The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-11-20

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from Tennessee to Florida Before had
twenty-one years old had been but
eleven tin,es--eleven times, sir, by
heaven! and at last got to be SO famous
that there were mighty few men who had
the courage TO call me out. Why, my
duel with Tilly at Sandbar Ferry was
the talk Of the county.
at was in the February Of that year
that l married Mrs. Legare. We had
been engaged for over year, according
to custom, and was impatient to make
pretty Tilda Clayton my bride. My
father Judge Legarc, made the prepara.
tions for the ceremony on grand scale,
beftting family whose ancestors had
marched with Oglethorpe and given
their best blood to the wars of their
country.
"ln those days gcntlomen was married
in an aristocratic way. There was no
plebian ceremony in church, but the
wedding took place at the house of the
bride, and the minister came to us-we
didn't 90 to the minister. In our case,
however as my bride was my fathers
ward and lived withus, the ceremony was of
course performed at the Legare mansion.
/ II took place at 2 o'clock in the night,
/ and was attended by so many patrician
! people that the guests filled the great
house from top to bottom. We killed
ten bccves and forty head of sheep for
the wedding dinner. 1t took fifty hands
| to wait upon the guests, and they were
kept busy all the time.
4. a..
mony, as the minister whom we had
engaged was suddenly taken sick, and il
I took three hours TO fetch another one.
1t was a great success, and the guests
were in high humor for the nuptial rites.
The clergyman rode up soon after the
dinner was over, and Mrs. Legare and l
stood up before him, with the eyes OF
three hundred onlookers upon us.
suddenly, and without any warning,
there was a frightful burst of thunder,
followed by terrific downpour of rain.
How that rain did come down! The
| drops were rs big rs cannon balls, and
we found the next morning that the out
side shingles of the roof had been splin-
| tered to kindling wood. A servant who
tried to run across from the house To the
/ servants quarters was struck senseless by
the ram, and was a gibbcring idiot for
the rest of his days. 1t was terrible, sir,
! terrible,
"Most of those present were for post.
poning the wedding till the next day,
but wouldn't hear to it, and the minis
ter proceeded with the ceremony.
"Just rs he was saying; DO you take
/ this woman, etc, one of the ladies
screamed and tainted dead away. She
/ had been standing near the door leading
| into the hail, the floor Of which was a
| little lower than the room where we
stood. DR.. Smithkins looked out into
the hall aud started back with cry of
alarm. Then we all rushed to the door
"The floor of the hall was covered
with water which was within an inch of
the room where the ceremony was going
on, and rising at the rate of foot
minute. The next moment the water
poured into the room, and all of the
ladies who had not tainted gathered up
their skirts aud jumped upon the chail,
and sofas.
Pretty remarkable rate, Colonel,
wasn't it, asked the Major, dcferen-
TALLY.
eyes, sir, replied the Colonel, testify.
at was remarkable. Everything about
this story is remarkable, aud the most
remarkable thing about it, sir, seems to
be that some men, sir, seem to know
more about other peoples stories than
they 90 about their own.' and the
Colonel fairly glarel at Major lIugec as
he picked up fresh stick aad kept ON
whiting.
The Major, crushed for the third time,
again subsilcd, and the narrator con
tinucd
IL realized that it was time for
action, and gave speedy instructions to
the servants, who were nearly crazy with
fright. We hastily carried the ladies up
to the floor above, and the servants fol-
lowed with the finer articles of furniture.
The carpets, all of the finest Administer
loom, had already been ruined, but that,
although il entailcd the loss of several
thousand dollars, meant little TO us in
those days.
- W lnauc tAc laulcs rs COlnlOttaOlc
as possible, aud made two of the biggest
men servants swim down to the landing
to get all the batteaux. They had to
hold wooden fire boards over their heads
to keep from being stunned by the rain
drops
The water in the meantime kept
coming higher and higher, and finally
reached the second floor. We were
obliged to make another move to the
third story, and most of the ladies be
came hysterical That added to our dis
comfort, and before long Mrs. Legare
was the only woman in the crowd who
was in full possession of her senses.
Then remembered that the ceremony
was still unfinished. was not supei-
stitious about it, but | hated to leave
anything undone, so we stood up in our
dripping garments and were married.
"Thc last words had just been pro-
nounced when we felt the floor trem-
bling. We rushed to the windows and