Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-01-12
DREW STRAWS FOR BRIDE.
How Tar Heel Girl Decided Among three
Brothers-Courtshlp in Triplleate.

Details of a most unusual wedding
story are given in press dispatch from
Davis county, North Carolina.
There were three brothers, John,
William and Henry Mock, all fine
specimens Of physical manhood, and
all well-to-do. Near the Mock family
lived the family of Jacob DePass, and
the chief ornament of this family was
Miss Nellie DePass.
Each of the Mock boys was in
love with Miss Nellie, and had told
her so many times, and each had VOW
ed his life would be utterly worthless
unless this beauty should become his
wife.
This young lady's eyes are said to
sparkle like mountain br0oklet, in
which is found the speckled trout.
Her cheeks are said to be as fair as a
sourwood blossom. and her eyes are the
color of chestnut burr. She weighs
about $50 and appears to have been
cut out of the marble by some first
class sculptor. She rides like an
Amazon and shoots like the best man
10 the mountains.
Miss Nellie said she loved all of these
Mock boys, and that she could not de.
eide between them. So she kept them
dangling many months. And so this
courtship continued, brother against
brother. Whenever Miss Nellie went
to church, preaching al they call 1t in
the country, two of the brothers walk
ed on either side of Miss Nellie and
the other walked behind.
Miss Nellie decided that she would
have Christmas wedding, and she
told each of the brothers to get ready,
as though he was to be the favored one,
and the two who failed to get her could
be best man and wait on their more
fortunate brother.
SO they all got ready and all the
groom was known, and the guests were
invited. Christmas night the guests
assembled ia the house Of Mr.. Jacob
DePass, and great was the curiosity to
know which of the brothers was to be
the groom. Each one was asked and
he said he did not know, nor how the
choice was to be made.
Finally at nine O'Clock Miss Nellie
walked into the parlor in her finest
costume. and looking as lovely as a
sunbeam. announced that she had de-
cided to let the three brothers draw !
straws to see which one she would mar.
ry. She said she would manipulate the !
straws, as she was "dlsinterested. u
Aud so she prepared the straws in the
presence of the assembled guests, &C.
lecting one dozen straws so that they
could not say she had given any one Of
the brothers the hint as to the shortest |
one. There WAS breathless silence as
she held the straws in both Der bands
aud asked the oldest, second, and the
last. When the straws were
aid on the center table it was
found that the Youngest broth
ar had drawn the shortest. In.
Miss Nellie took bis arm,
Ind the bridesmaids and their attend
lnts ranged themselves i'll front of The
amlly minister, who was there for the
occasion, ard in less time than it takes
% tell it, NJ iss Nellie was Mrs. Henry
Mock.
The two other brothers were the first
o congratulate the bride and bride
room aud to wish them all the hap.
'iness possible in this life. And there
vas dancing and an old.fashioned sup
er. Tue next day all the company
moved over to the Mock mansion and
ad an old -fashioned "in-fare.