A NORTHERN MARRIAGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8222, 5 April 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)

A NORTHERN MARRIAGE.

Tin: following story of a wedding in the North is told by the Newcastle Chronicle : — Tun couples had just been united in the bonds of holy matrimony at a local church. After duly tying the marriage knot the clergyman led tho way to the vestry, expecting that the newly-married persons would follow him for the purpose of signing the register. No one appeared, however, for some time. lie began to grow impatient, when a gentle knock was heard at the door, and one of them appeared as spokesman, and began with ''bated breath and whispering humbleness" the following explanation: " »Sor," said he, " aa's vary sorry to tell ye that me and the rest of us hue been hovvin' a lark wi' ye, sor. Ye knaa, sor, me anil ma mate is but pitmen, anil beiu' as we're on the spree, we thowt we wad hev a bit o' tun wi' the priest, an' the fact is the girls you've married tiv us is not wor lasses. We've swopped, and we want to knaw, sor, if ye will put it reet and marry us ower again to wor ami lasses." The clergyman, after angrily lecturing the man on the folly of his conduct, said he was not sure that he could perform the ceremony as required, but said he would retire to consider tho matter and let them know in a short time. Ho closed the door of the vestry, and began to meditate on the best way of extricating the culprits from the. puzzling predicament, when his reverie was broken by someone again gently tapping at the door. It was the spokesman of the party, his face quite bright with an expression of relief and satisfaction. "Mo and ma mate, sor," said he, "and the women- hev been tanking the thing ower umangst worsols, and we divvent want to give ye oney mair trouble; so, if ye divvent mind, sor, we'll just let it stop as it is.' -