The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-27
FAIR MONT.
One Of the Weddings-HOu Fair
mOnters Spent Christmas Knock
Down or rwO-StOre RObbed-At.
fractions OF the Week.


fractions OF the Week.
FAIRMoST, W. VA, Dec. 70, 1871.
Correspondence OF the Register.
We mad the boss wedding Of the year
in town last Saturday night. A party
Of gentlemen were seated st the Cont
mental Hotel, about II o'clock, listenin 2
TO the delicious music that came from
the Town Hall, where number OF the
Davis Guards we're prscticlng Tor their
minstrel performance, which comes OF
on next Thursday night, when sound
OF many horses was heard coming from
the direction of Morgantown. "a
Rebel raid suggested one. Nc, Lee sur.
rendered in 1850. Nv hite Boys Or klu
Klux" SAID another. No, under the benign
influence of Hayes Southern policy,
those things have been disbsnded, ard
since Morton's death they are we'll
nigh forgotten. "Red Men Of WetzeI'
SAID the third. No, since the Csrtright
tGisl they have not been heard Of. By
this time the company oil hoTsemen had
stopped in front of the
Court House os Main street, and OppO-
site the First National Bank, and were
halloOing like fine fellows. On going up
We found the party consisted OF eighteen
males and two females, and that they
had assembled IN McCurdysyilie, Mo
nongalia county, TO witness the marriage
OF Mr.. McBee and Miss Hess, both OF
this county, and while there, - add
more romance TO the occasion, or per-
haps to save the one dollar charged Tor
the license, they started to 60 to Penn
sylyania and have the knot tied accord
ing TO the Laws OF the Keystone State.
1t is only y short distance from where
they started to Pennsylvania. They sll
were perfectly familiar with the coun-
try and it was lovely night, but by
some means they lost their way, and
when they found themselves they were
in RiversyiIle, in this county, four miles
below here on the river, fully eight miles
from their place OF starting. This little
obstacle did not dsunt their spir-
its, but they concluded to come
to this place, procure the coveted
papers, and get married IN the regular
way and on reaching town stopped tor
that purpose. MIR. Sands, the cashier,
concluded that IL WAS raid on the snk,
and he and mis- guards were quickly TO
the front and armed to the teeth. AS
both OF the contracting parties Were
free whites and twenty-one,' the license
WAS procured without any difficulty
The party then dlsmounted and re-
pared TO the Continental Hotel when the
services Of Rev. Gibbons were secured.
On arriving il the psrlor it Was discovered
that the groom was not properly attired
he did not have on his winding coat, snd
in the presence OF the minister and the
company present his friends stripped him
of his coat and vest and arraycd him IN
his Sunday best. As soon as this was done
the groom signlhcd MS redlncss by say
ing, Bring on your preacher" Mr..
Gibbens arose and the groom told hlm to
"Give us the longest marriage you've got.
ThereupoL the minister began the
Episcopal marriage service, with rs
much dignity ss ne was able
to command, and it required MI
effort to be dignited on that
occasion. The groom experienced gres'
difficulty IN repeating parts OF the cere'
mony. His lips and tongue seemed &c
be too thick, caused, | suppose, by rid
ing In the wind.
Turning to the bride the minister said
"Marla, wilt thou,
"Her name is not Maria, sad one OF
the party.
al stand corrected, said the minister
No further interruption was had until
it came TO getting from her the most Im
portAnt promise OF her lite, namely,
wilt thou take this man 70 be thy wed
ded nus zband," &c Hepaused for reply
You are right she will, said one.
That's what she come tor, said an
other.
In the midst of it all, the bride slowly
answered, 81 Will H.
The only thing that seemecd to affect
the party at aIl WIS the repeating OF the
Lords PRAYER at the close Of me cere-
mony. THIS made them think they were
in meetin', and they exhibited some rev.
erence.
What s..your biIl?" asked the groom a:
soon as the ceremony was over.
Nothing" said the minister
"Here's dollar and hal" generously
said the groom.
"Have you anything to say TO all this
Brother LaughtonH' asked enc OF the
party TO his COmrsd".
The party, tired, hungry and happy
then went 10 ShUrtlet's saloon, where
they were well filed. About midnight
they started home, well satisfied with
their nights experience.
how We SPENT CHRISTMAS.
To use the boys expression we have
had a dry Christmas Notwithstanding ng
the fact that We have no license, there
seemed t. be abundance of whisky, shd
from the number oil knock downs report
ed It nus. have been the GO home snd
strike your mother brand. Seversl OF
the churches nsd their usual Christmas
Tree on Monday evening, which afforded
no little amusement tor the little folks
Later 10 the night some youths, whose
names are now and will ever remain uu'
known, conceived the idea O! ringing
the court. house bel sll night, and, not
feeling very well themselves, they by
some mesns got COW up m the beifry
and fastened her % the rope, sad
in her frantic efforts to escape me rung
the bell TO the full satisfaction Of the
bows. and the utter Giscomtiture ot the
more sleepy headed citizens Where
were the officers, DO you say Echo
answers, where2 Some rougns threw
several stones through the wincow Of The
Newport Church, while the Sunday
School was holding It's Christmas services
No arrests have been made ~ yet.
The most important
KNOCK DOwE
took place between Jim Cssteel'
AM Bill Bsrthelsw, near the raj
roa. bridge on Christmas morning
1t seems they had been quarrellng si
morning, and it ended by Cssteele striE'
ing Bsrthelow on the head with q brick
knocking him ssnseless, and ne re,
msined unconscious for sOUe time. The