SCOTCH WEDDINGS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 274, 20 November 1871, Page 4

SCOTCH WEDDINGS.

Fair week in Glasgow is, amongst oth jr things, celebrated for the number >f weddings that take place on the Frids y night. Accordingly, one Friday evenin *, a "reporter of the North British Dm y Mail paid a visit to a popular clergyman of that city, who, on such occasions, -has a fair share of such work. The reverend gentleman had the prospect of a busy uigbt, as no fewer than twenty-thr< e couples were expected, and that numbe ', the reporter was told, might be augmentei by stray .couples who, having no particule r '"minister '"of their own, -drop "in withoi t previous notice. The work of the evening commenced in earnest about 7 o'cloc :. During the evening there was a dead lo< k 'by ,the°amval of several parties at onde, . : and this taxed the ingenuity of the servaa a to stow them out of the way, whilst waiting their turn. The circumstances and social position' of the different candidates for matrimony could almost be/ detected by the toilets, of which there wds an endless variety. It was easy to distinguish the skilful, well-paid artizan in ruifled ' shirt, dress waistcoat,' swallow-tail, land real "kids," alongside his bride in sajtih-: trimmed tarlatan, imposing head-drfess, and brilliant opera mantle. iAs it *as necessary to "up to time '? on account 'of the v amount of business on hand, the marrlagQ service for that evening is .made short-- and sweet, and a few minutes Bufilced to make;a;'couple one for better or for worse. Amongst^^ those came ;to •' be ; marriedr^re >a and his bride. «ijack," ia KißHSuria>y! toggery^ fresh ?as

and his place by the side of his fair intended without exhibiting signs either of bash fulness or nervousness. When the ceremony was completed, the minister remarked, " that entering the marriage state was more serious than crossing the Hue ; " to which Jack replied "Ay, it was worse than doubling the Cape, for there would be many a storm before it was known who was to be captain of the ship." It was amusing to see the lack of courage displayed by some of the bridegrooms. at the moment of tying the knot. One, a youth of some eighteen summers, when asked "if he took this woman to be his legally wedded wife," grew deadly pale, hung down his head, fidgetted with the toe of his right boot, and mechanically took a survey of .the seams of the carpet. The bride, a buxom lass considerably his senior, flushed and puled by turns, aud finally, with an iinpiitient and vigorous nudge which nearly upset the equilibrium of her better half, and the gravity of the company, whispered to him in an audible aside, " Say yes, Bob." Bob did so. A callon weaver, who presented himself at the miuister slightly elevated, was asked if he came to get married. After staring at the speaker for a moment in a state of dreamy be.wilderment, he answered j " Not . l, sir; it was tbae twa women brocht rae here," pointing to the two females who accompanied him. ' "'- .