The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-11
SOME QUAINT RECORDS.
Bits of Witticism Printed with
 Wedding Announcements.
Bright Things Copied from Newspapers Published Within the Last i:U ldred Years-Puns Upon the Names of
 Brides and GrOOms.

 Published Within the Last i:y ldred Years-Puns Upon the Names of Brides and GroOms. This collection of marriage announce ments has been copied for the Detroit Free Press from old newspapers pub lished within the last one hundred years, of which the compiler has exam ined between 200 and 300 volumes, sc- lecting such as he thought worth re- beating to the present generation. The old wits were famous for punning upon the names which they could utilize for the purpose, and many of these an- nouncements will prove amusing. In Concord, N. H., February 3, 1914, Isaac Hill, one of the editors of the Patriot, to Miss Susan Aver, daughter of Captain Richard Aver. As walked out the other day, Through Concord street took my way; I saw site thought quito rare Hill walked out to take the Aver And now since earth and airhave met together, think theFe'n be change of weather. In Haverhill, Mass, August ?, 1899, Cotton K. Simpson to Miss Sarah k. Marble.
 An old calculation Of gain and loss Proves "A stone that is rolling will gather no
 moss"
 A happy expedient has lately been thought on, By which Q Marble may gather and cultivate
 Cotton.
 Welded, at Black Lake, $. l., Febru ary 9, 1928, James Anderson to Anna Bread.
 While toasts the lovely graces spread,
 And fops around them futter,
 I'll be contented with Ann Bread
 And won't have any but her. At Bozeah, Conn.,, August 24, 1916, John Bate, of Williamson. Mass, to Miss Mary Ann Bass, of the former place, after courtship of one hour.
 Is this not angling well, ask,
 Such tender bait to take?
 He caught in one short hour a Bass!
 The Bass, though, caught the Bate! Married, at Winniesburg on Friday, April 15, 1858, by Rev. MT. Malone, at St. Peters Church, MT. Will Moon to Miss Annie Cooke:
 He is not mad, though lunar light
 His tr0th did overlook.
 For he has gained, to his delight,
 A wife that is a Cooke.
 His goose is coo1ed,' and other maids
 May envy her the boon,
 Whose tall ambition wished and got
 The bright man in the moon. New York, March 10, 1882, Tomosa Secord to Miss Cordelia Ketcham: "Ketcham, Cordelia, if you can;"
 stcS-.. February 5, 1895, by Rev. Mcfarland, Solomon Payne to Miss Ruth Baker:
 Some females fall in love with wealth
 Some with lovely Swain;
 But Sarah, in the bloom of health,
 Takes to herself Payne. In Boston, April 8, 1891, Joseph Will lent to Miss Susan Whitmarsh after a courtship of thirteen days and but thirty five days after the death of his former wife:
 The best way, it seems, for deep sorrow to
 smother For the loss of a wife-is to marry another. December 9, 1893, Stephen Bumprey, aged 76, a revolutionary pensiOner, to MISS Sdfan DoWey, agcu oO.
 ' In '76 he fought and bled;
 At 76 he wooed and wed.' Washington, D. C., May r, 1884, Joshua Peck to Miss Amelia Bushel. Allzookers, robes and wedding cakes What changes of measures marriage makes; Quick as a thought at HyInon's beck, A Bushel changed into Peck. Married at TIerculaneum, Mo-, May g, 1891, John W. Honey, Esq, to Mary Austin. From sweet flowers the busy bee
 Can scarce drop of honey gather; But, oh! how sweet flower is she
 Who turns to Honey altOgetherl Captain Will Graves to Miss Nancy Graves, Corroll, Corroll County, N. C., June 15, 1915.
 Tlo graves, 'tis said,
 Will yield their dead When Gabriels trumpet shakes the skies; '
 But if God please
 From Graves like these A dozen living folks might rise