Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-24
THE COUNTRY WEDDING
Conduct of the People Is Very Diff
ferent from That of City Folks
on Such an Occasion.

He w~assa~city boE and was engaged
to be best man at a wedding in the
country. The groom was a country
boy who had come to the city but had
left his heart in the country. The groom
knew the ways of the little town, but
the best man did not. The wedding
was a great affair, and all Of the brides
friends, male and female, and all those
who knew the groom of course had
been invited, says the Pittsburg Times.
1t was a charming circle and they
seemed to the best man from the city
to have a free and easy intimacy which
he had never encountered in city life.
OF course he had to thaw out and the
brides attendant was his especial
care. She quickly put him at his ease
and managed him so deity that matri-
mony took on a new aspect to him.
Ii girls could be so nice when he had
only met them for a few hours what
might they be if he should know them
for a lifetime? When the wedding Vas
over it was discovered by the time the
station was reached that the train was
two hours late. The guests had all ONE
to the railroad to see the couple away
on their honeymoon, but they did not
betray any of the cruel city ways when
they learned that the newly married
couple were at their mercy for two
hours or more. Instead of this those
who were not intimate family connec-
lions wished the bride happiness and
congratulated the groom and went
away.
There was no bandwagon, there was
nothing lone to the trunks of the
newly welded pair. There was non of
that foolishness which seems TO be
growing to be the custom in the cities.
The folks were merry enough, but they
recognized that it was a solemn but
beatitic time for the two, and they
treated the occasion so that it would
be a hallowed memory.
Horseplay was the last thing thought
Of. About Is folks remained with the
pair who were to take the train and
they went into a little waiting room Of
the station. They were just in as much
privacy as if they were at the brides
home. Nobody was at hand but the
sleepy station agent, and he was a
friend of all of them. Besides, he had
some work to do, SO that he was not
too obtrusive. OF curse they began
to sing and the newly welded folks
had a serenade they will never forget.
They sang solos that were fine and
quartettes that are the stock in trade
of every bunch in a little town. The
two hours slipped away as if they had
only been Is minutes. They hated to
hear the whistle of the through train
as it came around the curve below
town. Then the brides mother, who
was a widow, sprang a surprise. She
announced that she had lost a daugh-
ter that evening, but she was going tc
adopt Nettie, the girl who had roomed
around, worked in the store and was a
general good fellow if she was an or
phan.
When the train drew in there was a
parting melody, The Buccaneers
Bride" and How Can | Bear to Leave
Thee?" and the man and wife went to
the train, 1t was a great ceremony,
treated with dignity and proper spirit,
and even the two hours unexpected
walt helped the fun, the good fellow
ship, and made a pleasing memory. In
cities such things seldom occur. Franks
are played which are quite out Of place,
and which only amuse hoodlums. The
city teller thinks he knows a great
deal, but in many things his country
cousin can give him pointers. Senti-
ment is not dead in the country yet. 1t
is all but extinct in the cities. This
country wedding was as good an ex-
ample of the difference as anyone
would want to see.