The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-12
WEDDING ANECDOTES.
From APpleton's journal.

terest, he sticks pin in them, or puts
them in alcohol, or labels them, and
then sits down to count his collections,
and see what he has actually gathered.
In the same way we may stick pins in
the various experiences of life, and
thus collect museum of rare speci-
specimens. The present collection of
wedding-anecdotes are specimens of
eccentricities at this trying hour that
have come across the writer's path.
We see plenty of curious epitaphs in
cemeteries; let Us look at some we'd
ding-sccnes us strange rs any of these.
A young clergyman, at the first
wedding he ever had, thought it was a
very good time to impress upon the
couple before him the solemnity-of the
act.
81 hope, Dennis" he said to the
coachman, with his license in his hand,
"you have well considered this solemn
step in life"
Il hope so, your reverence" an
swered Dennis.
"It's a very important step you're
taking, Mary" said the minister.
Yes, sir, know it is" replied
Mary, whimpering. Perhaps we
had better wait awhile"
perhaps we had, your reverence,
chimed in Dennis.
The minister, hardly expecting such
a personal application Of his eXhorta-
ton, and seeing the live-dollar note
vanishing before his eyes, betook him
self to more cheerful aspect of the
situation, and said:
"Yes, of course its solemn and i'm
portant, you know, but its very
happy time, after all, when people
love each other. Shall we 90 on with
the service?"
"Yes, your rivcrcnce,' they both re-
piled, and they were soon made one in
the bonds of matrimony, and that
young minister is now very careful
how he brings on the solemn view of
marriage to timid couples.
A party came to a clergyman's house
one evening to be married. Every
thing went on harmoniously until the
woman came to the word "obcy" in
the service. Here balky scene en-
sued.
"Never-neverl she said. Il
did not know that word was in the
service, and | will never say it,"
ooh, dear" demonstrated her part
ner, "do not make trouble now. just
say it-say it, even if you don't mean
it. Say it for my sake-for your own
dear Johns sake
"Never-never! !" insisted the high
spirited dame. Il will not say what !
do not mean, and | do not mean TO
obey. You must 90 on, sir" she
added, to the clergyman, without
that word"
THAT is impossible, madam" re-
piled the minister. Il cannot marry
you unless you promise 'to love, cher
ish, and obey your husband"
i"Won't you leave us for little
while together?" interccded the young
man. Il think can manage her
after awhile"
$50 the minister went back into his
st}Idy, and wrote on his sermon for an
hour and a half, and finally, at quar-
ter before ten o'clock, there
d" came a tapping
As of some one gently rapping.'
and the mild-mannercd Benedict in
formed the parson that ut last, after .
long wrestling of spirit, his dear
Jane" had consented to say "obcy."
But how that compromise was brought
about, no one ever knew.
| have often heard this same clergy
man relate how, after wcdding-cere-
mony on one occasion, which occurred
in his own parlor, the husband whis-
percd to his bran-new bride, as they
approached the door, Mary, have you
got any small change"
The old Swedes' church in Philadcl-
phia was the, famous marrying-ground
for nearly two hundred years to all the
neighborhood and the churches in that
vicinity. The record-book Of that
venerable parish is teeming with mar
riages. There has to be an "cXten-
sion" made to that department in
every new register. Notes and mem
oranda adorn the pages of the 'wcd-
ding-cOlumns explanatory of the DIFF
fcrent couples. One clergyman kept
a list Of foreign sailors with a wife
very probably in very large porD and
runaway country-girls whom he had
refused to unite in matrimony because
of his suspicious, or because of the
lateness of the hour, or Of the absence
of witnesses. Colored weddings have
always a richly humorous side. The
colored race is a susceptible, initiative
one, and when they are fine, as at we'd
dings, they are generally superfine.
A clergyman was called on upon one
occasion to officiate at a colored wed
ding.
1--WE assure, sah," said the gentle
manly darkey, this ycrc wedding,
sab, is to be very 'appropos'-quitc a
Ia mode, sab"
"Very well" replied the clergyman,
Twill try to do everything in my
power to CRAFTY the wishes Of the
parties"
- after dinner and dancing and
SUPP fng was over, the groom's "best
man " called again on the minister,
and left him ten-dollar fec.
q hope everything was as your
friends desired it?" said the urbanc
clergyman.
"Well, sab; to tell the truth, Mr..
Johnson was a little disappointed" !"
answered the groomsman.
Why, | took my robes" said the
minister.
"Yes, sah--it wasn't that"
Il adhered to the rubrics of the
church"
&" Yes, sah, that was all right"
81 was punctual, and shook hands
with the couple. What more could |
do?"
"Well, sab, Mr.. johnson he kind o
felt hurt, you sec, because you didn't
salute the bride!"
There's nothing like knowing what
to do in sudden emergencies. The
other morning, when man fell over
board from the Fulton ferry steamer,
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