National Republican., 1888-02-19
MARRIED OFF IIAND.
4 Pretty Lass Hastily wed To II Successful
Country Merchant.

Mr. and Mr, Charles Brewer of Eluc Ball,
N.J.. have been spending their honeymoon
in this city. rhcy were hurrcdly married
last sunday night ut lulmingdulc y. j., and
in special to HE Philadelphia Ir,.S the cor
respondent tells this story about them;
Rev. y. j. Wright, pastor of the pretty
little Methodist Episcopal Church in this viii
lagc had read the text uf his regular sunday
evening discourse last night. and had uc-
crpiod ten minute. of the flny-minutc limit,
when II chuhbv-faccd little fellow ran M the
steps Of the pulpit and handed him Il neatly
folded note. Pastor Wright dropped his dis
cuur-" and uoryuu~iy uniolocd the bit of
paper y lac read Simil" spread itself out
pluytullN uyurhis Cuuut"nan"", and evidently
forgetting that the contents of the note were
of a private nature lac resumed his sunday
evening sermon voice and said tO the boy:
TEL them that will come ovcran marry
them aS soon a~ can. Run right along. Tell
them I'm ina hurry. too. Run. sonny, rum
The hoy ran and the pastor took mp the
drprcd stitch i'm his sermon. lie went
right ON the end, said Brother 'liltum tua
I'r~ reporter this morning; "4nd hr was
even more vigorous and longer, if anything
dian usual. He didn't seem To- he in a hurry
tu 90 aud tie the Knot.
Three minutes walk from the church is
the parsonage. liz front Of il, tied to the
hitclingpU,t, were span of high-hcadcd
aud impatient horses heavily hlumkctcd.
Accompanying every stamp of the >tcrd> was
lhc liuklu Of many swccl-tuncd bells, while
millions of tiny flakes of snow dropped
softly down from the overcast sky, decking
the trees and earth as in Il bridal robe. Be
! hind the horses was Il naty little cutter
| 'iu>t big enough iOrtwo' in which in much
/ confusion lay Il handsome WOltSkin robe and
| "a I,tip ,I ptll viI.IN ,Ipr,l Ilupl,.i.
| Within the parsonage. behind cluscly-cur-
! tanned blinds and before Il glowing fire, sat
Miss Mary llcndrrkSun, with one foot upon
the fender while the other HOW and then inn
patiently tapped the blooming rose woven
in the threads of the carpet. Miss Hen
dricksuu is the daughter of the Hon Rulil
| llcndrickSun. who lives It's the people here
/ abuut> say In directing any one thithcr, I'm
/ the large brick house with the four big chin
ueys, on the rght-hand side Of the road and
about half way from Freehold To Blue Ball"
/ "Rulr" IIrudricksun is known in every
| villur" and town IN Monmouth and Ocean
/ Counties rs Il man of means, Il bale fellow,
/ fond ufu good time and bound To have it,.
. Ills daughter is one of the prettcst girs in
all the surrounding county, where pretty
girls abound, ~ all Monmouth men main
/ tain. Near the brdr-to-bc sat Mr.. Charles
/ BrOwcr. the leading merchant of the ancient
hamlet of Blue Ball and postmaster of the
same. \ wcll-tu-du young gentleman Is Mr..
Brewer, and Just the individual To draw n
iirst-rntc prize in the matrimonial lottery, aS
. the sequel proved.
Ahur what seemed an unusually long
time the eatv-lutch lifted and fell back To its
place. \ moment later Pastor Wright cn-
tered the parlor and greeted his guests, rmil'
ing II whole Sprngtimc sunset and ChCcriully
rubbing his hands. Ten minutes later Ii,
was tuCkng II snug fee in his wallet and Mr.
Brewer was tucking his happy bride he
meath the robe and blankets. The horse
were given rein and away flew the newly
we'd, greeted with loud hlIZZaS and Il shower
Of suowball> east 10y the boys of the sunday
school. This morning Mr.. and Mrs BrowcI
lcl Freehold for Washington, d. C., The
Mecca of Jersey brides and grooms.
Meantime the Hon. luiil' llcmdrckSOn l.
sitting in front of the blazing logs in th'
great open fireplace of the large brick hOuS,
with the four big Chimncys,' COgituting. III,
has been surprised but the wrinkles whicl
swiftly chase each other from his forehead
away down 10 his cullar-buttOn have thcil
origin in the merry twinkle of his eyes. ii,
j. not angry. ON the contrary, his mind l.
the seat Of pleasure, and he repeats aloud
"Nonc hut thc brave deserve the fair" Still
hr j. .chummg. And when the young mar
rici couple return from their wedding trl
there will be II mate tu the surprise they gaV,
the ratulnal, such II hullsc-warming rs ha'
not been known in many II day will then b,
known in the large brick house with th,
four big chimmryS, ON the right hand side .
the road, ami about halfway from frcchUlC
tu Blue Bail, in which the youth nn'
beauty, wit and gaNcty of one of the wealth
lest counties in the State will join, an,
Rule will lead the dance.