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A Double Wedding end Reception.A loving couple, wedded a* they ought, Combine “Two souls, with but a alugie thought;”And when the hippy ceremony's done.The tie hath bound ,Twu souls that beat a* one!**But In a double wedding you'll Agree,Four heart* and souls need stronger poetry. Four iouU must have Juat twice the thought* of two;Four heart* beat four time* more than one can do!The irarae of love la difficult and hard,Unlcaa you hold the little Joker card.But thla waa Cupid’s game,—his fav’rlte, best; He slyly stocked the cards, then made bis bets, And some be took on Blink, and some on Itetx He held fiopain, (below you’ll learn the rest.)Of course you’ll ace. or If you don't, you’d ought to.Advantages lu a hand to draw to.The game was short and sweet, and quickly done.And when the hand* were called,Twaa Cupid wou!The eoclal world around Serena, last Wednesday, waa treated to a small earthquake In the shape of a double wedding. The happy parties most deeply Interested In the affair were Mr. Joseph Retz and his sister, Sophia C., children of Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Retz, of that town, and Mr. Louis Ulink and his sister Anna, children of Joseph Blink, of Rhodes, Marshall Co.,1 Iowa , the two young men exchanging sis-tere for wives, and the girls getting rid of their respective brothers, and In their stead only better: finding a husband each.At 10 o’clock on that morning, at boino-nauk, Joseph Retz and Anna Blink, and Louis Blink and Sophia C. Retz, were united in matrimony by Rev. Father Erhard, Catholic priest.In the evening, at the hospitable home of Mr. Edward Retz, the friends of that family around Serena, and others from Iowa, Somonuk, NortUvllle, Ottawa, and about, in divers and sundry directions, assembled, to the full number of 200, and the occasion was as joyous and as jolly as possible. Music was furnished by the Serena Brass Band, composed of a dozen Instruments, led by E. C. Beardsley, solo cornet* of which organization R. II. Pooler, the P. M , has long been the president and the only member who has been a stayer from the start. This band, under the instructor ship of Prof. Blbblns, has acquired most excellent proficiency. There were plenty of cigars for the gentlemen who smoked, and perhaps a glass of liquid and foaming comfort for those who felt serious, or expected to, or had been chilled by the weather. And there was chatting for the old folks, and whispered sweetness between the young, out of which latter confabs may grow other weddlBgs, double or single. The ladles distinguished themselves by many pretty and graceful costumes, and proved to the stranger's eye exceedingly attractive and pretty. They were, as to colors, In blue, and brown, and white, and glossy black, and every shade between, and some were fat and others thin; some slow and stately, and others as gay and lively as butterflies, in short, it was a varied assembly of well-dressed ladies, who were quite lovable, and the proper assortment of gentlemen of all siaes, shapes, length of limb and expansion of chest, and other conditions of previous ness, so to speak; and the reception was In every respect a complete success from first te last, from the hospitable and warm reception by the host and his good sons and amiable daughters, to the good bye, late in the early morning, to correctly express our going home.Above all, the supper was just superb, and a notch or two above it. There were mountains of cake—cake qualified by every adjective as to variety, from what a mac would call plain business cake up through every delicate distinction, to the superla tlve of dainties—the bride's cake. Tb€ sweetness and dellghtfulnes of any well monaged wedding recaption depends not t little, besides good cookery, upon the beauty of the bride,—a bride—but whei two pretty girls are the brides, everything has a double quantity of the dulcet and de Bclous.Supper over, a dance was organized, ii which the brides led, and then came othei dances, till the little hours of morning, sue most excellent music by Biwell, Beardslej anil Ribbios, on violin, cornet and organ.THK WBDDINQ PRESENTSwere numerous, and ot course, mainly du plicate6, starting off with a fine fancy tabU and $150 in cash to each couple, from Mr Joseph Blink, of Marshall Co., Iowa, fathe of one of the grooms and one of tin brides; following these came rocklnj chairs of willow and straw, gent’s easj chairs, fancy vases, stands, bed spreads am blankets, stand and bureau covers, albums placque paintings, silverware of all sorts towels, rugs, parlor tables, hanging lamp? clocks, and lots of pretty little remembran ces from willing bands, the promptings o affection from the friends of some one o other of the four happy young people. / fine ornamental guitar to Mrs. Blink fron an Ottawa friend, and a very beautiful oi painting of flowers, the artistic skill o Miss Belle Armstrong, were much admired A hundred and fifty separate presents— bedroom full—as they were displayed formed too formidable an array to nam separately, with the name of each present or, so we content ourself with this genera mention.The couples, after visiting a while amon, relatives here, will leave for Iowa, to cal upon others in Iowa, when Mr. and Mr Blink will settle on their own farm in lowi and Mr. and Mrs. Retz will live In Serem the former as a clerk in Arnsteln’s store.
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The Ottawa Free Trader
Ottawa, Iowa, US
Sat, Jan 14, 1888
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