A NEGRO WEDDING.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 183, 9 January 1875, Page 3

A NEGRO WEDDING.

(From the Atlanta News.) The bride and groom, answering to the names of Andrew and Susy, were field hands of unimpeachable Guinea blood, and both had passed the first half-century of life. Their dress, however, showed that they had not eschewed the follies of their youth; for, though rude and cheap, as became their condition, it was nevertheless embellished with those bits of gewgaws and glaring finery of bright colored ribbons and ties in which the negro delights. With the most decorous gravity the preacher began:— ; ' Andrew, does you lub dis yer woman?' 'I due.so,' was the reply. ' Will you promise to stick close froo time and 'tarnity, renouncing all oders an' cleabing to her for eber and eber an' amen ?' ' 'lwilldat.' 1 Will you lub, honor, and 'bey ' Hold on dar, Ole Jake,' interrupted the groom, with no little show of indignation, "taint no .use talking to dis nigger 'bout 'beying dewrinmlh roibs; en«y' c *¥ t olts mlss ' 'Silence dar, you owdumptious nigger!' roared the wrathful preacher. ' What fur you go fur spillin de grabity ob de 'casion ? Dis yer's only matter ob form, an' in'spensible to de 'casion. Now don't you go fur to open your black mOuf until de time fur you to speak. Will promise to lub, honor an' 'bey (Andrew still shaking his head ominously at the obnoxious word) dis yer nigger Susy, furnishin' her wid all things needed for comfort an' happiness an' protectin' from sufferin' an' makin smoove de path of all her precedin'days to come !' * I suppose I mus' say yes to dat,' said Andrew, meekly. ' Den I pronounce dese yer two couples to be' man and wife, an' whom de Lord has joined togedder let no man go fur to put dem asunder.' •Here an uproar arose among the blacks, betokening a dilemma entirely unforseen by Old Sack. For, inasmuch as he had forgotten to require the usual vows of Susy, they insisted that however firmly Andrew might be bound by the bonds of matrimony Susy was still single, and the pair were but half married. The matter was at last adjusted by the preacher commencing the ceremony over again, by which means the couple were firmly united to the satisfaction of all.