The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
WE'D IN A LIONS DEN.
\ Couple Made Man and Vile a
the ElkS' Fair.

tne ElkS' Falfs
Last Saturday night at the Elks' far
in this city Edward Dermedy and Ma.
ME Bovee took each other for bet er
for worse and We're linked in til
bonds Of Hymen in a wild beasts del
by the Rev. Gulian Lansing Morrill,
the sensational Baptist minister. Sew
Ell thousand curious spectators wit
messed the spectacular performance
and at it's conclusion they set up 1
great shout that made the welkin ring
The following account Of the wedding
appears in Il LOCAL contemporary:
The bridal party was taken to the
fair in carriages. preceded by the Iii
nal Newsboys' band, squad of nouns
ed police and a procession of Mr.. ia
bours camcls and tile elephant. Tile
camels We're ridden by thu cscort com
mitttee of the Elks, consisting of Il
w. Murphy. w. II. Renllell, Emil Fer
rant and Frank Towne. In the cal
riages We're the maid of honor, Miss
Nettie Knudson. and the brides sister
Miss Lillian Rovee. her three lit .
brothers, and the officiating clergyman
The bride was becomingly dresse
in a gown of white Swiss null, an
carried a handsome bouquet of whis
roses. On arriving at the platform til
party found everything in rea illness fec
the ceremony. The large circular ami
NAL cage had been erected there in
order to give the multitude full view
! of the wedding. In the cage We're the
two largest lions of the show One
of these it was afterwards learned, ha
a record as a man-lziller. having eigh
victims to his credit.
The lions were on their best bclav
ior. however, and killed no one. The
did not even growl. although one
them showed a little NERVOUSNESS whe
the Rev. Mr.. Morrill, entered the Gag
i'll company with the three keepers
Joe katool. Michael Kaury and Mile
Ouarda. The keepers soon reduced the
animals to order, and then, amidst tie
strains of Memberships wedding
march. played by Ellery's Royal Italia
band, the bridal couple themselves were
led into the cage. ~ the great audi
encc which looked on at this spectacle
the novelty and apparent danger was
so great as to repress all applause, and
the ceremony proceeded amidst pro
found quiet, broken only by the clear
voice of the clergyman as with un
rufflcd demeanor he read the marriag
lines.
The ceremony was soon over, and
when the party left the cage Il great
shout of relief went up from til
crowd. The happy couple We're drive
away to their new home, 9O4 Twenty
first avenue south.
Rev. G. L. Morrill,, after tile. cerc-
mony, described his sensations during
the event. ....
'Wihen the lion was prancing about
in the cage said he, 81 WAS Il little
anxious, but 1 thought if 1 had just.
brought one of my old sermons along I
could have put him to sleep in m :
ment.
'Isn't it evident that I am the man
for the mayor of Minneapolis? I've
bearded the lion in his den and come
out WHOLE"
Everything passed off even better
than expected and the only rift in tina
lutte was the appearance of the young
mans mother in an angry mood be
cause the match for some reason faile,n
to meet with her approval.
The Irish Standard will add that the
bridegroom's mother is Catholic, ami
was opposed to the marriage of her SD
by Baptist preacher in such a sensa
tional and irreverent manner.