Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — On the Wedding Day. [ARTICLE]

On the Wedding Day.

A new Species of “family tree” has appeared in England. When the Duke of York was married, a loyal subject planted an acorn. The loyal subject assiduously cultivated the tiny sprig which presently appeared above ground. When the son of the Duke of York bad his advent, the local subject presented his tiny oak to the Infant prince, In behalf of whom it was received nlost graciously. It was planted at Sandringham and Is the chief pride and care of the head gardener. No doubt the acorns of Prince Edward’s tiny oak will be treasured up as souvenirs several hundred years after Prince Edward has been gathered to his fathers. The new idea is certain to be no less popular In America than in England; it is a pretty way of commemorating adversaries about which most family sentiment attaches, the date of marriages and'of the birth of the first heir, and it carries on In the future, in a way which is pleasant to fancy, its story of a double happiness. To plant the acorn on the date of the wedding, to transplant anil present tjie tree on the day the first baby is born, that Is the stmpto method of the new fad.