Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-13
THE COUNTRY WEDDING
COnducU of the People Is Very DIFF
ferent from That of City Folks
ON Such an Occc zion.

He was a city boy and was engage,
to be best man at wedding in the
country. The groom was 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 charming circle and they
seemed to the best man from the city
to have free and easy intimacy which
he had never encountered in city lie.
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 matrl-
mony took on a new aspect to him.
If girls could be so nice when he had
only met them for few hours what
might they be if he should know them
for lifetime? When the wedding was
over it was discovered by the time the
station was reached that the train was
two hours late. The guests had all come
to the railroad to see the couple away
| on their honeymoon, but they did not
| hetray 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-
tons wished the bride happiness and
congratulated the groom and went
away.
There was no bandwagon, there was
nothing done to the trunks of the
newly welded pair There was none 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 solemn but
beatific time for the two, and they
treated the occasion so that it would
be hallowed memory.
HOrseplay was thelast thing thought
of. About Is folks remained with the
pair who were to take the train and
they went into 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 6
friend of all of them. Besides, he haC
some work to do, SO that he was no
too Obtrusive. OF course they begar
to sing and the newly welded folk!
had a serenade they will never forget
They sang solos that were fine ant
quartetteS that are the stock in trade
Of every bunch in a little town. Thu
two hours slipped away as if they hat
only been Is minutes. They hated tt
hear the whistle of the through trail
L as it came around the curve below
town. Then the brides mother, wh'
was a widow, sprang surprise. Sh
d announced that she had lost daugh
) ter that evening, but she was going t.
adopt Nettie, the girl who had roome
around, worked in the store and was
i. general good fellow if she was an or
5; phan.
u When the train drew in there was
r | parting melody, THE Buccanneer'
Bride" and How Can l Bear to Leav
. Thee?" and the man and wife went t
z the train. 1t was a great ceremony
treated with dignity and proper spirit
Z and even the two hours unexpecte
8 wait helped the fun, the good fellow
u snip, anu LHdue d pleasing HelAOiy'
; cities such things seldom occur. Prank
4 are played which are quite out of place
; and which only amuse hoodlums. TIL
4 city teller" thinks he knows a grea
; deal, but in many things his countr
4 cousin can give him pointers. Sent
= ment is not dead in the country yet
4 is all but extinct in the cities. Thi
; country wedding was as good an e.
4 ample of the difference as anyon
= would want to see.