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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3384, 27 October 1879, Page 2

At a wedding in South Carolina, an i incident occurred aptly illustrating social life in the United States. The bridegroom, who belonged to lh» 'first Southern families,' took exception of the officiating clergyman, *nd remarked. 9 You shouldn't say those uns whom the Lord had jined together, but them uns.' The preacher, who prided himself on the •high-toned' quality of his language, quietly dropped his hand into the pocket of his surplice and interpolated: ' You jist paddle your own canoe, younu feller, or your trouble'll begin sure enuff. I'm runnin' this tea party, I am—as I said B f ore —my beloved hearers those uns as the Lord—' Just then the bridegroom made a motion toward his hip, but before he could draw, the minister fired from his pocket, and the young man fell dead at his feet. Instantly the whole church was filled with blazing pistols. In less than fire seconds, the only person left alive was the bride, who had ducked behind the pulpit early in the action. The halfmarried female gazed musingly around and remarked as she started for home, 'These Belf-cocking revolvers is playing the mischief round here, and that's a fact.' —The San Francisco News Letter is responsible for the above.

A young lady in California threatened to get a divorce on the novel ground of "protracted festivities." She said her husband celebrated his marriage by getting drunk, and kept up the festival three weeks!