The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
MARRIED BUT NOT MATED.
Curious Wedding Incidents ~ Described
. by the Omcisting Clergy men.

Curious Wedding Incidents ~ Described
| by tho omcisting Clergymsn.
You see I've been among the poor
all my lie says an English clergyman
In the London Tit-Bits. Ny services
In the church include u curacy for AZ
teen years In the East end OF London
and an incumbency ior twenty five
years at small church In the most
densely populated part OF one Of our
large towns As you will readily sup
pose my forty years. services have not
been without some strange experiences.
I remember one morning ut about 8
O'Clock the clerk came to my lodgings
and informed me that q couple wished
70 be married at once Can they not
wait until the proper timew asked.
They are most unreasonable. You
ought not to have brought their mes
sage. You know we don't marry till
1880" We'll. SIR" urged the clerk
1t was the lady who sent me- and I
thoughtit was most important case.
.'Oh. / see. said !. She made 1t
worth your while to come" yes sir.
and II Its not being too bold / think
she'll make 1t worth yours to CO." In
no pleasant frame OF mind / rose
from my breakfast ana accompan-
led the clerk. nor did lot
slip the opportunity Of lecturing him
on the desirability OF enforcing the
time-honored regulations OF our
church. When / had duly invested
myself in my robes entered the COM
munion-rall and beheld. with no
small surprise a man in corduroy
trousers and a .duck" jacket while
by his side stood well-dressed lady.
/ felt called upon to expostulate with
the man for not being attired in a
manner more becoming the solemn
occasion. He made no attempt to de-
fend himself except by saying he had
not had time to change. However.
the lady seemed satisfied. and as there
was no valid objection--for they were
prepared with special license-I
married them. After the ceremony.
the man signed his name with cross
while the lady wrote bold aristo-
cratic hand. When leaving the church.
l saw the lady bid her husband good
by and drive of IN a carriage. while
he went In O different direction. ap-
parently to his work. The handso me
fee with which the lady rewarded me
did nos prevent my specializing. as I
turned my steps homeward. Of the
circumstances that led to this extra
ordinary union. Why should lady
only rs years OF age aud with no small
share OF good looks link herself to an
ignorant and uncultivated workman
almost twice her agep / have never
found any satisfactory solution to the
problem. and hand 1t over to the in
genuity Of any novelist in want OF "a
plot
Parto my duty at that time con-
sisted in receiving the names OF those
who wished to have their banns called
In church. One day an awkward
looking man, with hair almost fiorcely
red, called on me and asked how much II
would cost Ito have his banns cried. u
Two shillings" / replied. 'All
right" said he, laying down the
money. Your name" l asked, get.
tlug OUT inc DOOk. 'JO0n DaWKlnS. =
Married before?" mo SIR" what
is the lady's namep" I repeated.
swell. / didn't think OF that he an
swered; 'but let's see there's Bessy and
Sally and Widow Magee. See, sir. II
you don't mind waiting. I'll go and
ask one of them and come back in an
hourp" He went but never returned.
Evidently neither Bessie nor Sally nor
Widow Magee was .willin'."
/ Many OF the candidates for matrimo-
ny have little or no previous knowled ge
Of the words OF the service. ITO have
and to hold' frequently becomes Ito
have on the whole" and It'll death
us do part" is given till, death has to
part" There is. however on record
q story-for the truth Of which can
not vouch--to the effect that a young
man about to be married learned. as
he thought the responses by rote.
Unfortunately he had studied the or
fer for baptism. and when confronted
with the question wilt thou have
his woman to be thy welded wifer'
stc.. boldly replied: Il renounce
hem all"