The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-01-31
HOW AN ATLANTA MINISTER GOT OUT
OF A TIGHT FIX.

Rev, j. w. Lee told a story in the pres
ence of a number of fellow Ministers the
other day which was almost wonderful
This is story" said DIR. Lee, "show-
ing what peculiar condolences viii nap
pen In the life Of everybody. 1t SOUNDS
pretty big, but it il story OF my own
personal experience, and every bit OF 1t
10 true.
zone day, some time ago, gentle
man met me and told me that on next
Friday. at a, 80 O'Clock, he wanted me to
perform a marriage ceremony, uniting
ais daughter to certain young man. |
promised to do 80, of course, and he said
that precisely at 30 O'Clock on FRIDAY
A carriage would be at my house to carry
me TO the house where the ceremony
was to be performed. This was early IN
The week several days at least before the
day for the marriage. Something OF
uher, | don't remember what, occurred
to drive all remembrance of the thing
out of my mind, and forgot, absolutely
and entirely, the appointment
The wedding was TO take place, as
now remembeie |, on Friday. On Friday
morning, two young men, one OF whoh
[ knew, called at my home and toll mt
hat they wanted ms to perform MARI
age ceremony, the young man who wa
with my friend being the groom. They
cold me that the marriage would occul
precisely at 4,30 o'clock as they wanted
to catch a train, and said that at u
o'clock there would be a carriage wait
ing for me at my door. ..
II got ready to fill the appointment
At precisely 4, 80 o'clock a carriage drovt
= lup. In it were loo Young men VINO sal!
tbey had come to take me to the wed
ding. j lmped / '.snd we drove off, W he'
[ got IN | did not notice either ot IN
Young men particularly, but after Tldin!
block or two, asked, Where IL Jones!
giving the name of the friend who calle'
in the morning to ask me to perform tn
! ceremony.
"JonesT they asked, looking at on
another, who il hep We'll, where
, the young man who is to be marriedt
asked given his name. They did nc
= know him either.
"Tben they reminded me OF my mrs
i engagement-the one had 80 compielI
+ ly forgot ton-and, Of course, the whol
E thing came back to me. realized th
O predicament was in, that the othe
carriage was probably waiting for me
} my home, and that the other ceremon
e must BE- performed by me If such a thln
e were possible.
CAS- soon as we reached the hou'
d which was our destination | explaine
Q the state of affairs, and asked them
p they knew where the other house-gi
ing the street and number-was' An
1f where do YOU think it was? The 9th,
house where the ceremony was TO
r. performed was just at the rear of u
t. house where the first wedding was, al
where / was at the time l made the dl
ID covery, Just as IL the first house was
ID own on Peters street and the secoI
fronted on Garnett street, but with u
III Yards coming together in the rear. II
two families we're not acquainted at
ID and one bad no idea that wedding W
10 going on in the house OF the other.
"Well, of course it was mighty ca
re thing to fix them, telephoned for q
carriage which knew must be waitll
n at nv home, and the m mute W
d through with the first ceremony dro
right around the square to the secol
ed house, and was in time to perform Z
the second. The two couples were ma
at ried 10 time to catch the train, on whl
= both left the city. Now, isn't that
rather peculiar series of condolences
Atlanta Constitution.