St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-24

~ WOuiu mdhC NO uiIersLcc IL ne paid
81 for it. and adding certain explana-
ding till the following day, when he
came with proper certificate."
suppose, continued the clergyman,
that you have heard of the man who,
when the minister said, pronounce
you one, asked (which one ?" And of
the man who asked the minister how
much the bill was, and upon his reply
ing that the law allowed him $780, took
from his pocket 80 cents, and, handing
it to the clergyman, said: "Take this,
and that will make So" The question
Is, how to get the S1.50 from the law?
The following occurred in a village in
the western part of Massachusetts: A
couple came into town on the train to
| be married, with evidently but so cents
in their possession. They went to a
| grocery store and bought seven cents
worth of crackers for their dinner.
They then proceeded to the minister's
and were married, and then the groom
| passed out the remaining 49 cents, and
asked if there was to be any change to
come back. The minister made them a
wedding present of the 43 cents. and
they went away happy.
A well-knOwn pastor of this city re-
Iates the following: The contracting
parties of the first marriage ceremony
l ever performed were young, thor
Oughly educated and in excellent stand
ing in society. The groom was in good
business for himself. the bride the only
child of rich parents. Her father was
somewhat peculiar and thought his
daughter too good for any man. and,
consequently, did his best to break up
the match. They were to be married at
O'Clock p. m on a certain day. That
morning he offered his daughter $4,000
cash if she would reject her lover. The
young man, thinking he might increase
his offer tenfOld and thereby injure the
prospect of his winning the object of his
love, persuaded her to meet him at her
aunt's home at IL o'clock a. Instead of 4
p. m. as was first contemplated, and at
that time in presence of few friends
the young couple were joined in holy
wedi0ck. So great was the haste and
excitement, so earnest and prOfuSe were
the congratulations that they forgot to
pay the clergyman for his services. But
before shutdown friend of the groom
came riding faster than Gilpin with a
large and generous marriage fee.
One day, said popular Boston clergy
man, an aged lady called at my study
and asked if l remembered attending
the funeral of her sOn-in-law, Mr.. b.
l replied that | did, upon which she
said that during the service she made
up her mind that she would have me
perform the marriage ceremony of her
youngest boy, who was living with her
at that time. After her boy was married
he handed me S. bill, saying: "This
is small fee, but | will do better the
next time"
On one occasion, said a Presbyterian
pastor, | married a gushing, middle
II Co. f,,l ,t,.x, ot,n
and as they were bidding me goodbye
she said to me in a very pleasant way:
SIS there anything else we can do for
you. sir?" to which / replied: "Call
again"
mot many men know how to behave
when they give minister his fee tor
marrying Them" said the Rev. Robert
Collyer recently. lit seems to embarass
them for some reason. l remember
once, out in Indiana, that man whom
l had just united in marriage to very
comely young woman gave me $40 for
the fee. As he did so he blushed and
stammered. Then he said with perfect
candor: i would like to give you
more, doctor, and-and will next time
His bride overheard him and looked at
him in a queer way. but he evidently
did not realize what he had said in his
embarrassment"
The door bell rang at minister's
house one evening. He answered the
call and was greeted by young couple
standing before the door. The young
man asked: .'DoeS the Baptist pasture
live here?" The clergyman did not en-
barrass the young man by asking him
eff he wished to turn his young lady
out to grass" but politely responded
yes" married them and sent them ON
their way rejoicing.
A Universalist minister married
couple in the vestry of his church. On
being asked his fee he replied: Il never
make any CHARGE" and was going on to
say he left it to the circumstances and
generosity of the groom to decide. But
when he got as far as II never make
any charge the grateful groom broke
in, "You are very kind, sir; | am very
much obliged TO you; good morning."
Said Baptist pastor to the writer:
Once a couple ''stoOd up'' with two
friends-young man and ntaiden-and,
after began the ceremony the young
man said that the right girl did mot
stand next to him." l was obliged to
change the girls!
One pastor replied to the request for
some incident from his experience that
he did not call to mind anything unique
or peculiar, but, said he, as to fees, they
are usually so small in this district that
to publish them would encourage hasty
marriages and lower the scale of remu-
neration for pastors whose wives rely
on the fees for their pin money.
On one occasion, said clergyman of
this city, poor young couple walked
into church where a convention was
being held and inquired for the minis
ter. They were taken into side room
and married, and gave fee of 81 to the
minister. which in three minutes he
turned over to his wife as usual. Five
minutes later the wife made speech
presenting it to the Home Missionary
society with explanations.
'"rwice have been engaged for the
marriage service by the lady," said
nOnnlar Huh nreachRr t.an6 in both