Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-25

DelnH SuppOSeu 10 Ue speCiuiy uhuet .uO
influence of malignant spirits delight
ing in domestic discord. The girls
are all stark naught that wed in May,
is the verdict of one old saw; another
declares ir5 .anr r,5ar
From the marriages in May,
@ All the BARNS die and decay.
A third pronounces, Who marries
between the sickle and the scythe will
never thrive" while poet, compliment
ing the moath at the expense of what
should be the ruling passion in marriage
minded folks, sings:
May never was the month of Love,
For May is full Of flowers;
But rather April. wet by kind.
For Love is full Of showers
Ia times gone by, candidates for con.
nubiality in England were obliged to
study times and seasons. The church
would not allow them 10 marry just when
they felt inclined. Marriage, says the
register of Norton, comes in on the 18th
of January, and at Septuagesima Sun
day it is out again until Low Sunday, at
which time it comes in again, and goes
not out till Rogation Sunday; thence it
is forbidden until Trinity Sunday; from
thence it is unforbidden till Advent Sun
day, and comes not in again until the
18th of January" That those concerned
might better remember the rules, some
body put them in rhyme running thus;
Advent marriage doth deny,
But Hilary gives thee liberty;
Septuagesima says thee nay;
Eight days from Easter says you may;
RnOntiou bids thee 10 contain.
But Trinity sets thee free again.
Young ladies should abstain from lis
tening to any one whose surname begins
with the same letter IS their own
To change the name and not the letter,
Is a change for the worse, and not for the bet
ter.
and they would do we'll to take the pre-
caution of placing their initials in con-
junction with those of any admirer they
incline to favor, and ask, like Malvolio:
What should that alphabetical position
portend2" for it, Of the united initials,
any word can be formed, they may be
certain the owners of them will never be
happy together
1t is an unhappy omen for wedding
to be put off when the day has once been
fixed In Sweden it is believed much
harm will ensue if bridegroom stands
at the junction of crossroads, or beside
a closed gate, upon his wedding morn.
1t is bad sign If the bride fails to shed
tears on the happy day, or if she in
dulges herself by taking last admirlng
glance at the looking glass after her
toilet is completed; but she may crafty
her vanity without danger if she leaves
one hand ungloved until beyond tempta-
ton. To meet priest, dog, cat, lizard,
or serpent on the way to church-to look
back, or to mount many steps before
gaining the church door, are alike omin.
GUS Of future uDhappiness, and accord
ing to north-country notions, tits courted
misfortune to marry in green, or while
there is an open grave in the church
yard, or to 90 in at one door and out at
another. The weather, too, has a good
or bad influence upon affairs; happy is
the bride the sun shines on, and of course
the converse is equally true. Chamber
lain, writing to bis friend Charleton in
1904, tells him how the wedding of their
mutual acquaintance, Mr.. Winwood, was
celebrated to an accompaniment of
thunder. lightning and rain that was
ominous enough to have startled a su-
perstitious man, which, luckily, Win.
wood was not; so he turned all to the
best" like a loving groom and wise
man. Evil potents may scare the happy
pair even after the knot has been tied.
when the bridesmaids undress the
bride" says Mission describing the mar
riage merriments Of England, they must
throw away aud lose all the pins. Woe
10 the bride II n single one be left about