated at St. Marylebone church, which in
point Of interest merits, from the circumstance
under which the marriage took place, special
record.
The betrothal of Miss Fox to Mr.. H. Jenck=
ru has been known to a select circle of friends
l'r some time, both in London and New York
but the fact had purposely been kept private,
* it was considered desirable to make the
whole proceedings as quiet and accompanied
with as little ostentatiou as possible. Evrn
Rev. Mr.. Braithwaite, the officiating minister,
was not aware who stood before him.
On the morning of the l4th three carriages
might have been seen drawn up in line 10 the
inner courtyard Of the parish church OF st.
Naryleborne Who would have dreamt that
TWO souls were to be united for life before the
altar Of God? Entering the church, there
,ond before the altar Kate Fox-we cannot
c,l her otherwise. Under this name she Is
luoyn throughout the length, and breadth OF
the States of Americu. Yes, Kate Fox, whose
name is familiar to every Spiritualist. There
"1'. Di ID in white and lace, the wreath in her
hair-the treacherous orange wreath that car
rio, the symbol of flower and fruit within its
folings as the great spirit would bear us and
onr terra tirma within the folds of its loving
and protesting mantle.
Poor Kate Fox her sensitive feminine tea-
lures ayita,ed, pale, yet full of resolve, for her
chosen ireud stood Dext to her, and she had
10 utter the words Il will, in response to
Rev Mr. Braltuwalte' question imposed by
the marriage service. As the prayer was ut
tered and the solemn words were spoken, both
lriIe and bridegroom kne!t when, 10 aud
list,n there camc subdued echoes from
friends beyond the grave.
Rap rap. rap, fell gently on our ears as the
rrayer concluded Amen" From the altar
the party entered the vestry; here again came
the spirit signs of approval, as two OF the
friends, Dr. Frederick Tonkins and Miss
Oyleo attcSted the certificate of marriage OF
the newly welded couple.
The group that stood rouud the table was OF
singular interest Mr.. H. d. Jencken and his
friends DR.. Toukins, with their high, massive
toleheads looking grave aud deeply moved;
then Mr.. H. G, Pennell, the poet, whose every
feature told how deep y his sensitive soul was
worked upon by what was happening around
him; and then the true friends Of Kate Fox,
Dr. Bird and Miss Ogden, the latter slngularly,
t,stctulIy an richly attired 10 black silk and
white point lace.
Who would have thought that this little
group included clements Of interest to the
world at large? Well, from the vestry room
to the lucheou room, at As York street, Port
man square. the few select guests were soon
seated at the breakfast table. Silence preced-
ed the merry chit chat that followed: 1t was
a> though voice from another world had
hu>led the busy hum of men. When the
spirits again manifested their presence, the
sparkling friends, the true Cliquot soon, how
ever, broke iu upon the sileuce. A merry in,
rrchange of greetings now tonk the place OF
former reserve Toass came as freely as II
they had been prompted by unseen powers;
when, 10 there came spirit messages OF love,
cnngratulation Of sanction and approval.
First came a message from the departed mo-
4 message of love and sadness The terrible
cruelty her child had experienced at the hands
of those whose duty it ought to have been to
have shielded her, appeared to thrill. through
the very words as they came echoed by the
spirit telegraph.
Then came message from j. B, Taylor,
whose watchful presence had followed poor,
drtrnseless, sensitive Kate Fox through the
dark pathways aud labrnths of this great Babel
-Londop. 1--WE were with you at the altar, :,
said the messages; and after dwelling upon
matters Of private interest, conc udcd with
greetings more in harmony with the feelings OF
the guests ''J.nckcn is no longer his own
master" was then spelled out, and a voley of
rl'S responded TO the merry laughter OF the
company.
Again and again the spirit friends joined in
with those Of the body, and assented to Kind
greetings by loving messages; aud finally, when
every glass was raised to toast to our Invisible
trends, the breakfast table, though groanilg
beneath richly served and handsome laid re-
pasta hug3 wedding cake, was repeatedly rals'
td 1T the floor.
The luncheon flushed, tho young married
couple loon prepared to take their departure
SURPRISE PARTIES -Ooe of the funny con-
'H'utcrs to the daily press has discovered 3
good story of a surprise party in which all
:'andS took share in the surprise. The scene
Ehd IN tonuecticut, where the people have
lan kee shrewdUess Tor getting out of scrape
a>we as into one.
Ii was reported that man and his wife,
VINO have been married many years without
l'avmg any children, had at last been made
ll,'rry by the birth of daughter. Some of
The trends determined to give the man pre-
'ehtarou surprise party. So about forty per-
sons marched into the house one evening car
wing cradle and lots of gum rings, and bibs,
ana bottles with gum nozzles, and baby car.
i'"ss ana some little night gowns, and cordlal
armIct, and gross of soothing syrup, and
socks and paregoric And they all burst into
'i1a parlor on tiptoe. And when the man, in
A'n;1ement, asked them what they meant by
>'icA conduct, they said they we're coming in
quietly so as not to wake the baby. And when
ne blushed and stammered and asked, "What
1Saby? they said his baby, and begged him to
maud the things and began loading him up
"itI soothing syrup and gum rings till he got
mad and ioored one Of the guests with quart
Ioi'lc of paregoric, and held him down until
he explained. And then it was revealed that
II Was all mistake about that little daughter;
.nat no such arrival had taken place at all, but
mat the arrival was false. And then the sur
Prise party was great deal more surprised
Than the man was, and the guests gathered up
INA mat iutant furniture, and tried to pretend to
tHe man that they never thought he had y
daughter, but that they understood he had ac.
c.pted q position as director of 40 orphan