The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
MRS. CLARK.

unlS union was tnat up 10 snort tlme
prior to the ceremony the young lady
was unable to decide whether she want
as her husband Parsons or another
equally prosperous farmer named Alex
ander Royce. The two suitors once
agreed to settle it between themselves
by a Jacket switching contest, the
only deviation from the usual mode of
procedure being that in this particular
case the jackets We're dispensed with.
The victor was to have the girl. This
affair was a double barreled failure, for
not only did both men sink exhausted to
the floor, but when the cause of the
trouble heard of the occurrence she re-
fused to receive either. After a time,
however, she relented and proposed
skating contest on the lake. Thousands
witnessed it. On the first night Royce
was given start, and after three hours
Parsons caught him. The next night
Royce failed to overtake Parsons, and
the latter was accordingly adjudged the
victor.
Another unusual wedding occurred
recently in Tekonsha, Mich, when an
admission fee of twenty-five cents was
charged and the proceeds applied to
church charities. Quite a snug sum
was realized as almost every one in the
village attended. The contracting parties
We're Herman S. Teller, president of the
village of Tekonsha, and Mrs. Nora
Clark, nee Tatfe, well known and ex-
tremely popular milliner of the same
place. The combined weight Of bride and
groom is 3S5 pounds, Of which the lady
contributes 175 pounds, This is the sec
ond matrimonial venture Of each, and
they will start housekeeping with six
children, only one of whom is a Clark.
Rev. E. F. Newell performed the cere-
mony under an arch which was hand
somely decorated for the occasion.
Perhaps the most quiet courtship and
marriage on record was that of Miss
Alice Maud Hatch and Mr.. Joseph
Yankauer, both of New York city.
These young people have known each
other for years; they have "sparked"
during much of that time, just as al
most every one has done. Yankauer
| asked Miss Hatch to become his bride;
she consented, they sought minister,
| he married them some weeks ago, and
| yet not word was spoken during all
| this time by either of the parties most
interested. They are both deaf and
| dumb, and the acquaintance which de-
veloped into friendship and afterward
into love and marriage was made while
they were students in the same school.
The young people have not lived to-
| gether since they were welded, owing
to difference of religious beliefs and
the strenuous objections of one of the
families, but both bride and groom
hope for speedy settlement of the mat
| ter and their return to each other. The
young lady is said to be quite good look
ing, with remarkably handsome figure.
1t is not generally known that ice
man" Turner, ex-member of congress
from New York city. and present door
keeper of the national house of repre-
sentatives was one of the principals in
very romantic engagement which re-
suited in his marriage to the charming
lady who is now so popular in Washing
ton. Both Mr. and Mrs. Turner are
natives of New Hampshire, and it was
while on a visit to his old home in Went
worth, in 1883, that Mr.. Turner met his
future wife He was then Columbia
college freshman. Mr. Turner had
charge of an entertainment for the ben
eft of one Of the local churches, and it
was of course a part of his duty to intro
duce the elocutionist Of the occasion,
who was Miss Winnie w. Lewis, of La
coma. He fell madly in love, and after
brief courtship the young couple be-