Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-22
ACLERICAL JOKE.
Married A Mother and Her Son---But IL
was all Regular.
Nou York Clipper.

New York Clipper.
In frankfort a great manufacturing SUI
burb in the northeastern part OF Quaker
CITY, there resides parson widely known
and deseryedly popular as we'll as his own
among the brethren, ct celera of other de-
nominations. An earnest practical be-
lever in the Gospel truths, he just as ear,
nestly believes in and practices the use of
his risible faculties; in precept and ex ample
as per commandment, commencing the
exercise Of the same unto others, yet in
moderation, ond 50 at not to give offense
to weak brother" as st. Paul sayeth.
Ore pleasant evening last summer, our
brother, on returning hone, near 10
O. clock, found his wife ssand select few o.
both sexss enjoying lunch ofpeaches and
cream. There was merry twinkle in his
eyes, "a after greeting the guests, he
placed two crisp new VS. in the hands OF
his spouse, with the remark:
" A fee for marriages l celebrated this
evening""
"Ah. indeed Who were the happy
coupler askei the matrOn, not noticing
the plural form of the word used by her
husband, gazing admirably upon the
notes and mentally invoking the usual
blessings upon the donors.
A mother and her son." gravely re-
piled the minister, eds
"a what" almest yelled the lady ferc. :
~ clutching the cash, as if she already felt
it slipning through her fingers. s. Is this a
joke, John, or do you really mean what
yor say ....-. .-.-.
"Imean that this night performed the
marriage ceremony for mother and her
son." al swered the parson, with smile
which was all unn oticed amid the general
horror his reply evoked. ~ ! L.
IS It's n shameful. mnnstrous inqiuity a
crime against thelsws God and man, and
YOU II go to the penitenti ry or be hungP
HISTORICALLY moar ed Miss Annie Osborne,
II maiden VIII Dse age has not been correctly
furnished the cen- US TAX ers for at least two
decad4s.
"Oh, Johnl you've ruined yourself and
US. ard cast disgrace and shame upon the
Lords cause sobbed the weeping " ife as
she realized the awful chara ter of the
supposed crime, confused ideas of another
gBOulish church S 'andal. well IS q :
di' ial trial and an inevitable condeD nation
lifelong imprisonment, or perhaps-oh
dreadful thought!-the scatfold and the
kallOws with may others of like dire
import, passed before her montal vision, as
she uncunsciously secured the fee" wherr
only john might dare to seek for it.
And there came over that SO lately hap
ny and innOcently merry circle chill, rs
| If in the presence ola horror-indefnab bile.
but terrible in its nature-that oongealed
| the blood and paraly Zed the facul les. One
by one but arctl knowing it, the gues t.
arose and grouped t. gether at the opposite
side Of The room, gazing at each other from
pallied faces, ano 81 eng the parsOn- once
50 belOved-as if the EN- bodiment of an evil
to exp ess whose meme lsr guage could
frame no adequate word. Even the good
wife checked he tears and gazad upon her
ord IS did the rest. The minister M
s-lf began to LOOK uncomfortable, when a
well-known editor ofthe ex-b rough broke
the I'm mentarily) oppressive silence
larson said he, I'm afraid you'v We
put your foot into it; unless, as | begin to
suspect, but can not exactly perceive,
there's something CT old Joe's-Miller, y GU
know in your story of this singular and
most Grim nal marriage"
- Let me explain btr. h, said the pas
tor "Firstly, l sed the word, marriage
in the Mural. rs | thought you at least
would see. Secondly. your frierd W
Ga widower beyond fifty and Mrs. B
{ 4 widow, balfA decade youneerD and
that lady's son and NJ lss W--were joined
in wefiock by me, on ceremony suffi, ing
for both couples-mark the plural Do you
see?' ....
air K--saw, but condemned his edi-
torial vlsuals for not sooner detecting that
little -" The elegantly engraved prom
! ISIS f the Second NationaW were again
produced and admired, and fina ly deposit,
| ed III thelr proper receptacle, which, let u,
nope vii last long ami receive many fees
| yea verify, even certified the worthy dame
and her friends upon the occasion of tn,
marriage Of :" A Mother and Her son."