New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-10-28
QUEE1 3, I)DINGS.
oCCASlO Nss WHEN & DDiTY WAS AN
IMPRESSIVE FEATURE.


OCCASIONS WHEN s. ODDLY WAS AN
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Marriages Of India.
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san.l soine'iines antlc marriage cere-
MONIES les are are solemn1zed. Men and lwom-
en- entirely opposite in disposition and
character frequently unite IN the holy
bonds of matrimony-some times much
to their mutual regret. This mcmillan
fact, it would seem. also applies to odli-
ties Of human nature IN manv.of the
travelling shows the freaks Who helm 10
draw money. from the public sintermar-.g
~. and il is not an unusual thing to
find the fat man welded to the skeleton
woman and the tattooed man f. Tho
bearded lady. -.
Mrs. Hannah Battersby. who one
time toured escountry as a fat. won.
am was married to Pennsylvania
man. and IT is stated as 4 cnrions fact
that no sooner were they married than
she began to lose flesh and he to gain
it. His weight increased SO rapid that
he soon took to exhibiting himself as a
fat man. An exception to this rule Of
contrast, however, was Colonel Glover,
the giant who stood feet z inches. He
was welded to Martha Peabody, the
American giantess. Several years ago,
when they appeared in public together,
they used to receive 9as much as $3.50 a;
week. - . -.s. IT,. = .z- :, (.
= The Italian consular agent at Cincin-
natl performed the most peculiar mar
riage ceremony on record, The groom
was we'll to do resident of the Ohio
! city, and his bride lived in Italy. The
contracting parties were thousands of
miles apart when the wedding was per
formed, the marriage being by proxy.
The consul filled in a blank certificate.
which he forwarded to authorities in
Italy, who in the presence of the parish
priest exhibited it before the bride, who
affixed her signature, accepting it as her
action. The marriage was perfectly
binding =, ... ~ ,-s !
A very similar ceremony was per-
formed some time ago. The affair took
place by proxy, and Miss Maple was
married by q clergyman in New York
to man who at the time of the mar.
rage lay dying in a Texas town. The
bridegroom was represented in the cere.
mony by the brides cousin, who made
the necessary responses and signatures
as his proxy. The two lovers had been
engaged for a long time, and Miss
Maple wished to bear the name of her
betrothed even though she could do SO
only as widow. ...
The all important ring is sometimes
forgotten, and in more than one case
the door key of the church has had to
do duty, but it is not often that portions
of the marriage service are omitted. In
a southern town, however, little while
ago, after the party had left the church,
it was discovered that the clergyman
had forgotten the words, with this
ring I thee wed," etc., thus relieving
the bridegroom of the most serious part
Of his obligations, and the fair bride
was minus wedding ring. Instead of
sitting down to the breakfast the party
hurried back to the church and were thus
practically married twice in one day.
Cupid ran amuck some years ago
among the old folk Of a Georgia town.
An old soldier, rs years of age, led to
the altar an aged damsel who had seen
"a summers. There were three brides
maids: whose ages respectively were 60,
50 and 70. They were all spinsters.
The best man, who was Is, brought the
combined ages up to 423 years.
An unusual kind of marriage was
celebrated in New York recently. This
was between couple both deaf and
dumb. They held prayer books while
friend pointed out the different passages
in the service as they were spoken by
the clergyman, and they made3sthe GUS
tomary responses in the deaf and dumb
alphabet. #=* ~ :. - ~
An ingenious couple once conceived
the idea of being married by phono-s
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