Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1870 — Hunting the Slipper. [ARTICLE]

Hunting the Slipper.

Thebe was a grand old-fashioned wedding in Allegheny f City, the other day. The wedding ceremonies occupied an entire day, the knot being tied in the morning, and the rest of the day devoted to festivities. The bride, according to the old German custom, is in charge of the groomsmen until the end of the wedding-day, and they are supposed to keep strict watch over her until the hour of retiring. If any one of the guests can, in any manner, succeed in stealing the shoe off one of the bride’s feet, a search-warrant is issued, and, when the same is found, it is put up at auction, and no one is allowed to bid for it save the groomsmen, the proceeds of the sale always being the cook’s perquisite. At the wedding referred to the shoe was stolen during the dinner hour. A mischievous guest managed to get under the table while the wine corks were flying in every direction, and the party were laughing at the height of their voices. Secretly he wended his way underneath the table until he arrived at the bride’s chair, where, ..with a sharp knife, he gently out the satin ribbons that held the daintiest little slipper on a pretty little foot He then retreated from his position, and was successful in mingling again with the happy crowd before his absence from the festive board was noticed. The repast finished, the party arose from the table, and not till then did the bride become aware of her loss. There was a merry laugh, and the recovery of the slipper was to be effected. An Alderman of Allegheny was one oi the guests, and he was applied to for a search-warrant. The document was issued, and the gentlemen present, with the groomsmen as Presidents, resolved themselves into a committee of the whole for the recovery of the lost slipper. After a long search the article was found in the possession of the gentleman who committed the larceny. He was appointed auctioneer, and the satin slipper was knocked down to one of the groosmen for $lB. He restored it to the bride, the money was handed to the cook, and the rest of the day and evening was spent in a highly enjoyable m&nner.—Pittsburgh Dispatch*