Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1884 — MARRIED HER FATHER. [ARTICLE]

MARRIED HER FATHER.

A Locked Door in a Philadelphia Church Results in a Singular Ceremony, [Philadelphia Telegram,] The strange scene has been presented here of a clergyman of a fashionable church join' ing in matrimony a father and daughter. The details have just become known, and th« story is now the chief topic of society gossipInvitations were issued to a large number of Philadelphia’s most fashionable people to be present at the Church of the Epiphany to witness the marriage of Wilson Mitchell, a young society gentleman, to Miss Fanny Kessler, the daughter of Mr. John Kessler, Jr. The wedding had been arranged in the usual English atyiA, and the lyrfde wat to have been met at the church steps by the groom. i The groom was expected to come throdgh , the door of the vestry-room, but the door showed no signs of opening. The clergyman , evidently did not understand the situation, though it was evident from the ripple of excitement that something was wrong. The ' bride turned pale and clutched her father’s > hand convulsively. The awkwardness of the situation was increased when in solemn tones the minister began to read the marriage service. He bad reached the middle of the service when the door at the foot of the nave was thrown open, and Mr. Mitcbeli, attended by his best man, came rushing up the aisle. By some means the vestry door had been locked, and the two gentlemen were thus prevented from making their entrance. The ceremony was again begun, but the young lady received a severe shock. ■