The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-12
NINETY -FOUR AND EIGHTY.
now TIE PROPOSED MARRTAGE or AN
AGED COUPLE rs HINDERED.
A Hale Jerseymsn or %. Who Comes from
Family OF Centenarians. Unable TO Get -
Minister to Marry Him TO u Widow of 40.

Minister TO Marry Him TO widow Of 80
A great deal OF the current talk in New
Brunswick. N. j.. IL about Mr.. Oliver 7. Dunn
agod "a years, and Mrs. Elizabeth Way. aged
49, who dcsiro TO be joined in marriage. The
only hndranoc Ia the refusal Of clergymcn to
perform tho ceremony Mr. Dunn ia wonder
fully hale for his age. He Is tall. straight. and
handsome. His walk is quick and elastic. He
is tho oldest man in the city. and nobody is bot
ter known to the people. In his early manhood
ho was a cabinet maker. Then he was an OK
tensive dealer In furniture. His last business
was that OF manufacturing varnish. or late he
has boen unemployed. He has long boon a
member OF the First Baptist Church and Is
highly esteemed by the brethren and sisters OF
that congregation. His son-in-law is tho Rev.
Mr.. See. OF the Baptist Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions. He belongs to n long lived family. One
OF his sisters survived until her 10Th year. and
other near relatives almost became centonari-
ans He has been widowor for about ton
years.
1t was about year ago that Mr.. Dunn began
to be noticeably attentive to Mrs. Way. who is a
widow. She belongs to the same church. and
Mr. Dunn got into the habit OF accompanying
hnr home from meet, meetings. ic prayed Tor her in
soon. apparently. became those Of n suitor.
His courtship was. in consequence Of the OK.
recently he convinced his acquaintance TINT he
was in w earnest by ayeIring that he and the
r%sS MS s aSS sr s @ She
for yodlock. and few days ago hey were, all
they would DO married by Baptist Clergyman.
and naturally their choice was their pastor, the
oflicae but the minister Declined to " do so.
Then Mr.. Dunn consulted with the Rov. A. Il.
Waffle and the Roy. Grccnlcaf 7. Webb. who are
the only other Baptist clergymen in tho city.
but they would not perform the rito. Mr.. Dunn
was surprised by this opposition to the pro.
posed marriage, and somewhat indignant; but
he regards religious ceremony NJ essential to
proper mntrimony. and refuses to be aided by a
magistrate. Ho Is avcrse 70 being married hy
anybody except Il Baptist clergyman; II is said,
however. that he did apply to several pastors Of
other ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS but INA, the matter hay hay;
ing become . subject 81 gossip they avoided
MIR Dunn. was not in New Brunswick ycster-
lay ana Mrs. VA, Way wa, was n9t to be found
only under the reporters promise not to use
hi- name. said that tho narrative that was in
terrogidively put 10 him-the same that Is given
alnyo-was correct in every particular
do not wish 70 gei into controversy with
thin, he ought to have performed tho cerc-
mony; but certainly sec no good reason for
refusing Brother Dunn Is ninety-four years
old, 90 be sure. hut lie il rs vigorous. mentally
AMI physieally. as good many men thirty years
younger. sister Way Is a Kind of a charge Of
our chur we help her peouniarily- but that
IL no imIcdiment that know Of understand
that the real opposition comes from Brother
Dunn's relatives. who think that no If too old to
What does Mr.. Dunn himself say about it ?"
the reporter nskcd.
Brother Dunn feels cri,vcd was the an
sw'r. he SAWS that he is in better health than
his sister was at the same agc-the one that
lived 10 BE- 10y. with probability Of ten years
more of life. he thinks that there is nothing out
of ~" way IN his taking another wife. He says
il ISN'T M though he had selected a woman Of
one-third his own age. as one Of our est remei
% tl.tft n fllfIf "a
II GRE would. he comedies. be- ground Tor criti-
c.~m; but he cant SOC any in-ongruity in his
match with the widow Way
What il i" going to dor
Veil. don't know. II isn't likely that he
nIli ~ i'l'ii ~" nov uii'S7 w CPD -ll N Oh
ms intimate friends IN the church should be r.
moved. guess he Will be controlled by thom
The widow. too. II under the entire control Of
them"
The Rev. Grccnlcaf F. Webb is himself over
cighty-sevcn years old and he retains remark.
able Nigor He has retired from active minis
nv. hut remains one Of the most respected Of
New brunswick : gcrgymen.
About brother bunns proposed marriage"
thing that is to b. published"
Il il true that he asked you and several
other cergymen to perform the ceremony. ana
that you and they refused 2"
He may have asked only one. for all that
know positively
And you were thAt one?"
, " ell. II isn't wise - discuss the subject
Brother Dunn IT, astonishingly VOL pr served
for man OF nincty-iour. lut OF course h. suf-
icr~-as all very old men dO-a general giving
way 81 his pow rs. lie Is one of the best-known
men IN the CITY, and the matter IF his marriage
whatever the amount ot the fire may be-has
maig great smoke. | have known him init
.uaiely Tor many. many years. and have thc
highest ioN" AMI respect for him."
10 YOU thlnk he VIII marry the ladyf'
No, ] think It will blow over"
The venerable clergy man did not deny any Of
the particulars above narrated. but declined TO
add ANYTHING To them.
Pastor Smith. of the First Baptist Church was
relwnt. He said that a paragraph In the New
Brunswick Tuners, which did not give any
names. had incitcd public curiosity on tho sub
lcct and that Mr.. Dunn. being known to every
BODY IN the city, a vast amount OF talk was done
on the topic. lie thought il could safely he sci
down that Mr., Dunn and Mrs. Way would hot
he married. He would not say whether hc had
refused 10 perform the ceremony.
one of the rumOrs In New Brunswick ye-ter-
day was that the aged pair had been married In
Halfway. but undoubtedly II was false.