The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-02-20
CUPID'S VICTIMS.
INTERESTING REVELATIONS OF A
PASTORS MARRIAGE RECORD.
Recollection of Ciergyman-LooIling
Over the Pnec, Of the Record-some
Matohes Sot 5gade in Heaven
Euray Gases.


Cupid is Il ieojlliai fellow. lie wounds
indiscriminaiciy, rs healer Of these
wounds recently proved to youthful
and unmarried reporter who sought OF
him timely fruits Of experience. lie was
Young man, had not been in the bust
ness great many years, but his popular
ity had not only built up around him a
fiOurishing congregation in the Back bay,
but had also made his marriages as numer-
Gus as those of older ministers. He had
married In nine years nearly 800 couples,
and had not altogether found il profit
able business. The impecuniOus entered
the matrimonial bonds far more readily
than those whose pocket-bOoks warranted
Glove in mansion.
1t was a curious thing to look through
a clergyman's record and read the great
variety of occupations with which the
groOms were credited. Among thousand
names there was one bartender. He was
not ashamed of his occupation. Others
thought saloOn-keeper, liquor dealer and
restaurateur more acceptable ways of put
ting it. The bartender, after a few years
of married life got into the courts, and
the clergyman was then called upon to
testify to his being the husband of his
wife.
Looking down the page under the head
Of occupations, the eye saw weaver, miner,
wool-sorter, weathervane-m MAKER trader,
maker, and the thought came that
their respective occupations fitted them
well for the trip into "dOuble life. Then
it seemed odd for a clergyman TO be mar
Tied by another, and notice was taken of
the words author, artist, lawyer, doctor,
carpenter, and journalist, because of their
rarity among the host. Such occupations
as printer, bricklayer, laborer, compositor,
merchant, clerk, waiter, farmer, plumber,
porter, ieweleT, brakeman, paper-hanger,
telegraph operator, were noticeable because
of their frequency. There appeared to be
coachmen who had married without Great
ing breeze of excitement. In running
through the trades the clergyman hesitated
somewhat maliciously at advertising agent
and book agent. and made brief pause at
sea captain, baggage check maker, Cir
cular sawyer, cork cutter, singer, and law
student
"There, he said, "that last one recalls
to me the fact that his bride did not know
she was to be married till she had entered
the room He said he should pay me on
the morrow, but it was several years be-
fore l heard from him, and then he ap-
piled for a certificate. | refused to give
1t until he had paid. He did pay finally.
Even trackmen, actors, heel manufac-
tuners, policemen, medicine dealers. COM
mercial travellers and railroad shifters
seek relaxation, and bring blushing dam
sells to the altar.
" l have sometimes married old women
to young men. and l remember an in
stance in this city. l married an old lady
who had been captivated by young
usher in the theatre She lifted him into
prominence, and provided him with
fortune. He has been going it like Cain
ever since.
1t will be puzzle to the future gene
ologist to depict a distinct American.
why, said the clergyman, Il have mar
ried Italians Portuguese. Cinnamon and
West Indiamen to American girls. The
case Of the Chinaman resulted very hap
PLY. He was a tea merchant in Salem,
and he married an exceedingly handsome
girl He has now two very pretty girls.
have married white women to black
men. There is the case of an English girl
who took one of the blacklist men I've
ever seen. They have happy home, two
children, and seem more than contented.
have married Swedes to Americans and
Greeks to Americans / have married q
paralytic to woman who seemed to love
the man / have married men who have
died q few days afterwards
81 am little shrewder than | used to
be. There was time when / presented a
certificate that cost me 81. so to print, but
look well at the couple before | present
the better kind now. There have been
grooms who have offered me a quarter,
and in scores of instances / have received
only promise to pay. l once received a
81 bill, and this amount was paid by the
bride The highest fee was $25, given
me by perfect stranger. I never marry
minors if l know them to be such, and if
/ have suspicious l always require the con-
sent of the parents
"The last couple / married were both
over so years of age. l have unwittingly
married clippers. l have performed the
marriage ceremony at all hours of the
day except between and o'clock in the
morning There is only one class of peo-
pie who have a specified time, and those
are the ones who have been brought up
under the Church of England. They in
sist that it shall take place during the
forenoon.
81 remember one or two laughable
events in my round of modifying. On
one occasion great gawky fellow at the
completion of the ceremony, in congratu-
1ating the bride, hoped that she would
have. many occasions like this, and an
other, in answer to the question if he
wished to be married, said. OF course,
your reverence; isn't that what l came
here for?'
"Let me conclude with this generally
accepted fact-a respectable marriage fee
is s..
Detecting the Dishonest.