The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-23
JOKES ON BRIDAL COUPLES
Tit-Rfts

Tit-Bits.
Why bridal couples should appeal so
peculiarly to the practical joker's sense of
humor Is one Of the mysteries which
battle explanation: but 1t is a fact that
weddings are becoming more and more the
arena insswhich the practical humorist,
loves to exercise his arts. and 1t is to be
feared there is often more cruelty than
humor in his joking.
The son OF a Pittsburg millionaire had.
won a rather unenviable notoriety by
jests Of this kind: and when, a few
months ago, his turn came to lead a bride
to the altar, his victims decided to pay
off old scores with interest. And this is
how they did 1t:
When he and his bride were being driy-
en- to the station after the ceremony they
were seized and placed in a large wire
cage which was drawn on. wogon thru
the principal streets for the entertain
ment OF thousands of spectators, who had
been attracted by the announcement Of q
circus procession with"a Gagged mad bridal
couple
What the sensations Of the bridegroom
were IS not revealed. but it is probable
that his own days of practical Joking
came to an end in the cage.
Recalls Gretna Green Days.
small Hungarian village was, last
month, the scene of romantic episode
which recalls the days of Gretna Green
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ding day of the daughter Of we'll do
farmer, who had been compelled by her
rather to give her hand to a rich sutton
and to discard her own handsome lover.
At the appointed hour carriage ar
rived at the brides house to take her
to the church. She entered the carriage,
and the bridegroom was about to follow,
when the driver, who was masked, re-
vealed himself, whipped up his horses,
and drove off. He was Petrovics, the re-
jected lover. Not trace Of the runaway
couple could be found, altho the carriage
was returned and the wedding feast was
consumed by the guests Of the discon-
solate bridegroom.
In a recent and more amusing case a
Tilted lover also personated the ooachman.
and on the return journey from the church
drove the bridal couple into the very mid
die of large and deep pond, leaving
them to extricate themselves as we'll as
they could, to the amusement of a crowd
OF onlookers who had been admitted into
the secret.
The HumorIsts Thrashed.
A practical joke, designed by his friends
for the benefit Of Carter Prem. son Of
a. New York millionaire, came to an igno-
rnin1ous conclusion. The humorist had
arranged that carriage should be filed
with confetti, rice, old slippers and white
ribbons, and should follow the young
couple to their hotel, where they were
to be inundated by these emblems of
matrimonial bliss during their bridal
feast.
The bridegroom, however, who had
been forewarned of this little conspiracy,
TOOK the precaut1on to hire half a dozen
sturdy men, who stopped the carriage
dragged out it's surprised occupants, and
gave them a sound thrashing by way Of
Illustrating one Of the risks of practical
joking.
newly married couple who recently
started on their honeymoon from a north
country station, were the victims of an
amusing, If annoying, joke. They had ser
cured compartment, which was guard
ed from the intrusion of the profane by
bold label marked Engaged and, thus
secure, settled down to enjoy their soli-
tude in peace.
Conceive their amazement and indigna-
t1on therefore, when, at the very first
station the train stopped at, their car
r1age was quickly surrounded by a gap
ing, laughing crowd, whose comments
were distinctly embarrassing and who
sent them off on their journey with a.
ringing cheer. N
When the scene was repeated at the
next stopping place the indignant bride
groom put his head out of the window
and asked the meaning of the demon
strallOn. fMean1nS" said one of the
crowd, why look there" pointing to the
label on the. carriage window.-and there,
sure enough, was quite sufficient explana-
ton, for the bridegroom read in glarins
Letters the word Married." where the
simple announcement ''Engaged"@ should
have been. The latter legend had no
doubt been affixed by a practical Joker
just before the bridal couple commenced
their journey.
Beaten by Tilted Women.
There was little that was humorous in
the joke played on a bridegroom in a VIII
lage near Lyons last year. The BRIDE
groom had been VIGOROUSLY inconstant in
his affections, and on the eve Of his we'd
ding day he was waylaid on his way
home from seeing his bride Of the NOR
row by three Of his Tilted lady lovers,
armed with stout sticks. Before the in
| terview came to an end they had admin
1stered such a Striking proof of their re-
gard that an hour later their recreant
lover was found still insensible and Gov
cred with bruises by the roadside
Even more grim, If less painful, was a
joke practiced on bridal couple some
time ago In the west country Just as
| the ceremony was on the point of begin
ming In church a mourning coach drew up