Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-11-27
WHIMs AT wEDDfNGs.

yOuuS CleTSytudu WTlteS, COutIlo-
utor to APpiefoh's Journal, at the first
wedding he ever had, thought it was a
very good time to impress upon the cou-
pie before him the solenhity of the act
sd"I hope, Dennis, - he. said to the
coacl,man, with his license in his hand,
syou have well considered the, solemn
step in life.''m 70 ames qet 3G9cme.
..'I hope 30 your reverence, answered
Dennis .s1yrf T. sflro4T .rJu
. ''It'sia very important step you're TAX
ing, Mary1" said the minister. 1s .one,,l
eyes, sir, know tits, ,srspEed Mary.
whiimpering;, "Perhaps We had better
wait awhile" s-t.r.s,,,i iii, 20
Perhaps we had, your reverence"
chimed In Dennis sT....--.t =, .,...uar
The minister, hardly expecting such
a personal application Of bis, exhdrta-
ton, and seeing the fye dollar note van
ishing before bis eyes, betook himself TO
more cheerful aspect of the situation,
and said: q ''' '3 -,
eyes, Of course, it's solemn and ilh-
portant, you know, but it's very hap
py time, after all, when people love
each other Shall we 60 on with the
eervice?" - ~. l'.'' 'E1s'1> . DS
i"Yes, your reverencei" they both re-
piled, and they were soon made one IN
the bends of inatrimony, and that young
minister is now very careful How he
brings on the solemn view OF marriage
to .ihid couples ,l5-u sil.uaT /
"A party came to clergyman's house
one evening to be married. Everything
went on harm oniously untilthe woman
came to the word "obey in the service.
Here balky scene ensued. .7a.. 1923
''Never-never!' she said. f"1 did
not know that word was in the service,
and / will never say it?p .~csi aai 40
.Oh, DEAR" demonstrated her partner,
"do not make trouble now. just say
it-say il, even if You don't meauit.
Say it fos my sake-tor your dear Johu's
sake!" ..f .u,.- .a..as. l. 1.H
"Never-never!'' insisted the high
spirited dame. 81 will not say what |
do not mean, aud do not mem to
obey. You must go on, sir, she added
to The clergyman, without that word,
That is impossible madam" replied
the minister. Il cannot marry you un-
less you promise to love, cherish and
obey your husband. i,
"Wont you leave us for little time
together?" interceded the young mah.
81 think can manage her after "a
while"
So the minister went bar& into his
study, and wrote on his sermon for an
hour and half, aud finally, at a quarter
before ten o'clock there ~ '.- 30 ~
"* came tapping
.sr As ofsome one gently rapping." i
And the mild hammered Benedict in
formed tbs parson that at last, after, a
long wrestling OF spirit, his "dear Jane
had consented TO say "obey. lBut-how
that compromise was brought about, mo
one ever knew. f.i- -,r.a1 JZJI
| have often heard this same clergy
man relate how, after a wedding cefe-
mony Oh one occasion, which occurred
in his own parlor, the husband whisper
ed to the brand-new bride. as they ap-
preached the door, "Mary, have you got
any small changes" .2.
The old Swedes' church in Philadel
phia was the famous marrying-ground
for nearly two hundred years to all the
neishborhood and the churches in that
vicinity. The record book of that wen
cradle parish is teemiug with marriages.
There has to be an ''aXtension made to
department in every register. Notes
and memoranda adorn the pages of the
wedding columns explanatory OF the
different couples. One clergyman kept
a list of foreign sailors with wife very
probably in every large porD and runa-
way country-girls whom he had refused
to unite in matrimony because of he's
suspicious, or because OF the latepess.
Colored weddings have always q richly
humorous side. The colored race is a
susceptible, initiative one, and when
they are hne, as at weddings, they are
generally superhne. 5s. .....
A clergyman was called on upon one
occasion to otficiate at colored we'd
ding.
-ii9Sive assure you sah," said the gentle
manly darkey, 'that this yere wedding,
sab, is to be very 'oppropos'-quite ala
mode, sah."
sVery WE'LL" replied the clergyman,
81, will try to do everything in my pow
er to crafty the wishes OF the parties.
~ So; after the diuner and dancing and
supper. was over, the grooms "best
man called again on the ministeriand
left, him a a'ten dollar fee. 90, ~
81 hope everything was as your friends
desired i,7" said the urbane clergyman.
"Well, sab, 10 tell the truth, Mr..
johnson was a little disappointed" an
swered the groomsman. s5 y -
"Why, ! took my robes, said the
clergyman. ...i.g5.1., Sui
"Yes, sah-it wasn't that -.
e. 81 adhered to the rubrics of the
church" d...
."Yes, sab, it wasn't that" -
sasI was punctual, and shook. hands
with the couple. What more could l
do?'
"Well, sab, Mr.. johnson he kind o
felt hurt you see because you didn't sa-
Lufe the bridsT -. zoe II io9aad -
remember friend who in early
days of his ministry, was met by cou-
pie as he. came out Of church, who
wanted to be married. He turned back
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