STRANGE SCENE AT A WEDDING.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue III, 26 May 1870, Page 7

STRANGE SCENE AT A WEDDING.

The Port Hope " Canadian" says that a couple residing in the rural districts, not far from town, were engaged to be married, and were "called" three times in one of the town churches. On the day appointed for the celebration of the ceremony which was to " make this twain one flesh," the happy couple came to town arrayed in all the glory of new store clothes, bringing with them a brother of the bridegroom, who was to officiate as " best man," and who, the result proved, was fully entitled to that character. Leaving the blushing damsel in charge of his brother, the intended husband adjourned to a bar-room fo get "something hot" to cheer his spirits under the trying ordeal through which he was to pass. Here he met some friends, and amid the congratulations with which he Avas overwhelmed, partook of more than was necessary for the purpose of elevating his courage to the proper point, and soon became oblivious to all sublunary matters, wedding party, bride, prospective domestic bliss and all. After waiting a reasonable time for his reappearance, his affianced wife and the rest of the party grew uneasy, and finally an expedition was organised to go in search of him. They discovered him in a comatose coudition, and reported that fact in the proper quarter. The bride bore bravely up under this trial, declaimed that she didn't care a cent, he was a good-for-nothing drunken wretch, and she was glad to get clear of him. Moreover, she was not going to be humbugged that way out of getting a husband ; she came to town to be married, and married she was determined to be — to the first man that would take her. Rather than see the girl disappointed -about a trifle like that, the brother who came to do "best man" business, volunteered to be her victim himself. The bargain was soon made and he started for a license, returning in a short time, when they were married and started for home leaving the other individual to enjoy his little spree as best he could. Tlv affair has created no little talk an<l much merriment,