The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-04
QUEER WEDDING NOTICES.

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This collection of marriage announce
ments has been copied from old news
papers. The old wits were famous for
punning upon names which they could
use for various purposes, and many of these
announcements will provoke laughter in
spite of ones self:
In Concord, New Hamphire, February
3, 1914, Mr.. Isaac Hill, one of the editors
of the Patriot, to Miss Susan Aver,
daughthr of Captain Richard Aver.
As I walked out the other day,
Through Concord street I took my way;
saw a sight I thought quite rare
A Hill walked out to take the Aver.
And now since earth and air have met together,
think thereu be a change of weather.
At Haverhill, Massachusetts,, August,
1926, Cotton K. Simpson of Pembroke,
New Hampshire, to Miss Sarah R. Marble.
An old calculation OF gain and loss
Proves "a stone that is rolling will gather no moss."
happy expedient has lately been thought on,
By which Marble may gather and cultivate Cotton.
Married at Washington, Kentucky,
March, 1914, Mr.. Samuel January to Miss
Palmelia January.
A cold match.
At Black Lake, Long Island, February,
1923, James Anderson to Miss Ann Bread.
While toasts the lovely graces spread
And tops around them futter,
I'll be content with Ann Bread,
And won't have any but her.
In Bozrah, Connecticut, August, 1919
John Bate, of WilliamStown, Massachu-
settles, to Miss Ann Bass, of the former
place, after a courtship of an hour.
T. bis ut o,oJ;1r ,,oII T osL-
Such tender bait, bait to take
He caught in one short hour a bass
The Bass, though, cAught the Bate.
Married.-At Williamsburg, on Friday,
April Is, 1858, by Rev. Mr.. Malone, at
st. Peters church, Mr.. W. Moon to Miss
Ann Cooke.
He is not mad, though lunar light
His broth did overlook,
For he has gained, to his delight.
A wife that Is a Cook.
His goose Is cooked, - and other maids
May envy her the boon,
Whose tall ambition wished and got
The bright man in the moon.
In New York, March, 1882, Mr. Thos.
A. Secord to Miss Cordelia Ketcham.
"Ketcham, Cordelia, if you can -
Ihave," says she Seconds the man "
Married, at Bridgewater, December 16,
1888, Captain Thomas Baxter, of Quincy,
aged sixty-six, to Miss Whitman, of the
former place, aged ffty-seven, after a
long and tedious courtship Of ~ifty-seven
years, which they both sustained with
uncommon fortitude.
In Concord, February, 1925, by the
Rev. DR.. Mcfarland, Solomon Payne, of
Canterbury, Connecticut, to Miss Ruth
Barker, daughter of Lemuel Barker Of
this town.
Some females fall in love with wealth,
Some with a lovely swain;
But sarah, in the bloom of health,
Takes to herself a Payne.
In Concord, October, 1909, Jeremiah
P. Raymond, of Weare, to Miss Susan
Gale.
A constant G ale forever prove,
To fan the flame of virtuOus love.
In Boston, April, 1921, by the Rev.
William Sabine, Joseph Willicut to Miss
Susan Whitemarsh, after a tedious court
ship of thirteen days and but thirty-fVe
days after the death of his former wife.
The best way, it seems, for a deep sorrow to smother
For the loss of a wife is-to marry another.
In West Springfield, Massachusetts,,
December, 1923, Stephen Bumprey, aged
SCNOuGy-SlA, q 4GCNOlOOAO4d1J pChoIOuO4,
to Miss Sarah Dewey, aged thirty-eight.
In '76 he fought and bled
At rs he wood ami wed.
In Washington, May II, 1924, Joshua
Peck to Miss Amelia Bushel.
Albookers, hobs and wedding cakes
What changes of measu es marriage makes.
Quick as a thought at the hymen's beck
Bushel changed into a Peck.
June Is, 1915, in Carroll county, North
Carolina, by Rev. B. Graves, son of John
Graves, Esquire, to Miss Nancy Graves,
daughter of General Asariah Graves.
The graves, tits said,
Will yield the . cad
When Gabriel's trumpet shakes thu skies,
But if God please,
From Graves like these,
A dozen living folks may rise.
At Herculaneum No, May %, 1921,
John w. Honey, Esquire, to Mary S.
| Austen.
From sweet flowers the busv bee