Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1898 — HIS BIG MARRIAGE FEE. [ARTICLE]

HIS BIG MARRIAGE FEE.

Bridegroom Lose* Hi* Chewing Tobacco and the Preacher Profit*. The ministerial story teller was spinning another yarn about his experiences at other people’s weddings, says the Marquette (Mich.) Mining Journal. “I think the largest iee I ever received,” he said, “resulted from my receiving the strangest one. My services were secured to perform the ceremony for a young couple out of the wealthiest families of my parish. It was a church wedding and a very swell affair indeed. At the conclusion of the ceremony the groom handed me a small envelope which I supposed contained my fee. Of course. I did not open it until I got home. Imagine my surprise when I found, not money, but a liberal chew of fine-cut tobacco. My good sense told me that it was not intended ns an Insult, so I awaited developments. “A fortnight later, when the newlymarried couple had returned from their wedding tour, the groom called on me, offered most profuse apologies and made explanations. It seems that he was addicted to the use of tobneco and had placed a little in an envelope for his needs right after the ceremony. He had placed my fee in a similar envelope and in the confusion of the ceremony and the hasty start on his journey had mixed the two. By way of reparation he then placed in my hand nnother envelope containing $100.”