MISCELLANEOUS.

Kumara Times, Issue 308, 19 September 1877, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

Two unusual scenes in connection with marriages are reported from different parts of Scotland. The first os* 'cuvred at Panbridge, near Carnoustie) where a young woman started up in the gallery of the parish church, and objected to the marriage of a young fisherman, whose banns had just been “ cried.” The fisherman and his intended bride, however, got over the difficulty by going to Dundee, where they were tr.uricd in a solicitor’s office, and the union was afterwards duly ratified by the sheriff. The other case, which occurred at Cromarty, is much more singular. A couple there were duly “ proclaimed,” and thereafter applied to a minister of the Established Church to marry them, but this, for reasons which are not given, he dedined to do. The disconsolate couple then paraded the streets to a late hour, pouring forth their grievances into the public ear, much to the amusement of the boys of the town. At length they hit upon a plan which they procceeded to carry out on the following Sunday* The congregation of the- parish church were then not a little astonished when the pair unexpectedly stood up in their pew, and the man declared in a loud voice, “ I t ike you, Johanna, to be my wife,” she following with a corresponding declaration, in a tone not less clear and firm. This, of course, if no impediment exists, constitutes a valid marriage in Scotland, so it is to be hoped the persevering couple will now “ live happily ever afterwards.” As showing the imm-nse demand there is for the S urod -Jcri .turns at the present tin -, it is s* it-1 in the Day ot Ki-st, that;—'‘The Bible production in our time is equal to more tb m a million copies a rear, or suv more than 19.000 every hour, or five every minute of working time. At this rau>, Hi- press is producing an English Bible or New Testament every twelve sec imk Mote copies of the Sacred Scripture are demanded in the English tongue than in the languages of nil the other nations of the World, although the number of versions to winch this country gives encouragement and assistance, over and above, is considerably more than 150.

A young . man writes to the New | Y-'-rk Graphic tint he wants to be an ; ’editor, to which the New York Graphic editor replies Gaits c thou draw up leviathan with hook thou lettest down 1 Canst thou hook up great ideas from ■'the depths of thine intellect, and clean, •scale, and fry them at five minutes’ notice! Canst thou write editorials to ‘measure! Canst thou write editorial to fit in three-quarter column of the paper, which shall be in length hist twenty-•'two-inches, having three inches of fine sentiment four inches from the beginning, and nine inches of humor in the middle, and an outburst of maxim pre- ' cept, nine and three-quarter inches long, •'at the close. ' ■They had been engaged a long while, ; an’d one evening were reading the ■paper 1 together. “ Look, love,” he ex- *■ claimed, “ only 15 dols. for a suit of ‘clothes 1” “ Is'it a wedding suit !” she -asked, looking naively at her lover. “Oh, no,” he replied, “it is a business : suit.” “Well, I meant business,” she •replied.