Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1869 — A Chines Wedding. [ARTICLE]

A Chines Wedding.

A “ mauiuagb in high lift;” took place the other day in Ghiqatpwp, to which the upper ten of That todalliy wefe liniited. Ah Tau. the groom, is an old resident of San Jfafceiped, fotjt (B*t I Kfcou is a recent | importation. Ah Tau has had two wives who treated him badly-^—one deserted him venerable mother,'Who lhtends to return to her&MMtfriftlbdJlMUtii jm. iMW comfort all tho rest of her days on thp proceeds of her fortunate traffic. Warnedby the infelicities Of his termer marriages An- 'Pan resolved 1 this time to be bound by a double knot, and accordingly the services of a Justice of the P«ac« were called into requisition. After being united according to the American law, the happy pair proceeded to the Joss House, on Dupont street, and there, beforpr thp idols,, the Chinese marriage was Cflebrateo. AT ter burning a numWtf Mfcacrcd sticks bethat she way dependent pu him for support and that he bound himself to maintain hen > The guardian beast* wh*» sksnd in effigy by the shriue were then appeased by presents of meat, and this concluded the ceremony. A wedding breakfast, consisting of Chinese dishes rfni several tatetf of, champagne, followed, and the bride prtseiO fie guests with small packages of tea, done, «p in many. : eolqrcu pap« 4 ssaffiig^ There are pear trees in Mr. Meehan’s nnrierlaapal Germantown, near Pbiludwl phia,,whi(* arc seven fcetinciroumhriHic, si* fast from tfce ground. It U not known when wr by whom they were planted. They were probably nearly as high as they-ttrcaMrtv attlia buttle of Germantown, on- wMoh fetal fleW they Maud/ *•