The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-09
FUN AT WEDDINGS.
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Some OF the Grotesque Mistakes That Oc-
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mistakes happen IN c06hectionA with
weddings or marriages than I have svei
noticed in connection with any. of my
other work. There are times when
have difficulty in keeping my counte-
nance lsfr6Ight, asnd 0k c0hisk yop
wouldnlF We to Ne laughed az bx tfs
minister Just sas he wassabotit to join
you soleinniy "a wedlock with the lady
you loved. The most trying time ]
ever had was when 1 was young in the
ministry, and when had not such con-
troll over my keen sense of the ludi-
crous as / have since acquired. was
located at Houlton, Me. One day q
couple -drove over from Woodstock,
IN. b., and when they arrived in the
Village began inquffing for minister.
Some of the mischief lowing boys got
hold of them, and took them down to
the market, where they were placed on
exhibition and piled with all sorts of
ridiculous questions, to the great
amusement of the crowd, and without
embarrassment to themselves, for they
were too green to appreciate the joke.
Finally, after everybody had had his fill
of fun, the bride and groom wefe
escorted to my house by few of the
most mischievous of the crowd. 1t was
all / could do to keep from roaring
when they entered, but l felt that 1
must maintain MY dignity, not only for
the sake of the bride and groom, but
because some Of. the young men pres
ent were members of my congregation
and if / yielded to my feelings then
might have difficulty in restraining N.Y.
self when faced them from the pulpit.
The woman was the tallest, most awk-
ward, and most fantastic female ever
saw. She was six feet and two inches
high, and dressed in all the bright
colored toggery she could get on, with
out regard to harmony or style of
make. But one article struck mt. $50
forcibly and was thrust on my atten-
don so prominently that l. forgot all
the other details. She had a hand
which came nearly answering the de-
scription as large as /. q Goldfish, and
these were inclosed in pair Of thick
yarn mittens, which made every finger
look as big as a potato. These gloves
were marvel. They were striped,
red and white, the stripes running
lengthwise the finger, while ON the
back of each hand she had worked, in
coarse yarn, what she thought was
some sort of flower into which she
had wrought every improbable color
that a grotesque Imagination could
picture. The man was a diminutive
half-breed, Indian and French, and he
had no vest or collar on, and his pants
: were held up by lumberman's leather
belt, fastened with an old, rusty iron
buckle. / managed to get through the
ceremony, however, and relieved my
feelings after they had gone.
II remember hashful' fellow who
came to my house with his girl to get
married. He was so bashful that l
pitied him. He was absolutely over
whelmed-paraly2ed, ought to say.
He came into the parlor with his hat
on, and did not remove it once, despite
all the hints that his bride and gave
him. said all the assuring things I
could, and tried to engage him and his
lady in conversation, but he was so
abashed that he could neither answer
nor move. limited that he stand be-
side his lady, but he was so frightened
that he did not understand. Finally,
IN despair, said quietly and privately
to the bride: If you will take your
place beside the groom l will marry
you, and when she approached him it
seemed absolutely to startle him with
new fright.
''One young man, who came ON the
qanna nI,rand NUoc afVstnob with
the moment he entered the house. He
absolutely ignored his bride, while he
wandered about the parlor, scrutiniz-
ing in a wondering way every picture,
every book, ornament, and piece of
furniture in the room. The bride sat
and blushed, while tried to call his
attention to the businessof the moment,
but he kept on, and it was more than
fifteen minutes before could get the
two corraled near enough together to
marry them.
81 married a queer couple once, a
short time before | came to Boston.
The man had just entered upon his pro-
fession, which we will cali that of a
physician, and had determined upon
his place of settlement. The young
lady, a bright, intelligent, weil-edu-
Gated girl, who knew the ways of So
ciety, had made up her mind that she
would marry doctor, and finally she
had brought matters round in quiet,
womanly way to the point of his asking
fol. her hand and heart, and of course
she yielded. The acquaintance had
been astonishingly sbrief. They were
hardly acquainted when was sum-
moned to marry them. He was very
skillful and devoted to his profession,
which he had mastered well for young
man in theory and practice. But he
knew less of the ways of the world and
customs Of social life than any other
man l ever met He was on the point
of starting for his new home the very
next day after the marriage, and, with
the utmost unconcern regarding the
proprieties Of the occasion, had packed
up all'his apparel ready for the journey.
He was stopping at the house of
friend, who, at the last moment, late
in the afternoon, discovered that the
bridegroom did not have a change of
linen to dress with. Hurried consulta-
tons were had, and his hostess, with
woman's readiness for emergencies.
took the measure of his collar and
waist, went down just as the stores