The Cairo Evening Bulletin

MARRIAGE SHORN OF
POETRY.

RUSS
AND NONSENSE
DISCARDED
AND THE THING DONE AS MOTHER
EVE DID IT.

(From the Forest (Pa.) Republican.)

The Rev. D., a Methodist minister
stationed at Meadville some years ago,
one evening received a note inform-
ing him that a couple living in the sub-
urubs of the city desired to be united in
the bonds of matrimony, and requested
his services at 9 o'clock in the morning.
At the proper time he went to the house
designated. He inquired of the young
lady who was busy washing dishes if
there wasn't a couple there who wished
to be married.

"I am the lady," said she blushing.
"John will be here in a moment."

The minister was surprised to see no
preparations, and stepped to the door to
view the surroundings. Two men were
hard at work grinding scythes in the
yard, and another, who proved to be the
"John," was tending a cow and calf.
The young lady came to the door and
shouted:

"John, John, hurry up; the preacher's
here!"

John leaped the fence and rushed to
the house, she wiped her hands on her
apron, and after joining hands, said they
were ready. The minister proceeded,
and had just got through questioning the
young man when the old woman
rushed to the room, shouting:

"John, John, you didn't turn the cow
away from the calf!"

He let go his sweetheart's hand in-
stantly, and rushed into the barnyard,
and put the old cow through the
bars, and then returned to the house,
again he took his position, when the
remainder of the ceremony was perform-
ed. The minister went his way. John
went to the hay-field, and the lady con-
tinued her dish-washing.