Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
BAsHFUL BRIDEGRoOMs
Timid, shrinking Girls ARE Drawer than
staIIyart Men.


Ministers declare that in nine cases out
of ten the brides are much more selt-pos-
sessed than are b-idegrooms when the
marriage ceremony x being performed.
A shy. understanding little creature
robed in white will stand perfectly erect,
looking the minister calmly and squarely
In the eye without for an instant looslng
herself poise. while the big. blunt, six
footer of 3 bridegroom by her side is pale,
nervous and trembling. His fingers are
likely 10 twitch nervously. or he may even
hitch al his trouser legs or twist corner
of his coat skirt.
was once best man. to stalwart,
aged bridegroom noted for his
courage and feats of daring, and when
the time came for US to go down stairs to
meet the bride and her attendants he near
Nv had st, and he looked like a walking
corpse all through the ceremony. had to
keep SAYING brace up, cid boy" and
Come, come, you We got to go down, to
cet him started at all, and at the door he
was i1iotic enough TO clutch my al me
and say
'say Fred, how would it do to have
Mary ard the preacher to slip In here and
have it all over with before we go down at
alIr | cant go through with it before all
that crowd
oIeiotz' | said. briefly and pointedly
enough to leave no doubts as to my mean
ing Mary won't come in here and you
will 20 down this instant.
He got through with it at last without
doing or saving anything ridiculous, IN
which respect he was luckier than another
staIwart bridegroom Of my acquaintance,
who was 50 dazed and overcome that he
held out one Of his own fingers for the
ring when the minister said, with this
ring ! thee we'd
Another bridegroom | know lost his
head 10 g ich degree that when 1t tme
time for HIM to say, Il, Horace, take thee,
Annie, to be- my lawful v adGed wife, he
said IN an uHnaturally loud tone. 81,
Mary take thee, Horace, to be my lawful
werded wife and when the time come
for MIN to introduce his bride to some of
his friends who had not yet seen her, be
did 1t by saying awkwarlly. "Ah, er-
NJ Carter, this is my wife, Miss Bar
ior, calling her by her maiden name.
Faw men say my wife" easily and
naturally the first time they use the words
in public.
A funny ease was that Of badly ratified
bridegroom who stared blankly at the min
IelrT iiHiH ne asked II ne LOOK iniH W.
man to be his lawful welded wife. when
he started suddenly and hastily and
IN the blaudest manner:
All beg pardon-are you speaking to
mep"
village preacher SAYS he once married
rural couple at the home Of the brides
parents in the presence Of large company
Of invited guests The bridegroom was a
big, bony, red faced young fellow who
looked rs though he could have feIIed an
Oz with Itis list; but he shiyered and turn
cd palr at the beginning of the ceremony,
and at its close hc fell down IN a dead faint
to the manifest annoyance Of his bridr
who had been cas- cool us cucumber
throughout the whole ceremony.
foRFsr fires are raging in Michigan
The villages Of Otis, Fields an Park City
have been entirely destroyed, and the
!otnI and depot at IilIcy are all that re-
main Of that village The above named
p'ara had about three hundred population
ruch