Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-01

Must labor always for their bread.
wed In August be,
Many change is sure to see.
Marry in September's shine,
Your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry
Love will come, but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November
Only JOY will come, remember.
When DEFENDERS SHOWS fall fast
Marry and true love will last.
Another version runs as follows:
Married in January's boar and rime,
Widowed you'll be before your time.
Married in February's sleety weather
Life you'll tread in tune together.
Married when March winds shrill and
roar,
Your home will lie on a foreign shore.
meath ADril's changeful skies,
A checlered path before you lies.
Married when bees DER May blossoms
fit
Strangers around your board will sit.
Married in the month of roses bloom,
Life will be one long sweet tune.
Married in July with flowers ablaze
Bitter sweet memories in after days.
Married in Augustus heat and browse,
Lover and friend in your chosen
spouse.
Married in September's golden glow
Smooth and serene your life will flow
Married when leaves in October thin
Toll and hardship for you begin.
Married in wells of November mist,
Dame Fortune your wedding ring has
kissed.
Married in days of DEFENDERS cheer,
Loves star burns brighter from year
to year.
A third variation of the May coup
let is:
Married in May and kirked in green,
Both bride and bridegroom won't long
be seen.
Unlucky days for weddings are:
January i, 2. 8, 4, Z, 10, ~.
March 1, 6, s.
April 6, II.
May 5, 6, Z.
June Z, Is.
July S, 10.
August, u, II.
October 6.
November Is, 10.
December is, 16, H.
The most unlucky days in the year
are February II. June 2, November 2
and December Is.
Lucky days for weddings are:
January 2, 4, IL, 10, 81.
February 1. 3, TO- 10. Fl.
March 8, IL. Is, 20, %.
June 1, 3, II, 10, 81.
July 1, 8, IL, 10, 81.
August 2, II, 1S, 20. 80.
September 1, IS, is. 10. %.
October 1, 8, Is, II, 81. 20.
November S, II, %, 25.
December 1, 8, 10, 10, 90, 20.
at is most fortunate to be married
upon the groom's birthday"
The day of the week one is born on
is regarded as fortunate wedding
day for a man. but the reverse for a
woman"
Regarding the dress of the bride,
she must lave three rings-a ring on
her finger, brooch on her heart sig
nifying maidenly innocence, garland
on her head signifying the gladness
and digity of wedlock.
The pins used about the wedding
toilet should all be thrown away; If
the bridesmaids keep them they will
not marry before Whitsuntide."
Fate is said to be foretold by the
hue Of the wedding gown.
Married in white you have chosen
right;
Married in gray you will go far away;
Married in black you will wish your
self back;
Married in red you will wish yourself
e Dead
Married in green, ashamed to be seen !;
Married in blue, he will always be
true;
Married in pearl. you will live in a
whirl;
Married in yellow, ashamed of your
fellow;
Married in brown, you will live out of
town;
Married in pink your spirits will sink.
A bride should always wear
Something old and something new,
Something borrowed and something
blue.
And sometimes the following line is
added to the above couplet:
"And a four-leaf clover put in her
Shoe
Mr.. f. G.. Fritts, Oneonta, N. Y,
writes: MY little girl was greatly
benefited by taking Foley's Orino
Laxative. and I think 1t Is the best
remedy for constipation and liver
trouble" Foley's Orino Laxative is
best for women and children, as it is
mild, pleasant and effective, and is a
splendid spring medicine, as it cleanses
the system and clears the comnlexion.
Clark's Drug Store; Swenson's Drug
Store.