The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-02-08
Delayed th. Wedding Tear

ibtfe were ~hole loi ni sebssNehs
Lstaies ns recent svell Wedding 90 th
wesi sids, which. for obsieus reasons
never SO, into ths society eolamu. OF th'
papers. They are to good too remsin u
obscurity, however, aud ere here teistst
the name, Of coarse, beng fictitious
H.skius vS the groom. snd the brii'
YES The oply daughter Of . weslihy isn
ly. Who Ars ietvent mem bers Of tbs Mtitt
diet church. Aiscr the ceremony I
recep ption SIS held st the hoase, the Dc
par!urs OF the young ccuple ou tbei'
Wedding tour being sci for 1890 o'clock
Abou, $50 O'Clock Hswtius stole swsy
from the house to . saloon about block
away.
As II happened, t~o Of hi, scg1sin
tsnces. who bsd not . very high opiuion
Of bin, aud had erudge 10 satisfy, were
10 the saloon. They noticed Hsskins'
full-dress suit. and be, 10 90 IN wonted
bnrst Of generosity, asked them to take
something.
Give uss small bottle Of champsgne,
ssil Hswkin.,
Why all these tog asked ope of the
men.
Been getting msrned, responded Hsw
kio.. The old folks are teetotslers, and
It wss pretty dry around at the house. so
jast slipped on. TO get a brscer iou
know seldom drink snythios but feel
pretty nervous to night
The two acqu.intsuces Congratulated
Hawkins. aud IN honor OF the occasion 10
sisted on bnying another bottle OF wine,
which wss followed by smother. BY the
time the thirl bottle had disappeared,
Hawkins iosist,d d on . fourth, and when
that bad bseo disposed OF be was decided
ly overcome 1t was then 10 80 O'Clock,
Better go home. Hswkins, ssid one Of
his com mpsDions.
Hawkins wept OF the ssestiop, Coin
sthsy 10 here, he announced. Give
mother boti
The bottle wss duly finished after
which Hawkins sat down in . chair and
vent to sleep. The other two men. who
we're pretty gay by this time, began TO
undress the unconscious bridegroom.
They took tf bis collar aud white tie,
then bis shirt aud undeIs1 ri a,t.r which
they replaced his vest and coat. Then
they removed bi, shoes und stockinPs, |
after which they pnt bis shoes on. Then
last OF eli, they blacked Hawkins face
and then hey reused him from bis ,leep. |
Come or, Hiwkins. we'll walk Ground |
10 the ht use with you; they ssiJ, and
sImott G, rryinP the staggering Hawkins
they sailed out, one on escn 81 'e OF him,
When they reached the house there
was q sce Q The bride was standing oo
he steps, almost distracted; and her
parents had blood 10 their eyes. The
xretched Hawkins was Obvious to every
hing, however aud had TO be carried up
,tairs and put to bed. while the bride had
fit OF hysttrics an ! her mother snapped
mt: told you you'd regret this.
leyer was satisfied with the match.
As the two conspirstors left Hawkins
Dom after putting him to be }, the mother
n-law stopped them and asked how be
lad got into such a disgrsceiul condition.
They troiessed entire ignorance.
We were coming along Madison street.
hey explsined, when We saw bim sltting
70 the curb stone. with lot OF boy s tor
nenting him. We drove the boys away,
nd after fading out bis name and ad
reese brought him home. He is N entire
trsngfr to Us.
How Hawkins squared himself i, not
uowp, but he did eventually, and the
leddipg tonr began tao days later than
be date set for it. 1t is believed that
be teetota principals OF his vi'e's parents
ave been adopted by him, Us be bss not
cen known TO take q drisk since that
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