The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
WEDDING ACCIDENTS.
COURSE OF TRUE LOVE Dis
q TURBED AT THE ALTAR.

What Little Mouse Can Do-Scare
:. Bridesmaids, Brides, and Everybody
r The Loss of Heel Serious Mishap
~ Her Train Torn on. ,., r. E
Not long ago an accident of some
what amusing kind ACQUIRED at rus
tic wedding, says London paper.
The bride was attended by two brides
maids, one of whom exhibited much
uneasiness during the ceremony.
She dropped her bouquet on two
separate occasions-this in itself was
sufficiently alarming, as it is considered
a sign of i'll omen in some country dis
tricts to drop anything during the
wedding service-and at a most I'M
likely moment the girl threw
up her hands and, shrieking hysteric-
ally, tainted in the arms of the best
man.
And the cause of all this alarm was
an innocent mouse, which for some
minutes had been amusing itself by
running in and out of the altar rails,
at no great distance from the affrighted
bridesmaids. This disturbance caused
a general uproar, the congregation
pressing up to the front to discover
the reason. Not until vigorous fam
ming had been applied was the orig
inator of all this hubbub able to ex-
plain her cause of alright.
The bride was so nervous after the
catastrophe that it was some little
time before she could respond to the
marriage service correctly. Directly
this reached it's termination she sat
down in the vestry and INDUCED in a
good cry.
Another disturbance at rustic we'd
ding was due to the bride, who was
apparently great favorite with the
villagers, judging by the number of
people assembled, and the various
packages of rice which they carried.
At the critical moment, when the ring
should have been slipped on the finger,
the high heel Of the brides new shoe
caused her to lose her balance, and in
her effort to restore her equilibrium
she fell ''in heap" as the rustics
said, at the bridegroom's feet.
A most awkward accident truly, the
maiden being of portly build and re-
curing the assistance of two individ-
uals to lift her to an erect posture.
After this she appeared anything but
calm, and when the party turned away
from the altar she stopped to pick up
her shoe, which had come off during
the occurrence, and walked, like the
nursery rhyme hero, with zone shoe
off, one shoe on" to the vestry, amid
the amused filters of the crowd.
1t is reported that the union of two
fond hearts was affected in curious
manner at church at manufacture
ing town in the north of England some
time ago. The groom could not find
the golden symbol that was to pledge
the solemn VOWS of the marriage cere-
mony.
He put nervous finger in the
pocket of his vest, shook his handker-
chief, felt in the opening of his glove,
but the magic circle was not to be
found. AS already some time had
been lost, the sexton produced the
vestry key, the ring of which was
slipped over the confused girls finger,
| and the two were proclaimed man and
| wife.
If report be true, this is by nc
means the only instance of the kind.
At fashionable wedding in New York
last summer an accident of a painful
kind to the fair bride happened. In
stead of the customary bridesmaids
this lady had two little boys, dressed
in Fauntleroy suits and curls, to at,
tend her; and one laddie in his hurry
trod on the rich satin train-which il
was his duty to support tearing il
quite apart and falling over it. The
CONSERVATION of the bride was great,
but few pins, kindly supplied by a
| guest, who deity attached the train
in place, proved satisfactory, if tenn
porary arrangement; after which the
lady walked down the aisle with ap.
parent unconcern, though her feelings
must have been anything but pacific
| Yet another incident at an American
wedding, which was of more alarm
ing character than the former. Dur
ing the solemn hush which usually
precedes the reading of the marriage
service, rough-looking man. pushed
himself forward and. attempted tt
seize the bride-a rich Canadian LADY
about to be married to a naval officer
The lady was we'll known in fashion.
able circles, and the gathering wa,
composed chiefly of smart people
therefore the appearance of SO rough
a character created an unusual fiutter
For some minutes entreaties .wer,
used, but, the man becoming violent
| he was forcibly elected. He declared
the lady was his step-daughter, and h
wished to give her his blessing. It wa
afterwards proved that the fellow wa
intoxicated. and had created the tn
multi for wager. He was imprisoned
/ for his pains, and it was declared tn
same Individual had been the cause O