The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-23
WHAT'S in
A NAME?
Miss Annie Price of this
City Marries Her Hus-
bands Brother.

True love never runs smooth
! and the mistake made by Chester
magistrate las caused a lot of
trouble. The Chester Times says.
Ii is a rarity. indeed. for a woman
to be married and be puzzled as to
whom she is welded. Set guessing,
as it were. by the Court records
showing a license issued for mar
fiage with one man, the church
records. aud her marriage certificate
setting forty the fact that she is
married to his brothe-, but such a
mixed up affair exists with Miss
!. Price. of Wilmington, who was
married in Chester on October 9Th,
at the parsonage of St. Daniels M.
f. Church.
Talk about the mixup Of the
children By Buttercup in the opera
pinaforc; it isn't thing with the
puzzling nature ofthis matrimonial
mix and all occosioned by an
insdvertent ship Of the pen III the
writing ofthe Christian name Of the
man to be married.
Thomas d. Myers and Miss
Anna Price. Of Wilmington had
decided that they could sail along
the matrimonial river content with
the whiring hum ollie more hap
ply as one, and selected this Penn
Memorial city as the best shop for
discrimination Of that idea.
Thomas has a brother named
John, who resides here and he was
requested to procure the license for
the ceremony and thus obviatc the
necessity of Thomas leaving his
work for day IN order to procure
it. Justice J. ]. Hare, Of the Tenth
ward, filled out the application for
John, setting forth that Thomas
and his lady love were to be the
contracting parties. The deputy
clerk, ofthe court, however, decided
that the applicant must be one Of
the two persons to be married.
Thomas was SO notified and came
up early in the evening of the
fateful event and filed out an
application.
Now is when that fatal slip OF the
pen took place. The clerk, with
the remembrance of the first
application. made by John still 10
his mind, filled that gents name in
the license. instead of Toms.
No one noticed the error and it
was handed to the preacher. Rev.
+ II. Wedd, who. in the solemn
ceremony OF the Methodist church,
pronounced John Myers and Anna
Price man and wife.
The swapping of names was not
so seriously noticed by the couple
at the supreme moment, although
the mistake in the name was noticed
by the groom as the paeacher
uttered it. Both were far too supre-
mely happy at that joyous time to
pay particular attention to it, but
the real serlou, trouble began after
the marriage certificate had been
taken home to Wilmington. Then
the bride opened it to perusc it in
her happiness. To feast her eyes
with the evidence that Tom was
hers, Alas, there it was, standing
out in hold letters, John Myers"
1t startled her. She read ii aga n,
before she realized that although
married to Thomas, here was til.
hand writing Of the ministe
undcniablc saying that she was
morricd to her brotherin-law. She
told her husband about it and
insisted on the mistake being
rectiIied
1 On Sunday night the Justice
who had handed out the license
was called upon by John and Tom,
who told Of the trouble they were
enduring. "Why, said the husband.
"ey wife is nearly crazy over this
matter "lIere Pm married to her,
but she says she is married to
John, | certainly must have this
thing charged. My wife is worrying
over it awfully.'
1t was found that the records at
Media showed the license was
intended for Thomas ID. Myers
and last night the paper was taken
10 the minister, who made the
correction in the faulty name, SO
that now the court record and
that of the church will tally, plac-
Ing John on the bachelor list, as far
as the record is concerned, and
making peace and contentment in
the home III Wilmington.
YOU TRY IT.