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AT CAVE bWUNGSa boot one o’clock,and the party went directly to the deaf and dumb institute. A thousand poo-! pie were comfortably located undtr the great tree# about the main building, evidently awaiting Bocho interesting event- The examination exorcises bad been concluded, and all eyes were ■ tamed toward the verandah. It was a wedding. Mi. Henry 9. Morris and Mias Emma W. Edwards were to be Joined in holy wsdlock. Both are and always have been deaf mutes* Mr. Morris la a widower, well to-do, with a keen energetic look. He would in any crowd bo called a capable, handsome mam He ifl a teacher la the mechanical department of the institution; he teaches the boys to make shoes. The bride Was one ol the aweet girl graduates of the institution. The moment her school ille ended, she became a wife. She ifc tail and graceful, and her Grecian features was remarkably expressive. Judge HlOjer said on the spot that he knew lota of young men who would give both cf their ears and their tongue to boot to be in the groom’s i place- It wa6 the good fortune Of our young | man to see the couple later in the day at the great spxintr that flows from the cave. They were accompanied by three or four ladies and gentleman, all ol whom thorough y understood the sign language. A livelier chat you never Leard—no, saw; and the bride seemed to be the i fastest, talker, as it were, of them all.THE CEREMONY.This mast not be overlooked* The bnde and groom were attended by two couples, all deaf mutes; but no one would have known the fact if he had nob been so told. Tho Her. Mr. Henderson, of CedAitown* » Baptist minister, married them by piecemeal p Mr, superintendent Connor translated the the sentences one. by one, both of the parties moet deeply Interested watching the ceremony ! with intense Interest. The bride accepted the groom as a husband with a nod of her fair, sweet face. The pravtr that followed was not, of course, given to the happy couple. After the ceremony came
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Atlanta Daily Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Fri, Jun 28, 1878
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