The Indianapolis journal., 1884-08-16

one or two, II their own statements are to be ac
cepted, lave ingeniously constructed the word
'nobey.r The word however has still to be
| formally admitted into the language. There
was one girl, who was being married by very
kindly old clergyman, who absolutely refused to
utter the word obey The minister suggested
that, if she were unwilling to utter the word
aloud, she should whisper it to him; but the
| young lady refused even this kind of compro-
mise Further however, than this the clergy
| man refused to accommodate her; but when he
was forced to dismiss them all without proceed
| ing any further, the reealeitrant young person
consented to "obey.
The difficulty, however, is not always made on
the side of the lady. On one occasion tie bride
groom wished to deliver little oration qualify
ing his vow, and describing in what sense and
to what extent he was using the words of the
formula He was, Of course, given to under
stand that nothing of this kind could be permit
ted. There was one man who accompanied the
formula with sotto voce remarks. which must
nave been exceedingly disagreeable to the officia
ting minister He interpolated remarks after
the fashion of Burehelrs ,Fudgee with this
ring thee we'd that's superstition tsWith
my body / thee worship; that's idola-
try" with all my worldly goods thee en-
dow that's lie" 1t is wonder that such
being was not conducted out of church by the
beadle. This puts one in mind of an anecdote
that is told of a man who in his time was cabi-
net minister There was great discussion on
the question whether man can marry on f300
a year. "All can say said the great man, is
Vlab W6en L SAID, with all my WORLDLY ROO0S
thee endow.' so far from having $500, question
whether, when all my debts were paid, had 300
pence YES my love-" said his wife, but
then you had your splendid intellect 4 didn't
endow you with that, ma'am, sharply retorted
the right honorable husband
When the bridegroom has returned thanks.
after the parsons speech, in these days of femi-
nine oFatory there is sometimes tendency on
the part of the bride to make little speech Of
her own II call you all to witness said
bride within our hearing that have no inten.
ton of obeying' ''Ah, madam" replied Fred
erick Denison Maurice, who was present you
have yet to learn the blessedness of obedience
Some time ago friend Of the writer's offered
a reward of f500 for the discovery Of a marriage
register Of the highest importance in a suit
which he had on hand. A wonderful story was
sent to him of the discovery of the desired entry
in an old register A great snow storm had broken
through the vestry roof, and nearly destroyed
the parish registers it had become necessary to
overhaul them to inspect damages, and the miss
ing entry had been thus almost miraculously
discovered. Fortunately my friend was not
very credulous man, and he went TO great ex-
pense with lawyers and experts to test the value
of the document before paying the f500 1t was
then discovered that the registry was skillful
forgery on the part Of the parson, who found it
necessary to fly the country
The following case was related to me by
bishop Of the Church of England: There was
a man who had officiated as clergyman in
large town for about fifteen years At the lapse
he was an impostor. a new bishop came or the
man went into new diocese; anyhow, the re-
guest came that he would produce his letters of
orders. Letters of orders are rather precious
and remarkable documents; II once lost they
cannot be replaced The acknowledgement
replied, expressing his great regret that in the
course of q removal, the letters had been
hopelessly misaid, but hoped that the length OF
time during which he had served in the diocese
would be considered sufficient voucher. The
bishop wrote back to say that he regretted the
loss of the letters Of orders, and that it would
be quite sufficient if he gave exact dates, which
would enable him to refer to the diocesan reg,
iStry The imposture then became known
It was matter of great anxiety to settle what
had best be done under such circumstances Or
course very large number of marriages had
been performed during these fifteen years, not
one of which was legal The first suggestion
was that an act should be passed making
these marriages legal. There were objections to
this course. 1t was considered that an immense
deal Of pain would be caused by the publication
of the inyalidity of these marriages, and that
peculiar hardship would be done in the case Of
children where one or both Of the parents had
died in the meantime On certain evening
there was solemn discussion between the
bishop of the diocese and the Home Secretary,
the result of which was communication to the
false clergyman that If he left England immedi-
ately and forever, proceedings would not be
taken, but that otherwise he would be prose
cuted
The Poor Journalist andthe Newspaper Man.
Burlington HaNkeye.
II do not see, 2 remarked the journalist, how
/ am going to gst through my work to night /
am wearied, overstrained and exhausted all
ready
And he sank wearily into a chair and essayed
to place his feet upon the table
aYou look tired" said the newspaper man,
looking up from his work, You must not at
tempt to do three mems work every day,
2 A,,1 Vol
that touched the wearied Journalist deeply
ssYou are right, he said; I should not do it,
| but must So much is expected of Ne now; so
many eyes are fixed upon the journal, every
line is scanned with critical intent, every word
We say is weighed, every idea We advance is
discussed Our friends are expecting and de-
nanding much of Us. Our enemies are yigilant
and aggressive. Ineed rest, without it may
| die at this desk, but what can dof ! must res
ally ask you to help me out with the paper to-
II think may be able to help You little,s
| said the newspaper man, hanging handful Of
copy on the hook. i am little busy just now
| on that convention article, and have an APP
| pointment with Governor Sherman and Senator
| Allison this evening, and expect to complete a
| financial article before midnight, IT the tele-
graph matter. doesn't take too much Of my time,
| butt have three columns of editorial already
written, and that. with other articles now under
way, and few editorial paragraphs can make
do for the editorial page and then after i look
over the markets and get up the commercial re-
view for the week, | can do something for You,
What have You to do2"
"IP asked the journalist, holding his throbbing
temples with his hands You may well ask
w hat. have to go down and get the real estate
transfers, and find out what boat goes down the
river tonight
If it wasn't for the assistance be is compelled to
render the journalist a newspaper man wouldn't
have enough to- do to keep him awake.
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DesdemOna's Bed.
Fannie Kemble. in Temple Bar.