Sneezing Out The Wedding Party

The Rev. R. S. Hawker, iii the course of sorae reminiscenoes of au aged frieud of his, quotes an anecdote which this friend, himself a clergymaa:, was fond of telling. It is about a marriage ceremoiiy and a pinch of snuff, and in the narrator's own Lmguage runs thus: "It was always the custom in those days for aclergyman after the marriage to salute the brido first before airy other person. Well, it was so that I had just married a very buxoni, rosy young lady, and when it was over I proceeded to observe the -usual ceremony. But I had just taken an enormous finger and thumbful of snuff. So 110 sooner had the bride received my kiss - and I gave her a smart kiss for her good looks - than ehe began to sneeze. The bridegroom kissed her, of course, and he begaai also. Then the 'best man' advanced to the privilege. Better he hadn't, for he began to sneeze awfully, and by and by the bridesmaids also, for they were all kissed in turn, till thewhole party went sneezing down the aisle, and the last thing I heard outside the church was 'Tchu, tchu, tchu!' till the noise was drowned by the bells f rom the tower. "