Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
HUMORs or HYmEN.

From Appleton's journal.

"
\ When the collector of rare and cti-
rious specimens pfinsects, md flow
crs, and minerals, finds new objects
of interest, he sticks pin i'm them,
or puts them in alcohol. or labels
them, and then sits down to count his
collections, and see what he has actu-
ally gathered, In the same way we
may stick pins in the various expcr-
fences of life, and thus collect a mu-
scum of rare 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 Gu
rious epitaphs in cemeteries; let us
look at some wedding scenes MS
strange as any of these. ssset
A Young clergyman al the first
wedding he ever had, gthoughtiit was
a Very good time to impress upon the
couple before him the soleinnity of
the act. sp ga-.g.& l,ss5 w g
Il hope. Dennis" he said to the
coachman. with his license in his
hand. "yon have well considered this
solemn step, in life. M IS f.ts.is
81 hope SO, your reverence. an
swcrcd Dennis.
Ills a very important step you are
taking, Mary. replied the minister.
aYes, sir. know it, replied Mary,
whimpering. Perhaps We had bet
ter wait awhile" 7agr, N.Y. ~
perhaps we had better, Your riy-
crence." chimed i'm Dennis. n, s..ss
The minister, hardly expecting such
a personal application of his cxhortar
ton, and seeing the So note vanishing
before his eyes, betook himself 10 a
more cheerful aspect Of the, situation.
and said:l 4 @s7t PIX
'.Yes, of course it's solemn aud inn
portant, you know. but its very
happy time, SITTER all. when people
love each other. Shall. we go on with
the seryice?''
sYes, your riverence,' they both
replied. 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 the marriage to timid coup
les. .4 ,1s .s5i.s,a 81 n
A party came 10 Clergyman
house one evening TO be married
Everything, went on harmonionsly
until the woman came 10 the word
obey in the service. Here 4 balEs
scene ensued. ~ .y ,fs,,,s s
"Never--neyer?@ said she. g j die
not know that word was in The ser.
vice, and l will neverrsay it =
+ ooh, dear demonstrated her part.
ner, lido not make trouble now. JUS
say it--say il even if1you don't meal
lit. Say it for my sake--for yonl
dear Johns sake !"
f sNever--nevcr .sTinsistcd The high
| spirited dame. II will not say wha
isdo not mean, and 4 do not mean IL
obey. You must go on, sir" she add
ed, TO the Clergyman, .withont tina
word. fatt.ft.g .9s.lssf ....s -
s'That is Impossible, madam" re
piled the minister. II cannot marry
you unless yon promise to love, cher
/ ish and obey your husband. qs s5.s
Wont you leave us a little Will,
together" interrupted the youn.
man. 81 think ] can managc he
after WHILE s. sg
So the minister went back into hi
study and wrote, on his sermon for III
bhonr and half, and finally, al ]
quarter before, 10 O'Clock there 81.
4 .e8 1884,. came tapping 5-4s..gs :
As some one gently rapping,''
and the mild hammered benedict i'll
formed the parson that at last, after !
long wrestling Of spirit, his idea
Jane consented to say fsobey.
But how that compromise. wa
brought about no one ever knew.
! have often heard this, same cler
gyman relate how, after a weddin,
ceremony, which occurred in his owl
parlor. the husband whispered to hi
brand-ncw bride as they approache,
the door, "Mary, have you got an,
small change 49,
| The old SWede church in Phila
delphia was the famous marryin
ground for nearly POO years for al
the ncighborhood and thca hurches il
that vicinity. The record book o
that venerable parish is tccming wit
marriages. There has to be an extern
sion" made to that department. il
every new register. Notes and mem
oranda adorn the pages of the "wed
ding columns" explanatory of tn
different couples. One. clergyman
kept list Of foreign sailors with
wife very probably in every larg
\ pprt1 and runaway ...,aarr - girl
d whom he had refused to unite il
matrimOny because of his suspicion:
or because of the laiencss of the hou,
or ofthc absence of witnesses. Col
ored weddings have always ricl
humorous side. The colorcd race j
ia susceptible, initiative one, an,
when they are. fine, as al weddings
they are generally supertinc.
/ A clergyman was called on npol
\ one occasion TO ofllciate at Il coloret
wedding. 4
Il 1--WE assure you, sab. said the gen
tlemanly darkey, shat this yere wed
ping, sab, is to be very apropos''--
quite a la mode. sir"
i ".Very WELL replied the clergy
man, 81 will Try to do everything ii
my power to crafty the wishes ofth,
4 parties. -
4 So after the. dinner, and dancing
and supper was oyer, the groom
4 chest man" called again on the minis
/! Ter and left him ten dollar fee.
II hope everything was as YOU
friends desired it," said the urban,
Clergyman. - ~ XIX
"Wcll, sab, TO tell the truth, Mr.
johnson was little disappointed,
answered the groomsinan.
"Why, took my robes" said tn
minister. %sf,5.= g5,Y
\ .'Yes, sah--it wasn't that
1 Il adhered 10 The rnbrlcs Of TIN
! church. 80 '' =. s. =.
aYes, sab, that was all right !, 8. .
4 II was punctual. and shook hand
/ with the couple. What more could
i do 7" IS ~ $3.50
! "Well, sab, Mr.. johnson has kint
O. felt hurt, you see, because .yo,
didn't salute the BRIDE =.
i I rcmcmher q friend, Who, In tn,
early days of his ministry, was me
by q couple as he caine out Of church
who wanted to be, married, III
i turned back 10 abligp the party
and found at the last that they made
mp their minds to drive off ii thei
buggy to some other church.
"Blt may ask he inquired Of tn,
first man, "why yon first ask me Il
4 marry YOU, and then change YOU
mind in this way?' s
! No answer came from the groom
{ but the Young woman, lifting up thu
back curtain of the buggy called out
swell, y9n see. ] hadn't got y goot
look at the minister afore,. aud, I.
tell the truth, you're so young and in
npccnt like, that ! am Kind of fecrc,
4 you won't marry us right; and s,
I'd rather trnst myself to some on
who's done it a good many times, AM
is sure he knows how l.F
/ a London doctor has discovere,