Turned the Tables.

Otago Witness, Issue 2363, 8 June 1899, Page 61

Turned the Tables.

In certain parts of Scotland it has been the custom to batter in the hat of the bridegroom a3 he, with his bride on his arm, was leaving the house in which the ceremony had taken place. On the occasion of a wedding celebrated in , a newly-married couple (relatives of the* bridegroom, and who had themselves previously suffered) determined to carry out the observances of this custom to the very letter.

But, as luck would have it, the bridegroom overheard them discussing their plans, and, in order to circumvent them, despatched a messenger to the carriage (which was waiting in readiness) with his hat some time before his departure. Then, donning the hat of the male relative who had plotted against him, he prepared to go out with the bride to the carriage.

No sooner had he reached the door than his hat was furiously assaulted, and almost utterly 'destroyed. But he calmly walked out of the house, in spite of tho uproarious laughter of the bystanders, and entered the vehicle. Then, taking the battered hat from his head, he threw it into the hands of the proper owner, exclaiming: "Hey, Campbell, my boy, here's your hat," and donned his own, amid tumultuous cheers.

For days it might have been thought Mr Campbell was the most miserable man in all Scotland.