EXTBAORDINARY MARRIAGE. Fiction in the popular novels of the day makes many marriages under extraordinary circumstances, but sober truth may be more wonderful than romance in matrimony as in lore and war. An instance of this occurred on Monday, October 19, in Boharni, in the neighborhood of Elgin. The minister of the parish, the Rev. Mr Murdock, a worthy pastor of about threescore and ten, confined to his bed by a disease, which his medical attendant had told him must bo fatal in a few days at the most, resolved to take unto himself a wife before leaving this world, in which he had lived a bachelor. Miss Stewart, an assistant teacher in the district, about 20 years of age, was sent for to the manse, and consented to the marriage. A justice of the peace was next sent for, and the couple were married by him in the presence of witnesses, the bridegroom sitting in his bed. This is a case of " romance in real life" which has had few eguali in Scotland.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBT18690107.2.9.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 645, 7 January 1869, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
174Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 645, 7 January 1869, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in