SOMEWHAT MIXED.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2546, 5 March 1877, Page 3

SOMEWHAT MIXED.

(TKOM TnE IONI'ON FREE PBESS )

"The course of true love never did run smooth,'.' is a. timo-worn adage which the majority of.grown up folks as a. rule give their adherence "to. Whether, however, this is the cause of a dead lock in the affairs of a newly married couple residing- in the township of. Westminster,] not, still the.annexed statement iscneverthelesa true. The male partici-' pator in the affair is, we believe;: a. farmer in good circumstances,-'while the bride is stated by... those, who should know to. be a rather -good looking young woman of twenty-three summers. ; The courtship was carried on as all such courtships are in the rural districts—-"• > principally going to and returning irony j church, meetings, etc. Tfc was rather, : lengthy, and at times people thought the-

disparity in their ages would be a barrier, in the long run, to their union. All such surmises, however, were doomed to disappointment, as a week cr twr> ago the loving couple were "made one," the honeymoon trip was indulged in, and on Sunday last the orthodox " church going" took place in a city chapel. The most extraordinary fnci, however, remains to be told. While the courtship was proceeding it was usually'understood that the couple were near relatives — cousins, the people generally supposed. The announcement of the marriage, however, gave rise in a good deal of further speculation on the subject. But imagine the consternation of-all parties concerned j when last week it was discovered that the bridegroom's father had been twice married ; that he was one of the first wife's family and that the bride was one of the second wife's?—they being thus constituted half-brother and sister. , The brother left home prior to his mother's death, and never saw his sister till he had (unknown to himself) interviewed her in the role of a lover. The young lady's mother—the " old man " js now dead ~ has been since the discovery of the above facts, almost distracted. Of course, the gossips are having a nice time in discussing the matter ; but the newly-mar-ried couple have not yet given any definite reply to the numerous inquiries as to what they mean to do. Said the bride to a female interrogator the other day, "We like one another : we have been married, and what can we do P." Although :therc may be a little difficulty is-disposing of such a query, the only apparent way out of the difficulty is a speedy separation, as neither legally nor socially are the parties married.