New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-24
MATRIMONIAL FELICITIEs.
Oldtime Announcements Lead 70 Amazing
Marriage Notices.

Coilecuons OF epitaphs. curious 1rea-v h-,rno~-
~ 'ie 0ases may he are not infreduentiy
uIouei'- 10 heh' here and there from old silent
cities % the dead" or from isolated fa-,il, lots
such as crown tho hlsidre - No. - ,-.,
ties notably in New England 4 oufta oirers,,,
N'ho o. correction differing in substance moro thar.
IN style. comes from some old volumes Of a news
FaPei-rn''1T'age announcements with suggestive.
sympetheuc' sometimes caustic. comments the
newspaper In question The Lincoln IntelIigencer"
was published at Wiscasset Ne early in the last
century
Aithousn the marriages recorded are by no means
aiVays local. the comments thereon are evidently
in most Instances editorial After the matrimonial
notice OF many native couple is added in brackets
1T is pleasant 10 remark that the editor was not
passed ~ on this occasion. A liberal slice Of the
bridal loaf fell to his share MAY long life and hap
plness attend them some similar expression Of
sentiment
Under the headline Of Loving Souls stands tie
announcement: Captain Robert soue 20 Miss
Joanna soule." Bread and Cheese is the sugges-
tive heading for Mr. Bread to Miss Tabtha
Cheese OF Mr. Ezra Porters marriage to Miss
Sarah Goodale the criticism is made:
Twas COED tas.e 10 Low, Good a,e and court her
But quite too bad to change Coo. ale to Porter.
The marriage OF Smith E. Brown to Miss Gym
thia Watt is celebrated ny this artless verse:
Those who are doomed to meet thy fro~n;
An. Wait alas, till Brown
Another group OF marriage notices taken at ran
dom savors strongly Of the oldtime obituary both
in wording and in versifca ton. jeremiah Morton
aged forty-nine is announced married 70 Miss
Olive Morse, aged twenty-five. and the editorial
critfque runs
Why: olive !, rot half, half 50 old
What warr'd his heart 20 love long cod
And kindled its Devotion
The readily known.
Which signifies follows.
Olives dear self Is his
And her thousand dollars.
Similar in that # gives the years Of the contract
ing parties is the proclamation o. marriage be
tween Dan Adams aged forty-oue, and Miss Anna
Covert aged nineteen. Of whom The IntelliEencer
editor SAYS.
How pleasant -
The old and Young
The length OF the wooing or IS specified IN
connection with two marriages: Mr.. Artemus
Mansfield TO Miss Olive Powers after a tedious
courtshp OF one week" And still speedy is
the next: Mr. Henry Tyrrel to Miss Calista Wright
after a short and courtship Of thirty minutes
Granting that these urduy personal details be
It is be wondered II they given by the peo-
pie chiefly concerned.
Several amazing cases Of much marrying occur.
Most remarkable OF these Is the marriage or Mr..
John Hamilton Mrs. Mary Cavanagh, who Is the
mother OF tweuty-One children. fOrty-eight grand
children and a number Of great grandchildren She
now has her fifth husband ana her present husband
fourth wife A second IN point Is that vi
the marriage OF Captain John Hamilton to Mrs Re
becCs Colby. where concerning the bride,
told that she is not Yet twenty years OF age has
now he third husband and has lived d widow for