The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-04
A GORGEOUS AFFAIR.
A Way-Up Wedding on the
Bench.


that the deficiency lie atoned for by
overstating something else. 1t il
getting to be so that an event is un.
recognized unless it takes place SUP
town" and to such an extent is this
the case that when Sixth
or Twenty~first warder gets
married he comes to the
interior of the city ito do it. Now,
this (ths system I mean, not the
marrying, &c. } is all wrong, and to
| illustrate my point and make it SO
plain that even resident Of Beaver
could see it, propose here and now
and at sufficient length to parrate
an important event which lately
stirred the chaste though somewhat
lonely precincts of that portion OF
our city where resides lin q tent) the
Mshdi of Salt Lake. It was q we'd
ding, and being invited l got there.
The street cars run to within about
six or eight blocks, more or less, of
the sequestered spot. At the risk
of being accused Of using supelfiu-
Gus language, will state that the
streets were muddy. | boarded the
last car that sailed for that port for
the day and arrived at the end Of the
track on standard time. The COM
ductor then unloa1ed me. and asked
him why the raft or whstever the
floating contriVance was that usu'
ally conveys passengers under such
circumstances did not make more
prompt connections. One Of the
peculiarities Of the average Easts
ender ia that he don't relish having
reflections made upon his part OF
the town, and as the "eXhorter of
the i'm penitent mule" bad on very
heavybOots plunged into theRelles-
pont without waiting for his reply.
The house at which the festivities
were taking place was reached even.
tually, and aftec drying my apparel,
[ was escorted into the parloI. The
company had all assembled, and
the exercises were about to begin.
The bride was wreathed in smiles,
LONELINESS and new dress made
especially for the occasion. TO
know her, however, was not me-
cesssrily to love her, and
the groom, though every inch a
man, would scarcely produce such
an impression as would take ones
breath right away. The couple
stood up and an imported justice OF
the peace pronounced the benedic-
ton, which made those two one for
| the present, but several prosgec
lively. Then came toe cOngratu
lations. Whom it came my
turn, L stepped I'D snd offered
my hand; the bride took as much
Of it as she could in hers and
loosed me fqu arely in the eyes
as though she had done nothing she
was ashamed Of and didn't intend
to. That lock transfxed me, and
the speech which 1 had carefully
arranged and exported to fire at her
in a careless, impromptu manner
departed from my hesd forever. So
! simply ssid-'I wish you much
joy" The expression was somewhat
deficient in the matter of
originality, but it took much
better than any speech I
i ever made before, for the wife.
still clinging nerYously to the sub
urls Of my hand, said Thank you -
and smiled so sWeetly that [ wanted
to kiss her would have done 30. in
fact, if her husband had bean a little
smaller. Then came the presents,
The brides pa pointed with pride to
a new washstub, sack of -four and
q perfect darling of coal
oil lamp, which latter could
not have cost less than S1.75:
the young mans newly. acquired
terror (tbis means his mother-in
law, of cOurse-a j0ke) with an air
of triumph handed over q bill OF
sale for a black~and-tan cow, SAID to
be the author of no less than nine
quarts Of milk per diem, prefacing
The gift with neat little speech, in
which she said: "My children-I
prefer, as you see, to be prac.
teal and give you something
Of every day value, rather than
something snowy from which you
could derive no substantial benefit.
L want Mary (that was the only
part Of the girls old name that was
left over from the marriage cere,
mony) to be good and useful
housewife, not helpless ornament.
She must do her own mixing and
make her own butter. AS further
incentive to usefulness, in
an adjoining room are all
the necessary implements for
utilizing the marvellous pro-
ductfve capacity of the cow-a
milking stool, three milk pans, a
churn and a frkin-and they are
yours also. Take these, and be pros
porous" Then she cried a few
brief drops cit is good part of the
town for moisture, as previously
stately and vanished from the scene.
The brides brother handed in an
order on the Coop. for SO; others
gave different thin gs, and notW ishing
10 be conspicuous for want of gen
erosity, [ then stepped forward and
pressed into the gro0m's hand a sol
emn agreement, On paper, with my
signature ats ched, TO write up the
affair in detail for The HERALD.
This Wss the most touching event
Of the evening.