Evening journal., 1899-10-23
A BRIDES PREDIcAMENT
MRS. MYERS FEARS SHE HAS MAR
RIED JOHN INSTEAD OF THOMAS.


RIED JOHN INSTEAD OF THOMAS.
It's a strange thing indeed to be
married and be puzzled as to whom is
your husband, but in this go-ahead
world, nothing is strange, as Kipling
says.
Set guessing, as it were, by the court
records showing a license issued for
her marriage with one man, the church
records, and her marriage certificate
setting forth the fact that she is mar
ried to his brother, but such a mixed
up affair exists with Mrs. Myers, Of
this city, who was married in Chester
on October 5th, at the parsonage of
st. Daniels NJ. E. Church
Talk about the mixup of the children
by Buttercup in the opera Pinafore, it
isn't a thing with the puzzling nature
OF this matrimonial mix and all occa-
stoned by an inadvertent slip OF the
pen in the writing OF the Christian
name Of the man to be married
Thomas d. Myers and Miss Anna
Price. of this city. had decided that
they could sail along the matrimonial
river content with the whirling hum
Of life more happily as one, and Sc
lected Philadelphia as the best spot for
the elimination of that idea.
Thomas has a brother named John.
who resides in Philadelphia and he was
requested to procure the license for the
ceremony and thus obviate thenecessitv
Of Thomas leaving his work for a day
in order to procure it. Justice ]. ].
Hare, of the Tenth ward. filled out the
duplication for John, setting forth that
Thomas and his lady love were to be
the contracting parties The deputy
clerk of the court, however, decided
that the applicant must be one Of the
two persons to be married.
! Thomas was so notified and went up
to Philadelphia 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 re-
membrance of the first application.
made by John still in his mind. filled
that gents name in the license. in
stead Of Toms
No one noticed the error and II
was handed to the preacher. Rev. E.
H. Webb, who, in the solemn cere-
mony of the Methodist church. pro-
nounced 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 mis-
take in the name was noticed by the
groom as the preacher uttered il. Both
we're far too supremely happy at that
joyous time to pay particular atten-
tion to it, but the real serious trouble
began after the marriage certificate
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the bride opened it to peruse it in her
happiness To feast her eyes with the
evidence that Tom was hers. Alas,
there it was, standing out in bold let
lers, John Myers" 1t startled her
She read it again, before she realized
that although married to Thomas, here
was the hand writing of the minister
undeniably saying that she was mar
J ried to her brOther-in-law. She told
her husband about it and insisted on
the mistake being rectified.
On Saturday night last the Justice
who had handed out the license was
called upon by John and Tom, who
, told Of the trouble they were endur
= ing why, said the husband, my
wife is nearly crazy over this matter
Here I'm married to her, but she say
she is married to John. / certainl,
must have this thing changed. M,
wife is worrying over it awfully.
It was found that the records at Me
dia, Pa. showed the license was IN
, tended for Thomas ID. Myers and las
night the paper was taken to the min
ister who made the correction in tn
faulty name, so that now the cour
record and that Of the church will
' tally, placing John on the bachelor list
as far as the record is concerned, AM
: making peace and contentment in tn
y home of the Myers.
Thomas ID. Myers resides at No. 40
Z McCauley street, and the residence O
: Annie Price is given in the director
! as No Hamilton street.
William Hamilton, Of Newport
l. has been granted an increase Of pen
n sion from S6 to IS per month.