The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-12-22
WEDDING ANECDOTES.

as SSucidi Iul6, IuIuiSIeTS Uuu, on
the principle that "a bird 10 the hand
is worth two in the bush," that it is
always better to take the fee at the
time of the wedding than to wait for
any after,judgment of the matter. A
certain clergyman to this day bears q
grudge against New Jersey because a
Jerseyman, after bis wedding, asked if
i,e should Yuxestxthe tine or settle
when he came ia certificate. The
modest minister said, "Ohl when you
come for the certificate" And that
has never come yet.
There seems to be strange atmos-
phere of mistakes about the wedding
service, and even the printers join in
this. An English edition of the
prayer Book" came out short time
ago, with the following displacement
of single letter: "Wilt thou love,
honor and CHERISH" etc., etc., "and
forsaking all others, keep thee only
unto her as long as ye both shall ike"
"a change from "live" to "like," we'll
suited to the changing habits of the
present matrimonial life. as.1
Another very common mistake
among ignorant people, who chant the
Episcopal service, is in the allitera-
tive sentence: "To have and to hold
from this day forward" I know a
clergyman who assures me he has it
very frequently rendered, "To have
and to behold from this day forward" :"
The nervousness of the parties to be
married very often accounts for some
mistakes. A pretty. well. frightened
groom on one occasion, feeling that he
must be brave and speak up we'll when
the officiating clergyman asked any
question, boldly replied to question
addressed to the father of the bride ::
"Who giveth this woman to be mar
ried to this mani" my sponsors in
baptism! %
Another frightened youth, remem-
SSccsr:ag, in the presence of some beau
tiful bridesmaids, the answer to one of
the questions in the order of baptism,
replied to the question: "Wilt thou
have this woman to be thy welded
wife," II renounce them all, and, by
Gods help, will endeavor not to fol.
low nor be led BY them p
Readers of Thomas Hardy's story,
"Far from the Madding Crowd" will
remember the scene in which Bathshe-
ba, on taking charge of the farm, in
quires how it was that Mrs. Bell ever
consented to name hor son Gain. !"
Joseph Poorgran and the others ex-
plain that the "pore" woman was fus-
tered at the time of the christening,
and got the Bible brothers mixed up
in her mind, and thought at the mo-
ment "as how ie..was Abel what killed
Cain, and not t'other way however,
they tried to soften it down a bit by
calling him 'Cainey." On the same
principle, in England, at wholesale
parish wedding where some dozen
couples we're to be united en- masse on
a Sundays a shy sort OF man got
crowded in the wrong place, next to u
strong, bustling woman, who likewise
missed her man, and, before they knew
it, they were married, as was also the
odd number two. Hereupon the shy
man made SO bold as to tell the min
lister Of the mistake, and, while he
was debating in his own mind what
was to be doue, the old woman ex-
claimed, "Sure, and let it be; isn't it
fair ali round, after all, and isn't one
man as good as the other?" The devil
a bits the difference, says Bridget Nc
Shane l"-AppLetOa's Journal.