Connecticut western news., 1902-02-13
MARRIED ALL RIGHT.

A Wedding With Unusual Accessories
 Lots of Nervousness and Newspaper
 "Copy'' Ended by a Peaceful Mar
 Disturbance.
 Not many New England weddings are attended by constable in his off, cial capacity at the request of the con. tracting parties. but such was the case at the Chapin-Warner wedding in this town on Monday evening.
 It all came about through the efforts of former admirer of Miss Warner to cause annoyance or unpleasantnsss to the contracting parties. Very few people indeed knew until last Friday that Howard Clinton Chapin of East Longmeadow, Mass. was to marry Miss J. Emma Warner of East Canaan at the home of the brlde on Feb. 10, at o'clock, but since Friday it has been known from Maine to Florida because Nelson J. Brewer, Q Canaan blacksmitb, published notice in the Winsted Citi- zen of Feb. ', stating that he and Miss Warner had been engaged to be married since April 1901, and forbidding the marriage of Clinton Chapin to Miss Warner. This unusual proceeding brought the matter to the attention of the dsiles and columns of copy have resulted and reporters for the New York Sunday World finally visited East Canaan and wrote up a sensation for the World.
 The affair became such a sensation and so many people thought that Brewer was in Q desperate frame of mind that the Warner family and Mir Chapin thought it advisable to have Constable Rhoades present at the we'd ding to prevent Brewer from making any disturbance should he como to the house during the wedding. Brewer evidently has some real friends who advised him to drop the matter, and the wedding passed off nicely on Mon- day evening. Rev. O. W. Hanna per forming the ceremony.
 The incidents leading up to Brewers peculiar action gre not sensational. Brewer comes from northern Berkshire county, Massachusetts, and . year or moro ago came to East Canaan as the blacksmith at Garfield Brothers lime works. He boarded with the family of Joseph Warner and undoubtedly fell in love with the comedy daughter. Emma, but it is not generally believed that the young lady had any affection for Brewer, and she says that she was never at any time engaged to him. She had many sd- mirer's but accepted the suit of her sister in-law's brother, H. Clinton Chapin of East Longmeadow. Brewer, while boarder in the family, did escort Miss Warner to one or two places Last August Brewer changed his boarding place to be nearer his work and dis. covered soon after that Miss Warner did not reciprocste his love, but his mind seemed to be filled with thoughts of the young lady and he talked so much to his companions of her that they grew to believe that he "was not right" on the subject, and this gave rise to the talk that there would be some shooting at the wedding, but Brewer did not prove himself so foolish and has kept out of the way since the appearance of his notice. One of Brewers intimate acquaintances says that Brewer did not publish the notice as the result of being deranged on the subject. but in spirit of vindictiveness and to cause the Warmers and MT Ohapin as much annoy ance as possible.
 MT and Mrs Chapin will reside near Springfield, Mass. and persue the busi. ness of farming. Brewer is at present employed in A. L. Higgins blacksmith shop here in Canaan