Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-29

bright, fair young girls sacrifice all
their youth and beauty and buoyancy
of spirits, pass voluntarily within the
pale foa blighted womanhood.
Getting Married in England.
a London letter to TIE Hartford
Times says: Getting married being SO
much more pleasant an operation than
being either born or buried, I have re-
served my notes on this subject for a
climax. To. begin with + think it
would be safe to say that no woman
was ever welded in England, or would
ever think of being, without a ring.
This emblem on the third finger Of the
left hand is the universal badge OF the
connubial state, and the absence of it
the universal sign Of single blessed
ness. A lady who has been twice mar
ried will usually wear both wedding
rings. Married American ladies who
come over hero minus this outward
mark Of their relation, are often looked
upon by English matrons with s,1s-
picion. ~. - -.
Another remarkable thing about
English marriages is that they are
nearly all celebrated in some place
of worship and nearly al, too, be-
fore Il o'clock OF the day. To get mar
ried at any hour, and in any other
place than in 3 church or chapel, or at
the REGISTERS office, special license,
costing $3.50, must he procured, An
ordinary license, which confers only the
privilege OF getting married without q
previous publication Of the "banns,"
costs 800. AS matter of course this
expensive method Of getting splioed is a
luxury left to the enjoyment Of the rich
and few, the many going through the
ordinary process of having the >banns
announced. This is done by the clergy
man who declares, in making his notices
at the morning service, that so and SO,
and so and 50 are about to become hus-
band and wife, winding up by calling
upon anyone who may know Of any law
full impeachment TO the union to declare
the same or forever thereafter hold his
peace. ,.. 81, ..f%sstt 81. !" St:*f.
The banns must be published thus on
three successive Sundays, Then the
wedding can take place. In the case of
dissen ters who purpose being married
in their chapel, the names, ages, resi-
dence, occupations, etc, Of the parties
must be exhibited for three weeks at
the office of the register for the district
and to make the chapel marriage valid
the register must be present at the GER
emony. Considering that nothing of
the kind is required at church weddings,
this is great injustice to dissenters, and
doubtless it will soon be done away
with. The register is competent to tie
the knot himself, and is the only per
son, ontside of the ministry, who enjoys
this privilege. ss...
7 In wishing the couple good luck, the
old custom still prevails OF throwing q
slipper or old shoe after them when on
the way to the chur ch-this, however,
being varied in some places by strewing
rice before them. TITS nothing unusual
for protests to be made when the banns
are published. The objection is made
in public, and the clergyman hears the
statement OF cause in the vestry at the
close Of the service Most frequently it
is the parents who object, but occasion
ally cases of a different kind occur.
AT a church near Manchester, o few
Sundays ago, the banns Of marriage
were. being published for the third
time Of asking y When gentlemen
arose in a conspicuous part Of the con-
gregation md said, according to- the
usual form, II forbid the banns." Sub
sequently it TRANSFERRED Chat the man
who had been asked was eighty-two=
years Of age. The woman, who was
forty-fye, had recently nursed him
through an illness, and had ordered the
publication of the banns without his
ctnsent, her object in thus attempting
to force him into matrinnony peing 10
get. possession Of the Old gentle
property. The wedding I need scarce.
II add, did not come off. II .5s II.
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A contributor to ongman's Maya
zine is disposed to the opinion that old
stories Of long distance shoe citing with
bow and arrow were told BY persons
who drew a long bow III their own. inns
aginations. He writes: & n owadays s
imagine that 400 yards IS beyond the
power Of man compass. { have but
seldom tried my hand at flight -shoo citing,
but with Light fig BIZ arrows and bow
pulling sixtY-tWo pounds II shot 2s6
yards last April. The air was nearly
calm, and there was but three or four
yards difference ia slooting up and
down. With ID little practice I fancy
that Icould reach 300 yards. There