Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-22
story Of Two Weddings.


mart Of the state Of New York, just verging
upon the Adirondack region. Our people
were mainly simple, home-spun Scotch folk,
and our church belonged to what was known
as the Secedcr persuasion. Many OF the
people talked the Gaelic, and all Of them re
tanned the Covenanter prejudice against
hymn-singing and instrumental music in the
house Of God. On the sabbath the precen-
tor stood in the little stall made for him be-
meath the pulpit, and, tuning book in hand,
led off the psalm, reading every two lines.
Though all the people had books, not all Of
them could read-and those who could would
not have been willing TO see the old ways for
saken, and the reading OF theliue abolished.
A little north of us was colony Of Dutch
folk who had no regular settled minister as
yet, and were dependent on the missionaries
sent out by the Dutch Reformed Church.
These people came sometimes TO our meet
ing, and usually counted on my husband to
attend their bur;als. and perform the mar
riage ceremony at their weddings
The winter of 1929 was very cold, and
the deep snow lay upon the ground from
October until nearly the first of May. One
bright. moonlight, but bitter cold evening.
having finished my days work Of house
keeping, mending and writing letters, and
my husband having finished his work of
sernon.wrting and committing-oh what
a work IL was to write a sermon an hour
long every week, and then commit it to
memory for our old Scotch folk would
not listen to a read sermon; and having
brought in the wood for the night, and fod-
dered the COW, we were sitting by the cheer
full hickory fire, roasting apples and crack
ing nuts, and talking over our affairs, when
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with coid roast TURKEY nhu o'i,0seu, 'n,iio
ana puhlPHin p'es' olo A1Nvs, S.ns', ns,',
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apples ana mus, u'e} Ia,,S s'o',leu "l.,' ~,
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our arrlNai 'heie was i''ie s,it anu oleo'
ing oi space ABOUT ti'e uoor that seParate'
the Kitchen from the siiing.rooln' ana III
brldil party came III. me prlde was youht
ana hau tne prlsnt ruuuy oo''ipi1Aivi p,Is' ~, :
universal wlth the girls on th9ss mus, iNln
actIre' useiul h'es as they a'o' one wa
dressed III some sol, material oi WORST %
ana sliA Tue snort sleeves anu ioui-lno
bodice were uasneu WIN Due anu sue Mo, ',
D,ue saSn' ana oiue lno'ouoo snoes wiz
nlgh heelS, ine glooul Ww slalMM
broad-shonldered young ,enow, me ,i,, IN nom
spun clothes ana orass buttons lhe a.
kee sehoollnasler anu the piinegIooln ~, y,
Ter were gfooiisi'iah anu prluesn'a,u. !,
marriage ceremony was snort ana s'llpl
heh loho"eu iiuch h,ss,s anu ,''ai'
lokes, some not so relharRao,e lor VIII as
certain eoarsehess tna. passeu lot II. oul
per followed, ana great was the mefrline'
wheh 'he prldesinaia dre" .,o rug sna' na
ueen Pu, ~ Tue We1u'ns oaAe A'se' 'u
per ihe taple was cleared as py m"slu ~ ~
elders retlred 10 the slt'ilg-l1ou' anu vi
hostess psd-roohi' wbeie, on .he n.sn,l,o'
oedstead' hung win pIue ehecheu curtain u,