Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1929 — Page 6

■ — ■ — Adams County, Way Back When— Before 1890 / I / A “Story” Made Up Os a Group Os Stories About Pioneer / Life And Events Which. Collectively, Go To Make Up The interesting History Os The County. By French Quinn.

A Typical German Wedding Four of us young fellows from Decatur some where along about the year IK9O were Invited to a typical German wedding of that period held over in Union township. All right, we hired a team of highstepping sorrels with a carriage from Max Romberg's livery and feed stable (hightone service guaranteed) and wended our way to that wedding. It was a June day and the weather was delightful and we got there just as the

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happy couple anil their friends were leaving the church. We joined the procession and proceeded Io the home of the bride where the wedding dinner was to be served. It was a swell affair. Lots of my Union township friends were uncomfortable with their paper collars on. Everybody was dressed up. The dining table was planks placed on wooden “horses.” Planks were arranged for seats. The table was a good hundred | feet long. It had thereon more food I

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vessel, cups, tin cups, dippers, steins. Everybody toasted again and again the bride and groom. Speeches were made. Songs were sung. Solos, duets, quartets and grand choruses. The meal finished all congregated among the trees. The spigot men got busier. Volunteer waiters passed around the "oh be joyful." More songs and then the dance. Square dance* until you would think that physical exhaustion was an unknown

thing. Then several tried their voices at yodeling. Then they played tree tag and the hours slipped by on wings. It may be remehiberyd that the

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livery team was a very very sensible team, if you get what I menu, for the four Decatur boys got home safe ami sound. (To be continued)

Sheriff Harl Hollingsworth IUI Z Edwin and Deputy Dallas H Owb , turned last night from Neweestu I* diana, where they motored y MI «J n ’ morning on business.