Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-12
JOKE MlscARRIED.
Ushers, Best Man, Bridesmaids and Brides Sisters Formed Conspiracy.

Ushers, Best Man, Bridesmaids and
 Brides Sisters Formed Conspiracy.
 The ushers, the best man, the brides maids and the sisters of the bride at a wedding in Brooklyn last week had en- tered into q deep conspiracy to make q holy show of the bridal couple when they started om their wedding journey For devilish ingenuity few things could have been better thans the plan they devisied, And their fun began when they allowed the. bride and bridegroom to depart ostensibly with out any evidence of an attempt at dec orating the carriage with white ribbons or signs of any description.
 It had been deputed to one of the usfhers however, to tie large bell on the rear axle of the bridal coach, and he was trying to do this as the couple entered the carriage. He had not fin dshed the task when the door slammed to, so he jumped up on the springs to complete it as he rode along, for he counted on the driver driving at a de- cent pace. Instead of this the man on the box whipped the horses into a quick gallop, and before the astonished usher could realize what had happened he had dropped the bell and was cling ing desperately ito the springs to pre- vent being thrown off. The coach rocked and rolled and plunged on it's way, and it was not until the driver slowed up to round corner that the usher had chance to drop off from his dangerous seat. This he did, and he fell as he attempted the feat and was. rolled in the dirty street. Swish! crack! went the drivers whip, and off started the horses again at the same mad gallop
 The joke was certainly on the usher. He was a stranger in Brooklyn and consequently hadn't the slightest idea where he was. Then it was 10 o'clock at night and he was in evening dress, without hat or overcoat, and very dus- ty at that from his fall. There was nothing to do but to try and find his way back to the house he had left, and so he stanted off on his walk, rea- lizing what an awful mess he had got himself in. He had gone about four blocks when he noticed a coach con- ing along toward him.. the horse going
 
 dress, with their bodies half way out either window, who were swearing pat- terly.
 When the men caught sight of the usher coming along the street they gave yell of recognition and the coach came to stop. 1t contained the best man and the other three ushers, who had meant to follow the bridal coach and decorate it with white ribbons and all the Yhorrors at its first stopping place. Their plan had been defeated by the driver, who had been liberally tipped by the brides father, who was no lover of jokes of this kind. When the party in the coach heard what had happened they ordered the man on the box to turn around and drive across They hoped to catch hhe bridal couple after all. When the carriage drove up to the ferry entrance they gave one united whoop of joy, for a solitary coach was standing there. waiting for the gates to open. With. ribbons and signs in their hands they made wild dash for the coach and looked in through the windows. Sit ting there was the maid of honor, still in her wedding attire. When they pushed open the door and breathlessly inquired if she had seen the bridal couple, she confessed that they had caught the boat that had gone out half an hour before.
 ttWell,' said the best man, "whatss the use of wasting all these ribbons and things Don't you want your chariot decorat dY' And thus it was that a solitary girl dressed in white rode uptown through the streets of Manhattan in a coach festooned with white ribbons and bearing large sign across the back of 1t that read, We Are Just Married, ,"-New York Press.