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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 98, 14 December 1872, Page 2

Dean Swift was walking in the Phoenix road, Dublin, when a thunder storm came on, and he took shelter under a tree, where he met a party who was sheltering also—two young men and two young vomer. One of the girls looked very sad, till, as the rain fell, her tears fell. The dean inquired the cause, and learned that it was their wedding-day; they were on their way to the church, and now her white clothes were wet, and she couldn't go. " Never mind ; I'll marry you," said the dean ; and he took out his prayer-book, and there and then married them, their witnesses being present ; and to make the thing complete, he tore a leaf from his pocket-book, and with his pencil wrote and signed a certificate, which he handed to the bride. It was as follows: — Under a tree in stormy weather, I married this man and woman together, Let none but him who rules the thunder, __. Sorer this man aud iromau asunder,