The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-10-14
After the Wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilton Depart ON Their Bridal
Tour. The Experiences Of the Substitute Bride
nd

| and GrOOm.
! Everybody said it was a beautiful wed.
ding. All the arrangements were perfect
and were perfectly carried out.
| Among those present from out of town not
previously mentioned were Mr.. and Mrs. W
| G. Pooler, Mrs. w. II. Fogler and Mrs. G. F
Wood of Rockland Rev. and Mrs. T. E
Barstow of Rockport.
The newly welded pair kept their own
| counsel as to the time of their departure on
| their bridal tour, with a view to escaping
| the customary avalanche of rice and old
shoes. Thursday they drove to Citypoint
| where they took the l. .05 P. NJ. train for Han
over, n. II. 1t is reported that one Belfast
| young man went up on the train and gave
them parting salute of rice, but they GER
tainly escaped general demonstration.
About 35 of the wedding party left We'd
nesday afternoon on the steamer City of
Bangor, and not having the bride and groom
with them they took as substitutes Mr.. and
Mrs. E. D. Burbank of Des Moines, Iowa,
who were married in 1898. Mr.. Burbank is
travelling for CHM & Co., and was a class
mate and particular friend of Mr.. Hilton at
Dartmouth College. He was always fond of
good jokes and ready to laugh at one on
himself as when he got one on somebody
else. The party learned that Mr. and Mrs
b, were to leave the boat at Rock land and
finding his baggage they spirited two bags
INTO their staterooms. Mr. Burbank soon
discovered that the bags were missing and
on inquiring was told that "an old gentle
man with a white beard" had taken them
away. Thereupon he excitedly inquired of
every official on board if he had seen "an
old gentleman with white beard walking
off with two bags Meanwhile about 25
yards of white ribbon had been tied on the
bags, and the party then went on deck and
sprinkled the substitute bride and groom
with quart or two of rice. There were
about a dozen Dartmouth men in the
party and after singing college songs and
lndulglng IN college "reminiscences they
made ready to see Mr. Burbank and
his wife off at Rockland. The boat was at
the wharf and all the passengers were
gathered around to see the fun, for it had
Detu nOlSeu around Inat the bride and
groom" We're to leave the boat at Rockland
and all wanted to see the send-off. The
missing bags covered with white ribbons
were brought out amid great applause and
more rice throwing. The groom made a
short speech in which he mentioned the fact
that they had been married lust four wears.
But nobody believed him. He was lifted
upon the shoulders of four college athletes,
and followed by his blushing bride, his be-
ribboned baggage and a laughing throng,
carried all over the boat and finally
down to the lower deck to the gangway.
Here another laughable incident took place.
A woman, evidently former sweetheart,
rushed up to the astonished Mr.. Burbank
with more than cordial greeting and the
laughter of the merry onlookers could have
been heard half a mile away. When the
embarrassed groom at last freed himself
from the presence of his first love- he was
carried ashore by his college mates, who gave
the good old Dartmouth yell and bade the
young bride and groom hearty God
speed. In college Burbank played many a
practical joke on his classmates, but they
think they have squared accounts at last.