The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1878-01-17
How . Young Lady Unwittinely Be
came Q Wiis...Her Husbands
0mer.

Mr.. snd Mrs. David Mannering.
who live nt Lorimer and Jack.oo
streets, Williamsburg. bsve an only
daughter, Clsra. Sho 10 bruaet'e.
seventeen years old, with bright black
eyes and dark curling hair thu, a,ws
ia waves over her slight figure. She
returned but few weeks ago from
Orange county. N Y, whore she
has been makiog q long witt. Sum
,ims since Mrs M,nncriD9. wh,Is
l,oking over the contents Of her
daus shtcrs trunk, which had not Yet
been unp,cked, disc,verei . scroll
OF parchment. richiy engraved and
ornamentrd, and held together by "a
blue ribbon. tied in u true love knm.
She opened sni real q c"iti6o,'. by
the Rev. Wm. II. Williams. 81 Union.
vile, Orange county, setting 10th
that John Brundasc anil Clara Man
n'ring were married au tho 25,h Of
August, 1877. Hsr'ily able to hes
lisve her eyes. Mrs. Mauueriny ques-
TONED ber dsushter.
With some bushes Clara explain.
ed that when two or three people
came together 10 the Catskilis, the
tsvorile mode Of amusement ID tn.
performances Of = M ok ma iriaRe.
On tho evening ot ths ab .vo date
she bad attended u party given Vt
the house Of " young farmer named
Brundags. Il WAS proposed tina,
sns aud the host. 10 accordancs With
the customs Of the country. should
plsv NJ being marrlcd. Accordingly
"ho s,ood up with Mr. Brun,isgo he-
ioro one Oi the guests. who vvlun-
tesred to play ,hs part OF tn, clergy =
man, snd the pair wers pronounced
man aud wif-. Hardly had the
words, Whom God hath joined to-
Eeiher, lot No man put asuuder,
oesn prouOunced when Brundage.
declaring that tho ma'risgo wa. y
real aud not u sham. claimed her u,
b's vile. The suppose bogsI cIcr-
~ u'an, no SAID, was q miu,ster Vi
'ns Metho list Episc,p,l church aud
Tie g rempuy no tad performed couli
not BE- nulI'ivd save Oy divorces obs
tanned bv due process oi law. All this
Was dono in n joking way, however.
and not even when sbs got the Ger
t &c ,te OF the cer"mpny did Clara re-
llizs that tho affair was not u hoax.
She bronght the certificate hone with
her a. n memorial Of the mock mar
ria.e, but, 50 she sail, had forgotten
there was such q thing 10 existence
when her Motncr bronght it to light
Clsrs's story cau>ei Mrs. Manner.
ing great pur'urba 10" of mind Sa.
thought her daughters yo.tn hai
bcen taken atvaotaae of, aud thu,
.hs wa- pe,hap. b,uni for Ito to
-oln, undesirable aud insligabls per-
sou. Anxious to know whe,h'r the
pretended marriage WAS valid, -h,
consulted with ons II tho CLERKS in
the Br"klyn cry court, whom she
mistook for the idsr, aud wa- told
u her horror Ihnt the certificate sct
iorth u legal marriage.
She immediately wrote to Mr..
Brlndase. and received 10 reply an
agreement TO aonui the marriage il
it proved dis' ast,ful To Ter. H. was
ready, Mr.. Bruni,ge ssit, to oon>ld.
er the ceremony OF the 25th OF Au.
gust real Or q shan as tho briie'- pa
rents determined. Hs l,vod G ara,
aud wanted her 10 live with bin as
his wife. but wonli not take nivau,.
aye Of the supposed joke unless size
wished to have ii So. A. tho PR.
ccshlngs AMI expense necessary I"
Dissolve iha marriage be would tax.
upnn himself 10 case Clara dill nO'
care to continue to bo Mrs, Brand.
aye. Though inqriry offriends Iiv-
ing in Unionville, Mira. M,nneriag
learned that Mr. Brun.isgs was we II
III, possessing . good farm snd bs-
sides being heir TO considerable prop.
cry. Ha was she was iuformsd. u
wo.t delightful match, sud bs'
daughter might 60 iar,hsr sud fare
" orsc.
Such VIA the story told by Mrs.
Msnnering tos SuS reparter. Clara
or. tn give her right name, Mrs. Bruins
dsge, sat by and ii-tcoed
I'd jus, a. lief il wonld no u aesl
marriage, shs ssid, shaking her carls
Mrs ManncrinR did not srem T.,
have formed any plans tor tho future
b. undsge hus not yet visited hi.
bride at her home, aud there seom,
TO be no hurry about coming 70 de.
cision. Clara, she continued, WI,
yet 10" vOnus 10 think 0f nsrsiags
but il Mr.. Brundage would wait twr
or three years before b. claims hel
she might mako no opposition -
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