The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-06-29
WANTED 10 n1srAKE MADE
Bride and Groom Walked 2s Niles For a
Marriage License.

The old maxim, .'it takes all kind of
people 10 make world.- was strikingly
illustrated on Wednesday. when David
b. Nnnnemaker and Catharine Fink ap-
peared before Register and Recorder
The would be groom gave his age As 80
years, while the bride-to-be sekBowledg-
Ell TO q summers. Nunnemsker is q
sparsely built man. with hair premature
IL grey and the flushed cheeks that be-
tokens hard work in the mountain air.
The bride, short Of stature. but Of spacious
girth and 2sepoansis solid flesh and bones.
smiled spprovingly when Mr.. Nunne-
maker boldly made his business known
and tossed silver dollar on the table,
after the license was properly filed up
and handed 10 him. ave live in ogle
township" said the happy swain, ''and
when we made up our minds 70 get mar
ried we thought il best 10 come right TO
the court house so that there would be no
mistakes made. We walked all the way
from home, a distance of some % miles,
most of the way in our bare feet. bat we
got here at last, and now we want 70 be
married"
Several young attorneys who were oc-
cupied in the vault of the Recorders
Office overheard the remarks quoted
above, and one Of them telephoned for
Esquire Oliver Knepper, while the other
sent word to a number of the older at
torneys and court house officials TO attend
the nuptials. Meanwhile it transpired
that the couple when they arrived in
town had only 80 cents between them,
and when they made their mission known
to an old time friend who knew that the
license would cost 81, he contributed 80
cents to their joint purse. The guests at
the wedding contributed nickles, dimes
and quarters until Mr.. Nunnemaker was
able to count out sI.0l, which he rendered
to the officiating Justice of the Peace.
Squire Knepper mOdestly took l cens for
his fee, remarking in a reassuring tone
to the groom that he could not legally
take a larger sum. One Of the more
thoughtful among the wedding guests,
realizing that the couple could not make
the overland journey to their home with
out walking the entire night, telephoned
Clerk Colborn of the Poor Board for
permit for the pair 10 pass the night at
the County Home. Mr.. Colborn prompt
ly supplied the necessary paper aud just
as the shades of night began to fall Mr..
and Mrs. Nunnemaker started on their
journey two miles to the Home. When
they reached that institution they were
warmly greeted by the steward and his
wife, who had been notified of their COM
ing. Bread and meat and sweets were
placed before them, and so rateful did
they appear for the entertainment that
they were invited to tarry and rest at the
Home until Friday morning. Thursday,
the matron of the home built an elaborate
gown of crimson hue, which she present
ed to the bride, and which that blushing
| lady wore with evident pride when she
reappeared upon the streets of Somerset
Friday noon. Before leaving for Their
home Mr. and Mrs. Nunnemaker return
ed to the office of the Register and Re-
corder to inquire if he was quite sure
that no mistake had been made and that
no legal complications affecting the valid
ity of their marriage would be raised.
When assured by that official that the
knot had been legally tied, the bride
beamed upon her husband, and as they
passed through the open door drolly OBJ
served, ''if get tired I'll make you carry
me-"