Show PRACTICAL JOKE J KE Horseplay at weddings appears to have reached about the limit of possible fool In the case of a young couple In England the story stor of whose experiences Is told In the London Daily Dall News Some practical Joker selected sel Mr Ir Freeman the prospective bridegroom ad a his victim and so successful were the pranks of the Joker that thet the wedding had to be put off art For nearly four hours pre preceding preceding ceding the time originally set sel for the cere ceremony ceremony ceremony mony the street before the house was crowded with all kinds of vans carts and even an undertakers hearse The News describes the scene The trouble began early on Saturday morning when the postman delivered at Mr 11 Freemans house an enormous batch of letters all accepting invitations to the wedding breakfast Shortly afterward came a brewers dray with two large barrels of beer followed by b a mineral water cart with several dozen bottles of ginger beer and lemon lemonade lemonade ade ado adeA A barrow with six bushels of winkles came up and while Mr 11 Freeman and his father were endeavoring to explain that they the knew nothing about It there arrived a van an ana anci the driver said he had come to kill the pony pon ponA A crowd of several hundred people had gathered and cheered wildly as two coal cmil carts with four tons of best Wallsend turned the corner But the finishing touch was given to the confusion whit when wh two handsome private motor cars and four taxicabs came to fetch the wedding party In the meantime a representative of a firm of marquee builders was waiting to take the measurement of the lawn for the big tent In which the wedding breakfast was to be served sen d and a firm of florists had sent down a quantity of ot palms and flowers to decorate It Police assistance had to bo ho summoned and by about 3 in the afternoon all the deluded tradesmen had been per persuaded persuaded persuaded to so o 0 away awa awaIt It was ultimately decided to postpone the wedding and Inquiries were set afoot with a view to discovering the perpetrators tors tars of the Joke These have so far been fruitless but It has been discovered that nearly every young oun man in the neighbor hood hoo 1 had received through the post a printed invitation to the wedding break breakfast breakfast breakfast fast and that not one of the letters had been stamped The goods and work ordered not count ing some churns of milk and a traveler with Insect powder were Four tons of coal two barrels of oC beer eight dozen mineral water six bushels winkles one hundredweight meat two marquee and decorations six motor cars carsone carsone carsone one band one glazier one plumber one horse hors slaughterer and one hearse Experience had taught Mr Freeman wisdom and It was with much secrecy that the wedding party made their way to the church early yesterday morning No one was informed of the intention and only about ten people saw Mr Free Freeman Freeman man enter the church at the corner of Abbey street The news soon spread and when the happy couple came out after afterward afterward afterward ward re were many people ready to throw confetti after atter them following right up to the door of the house Cries you ou got the breakfast ready read Wheres Theres the band and What price winkles were raised and It was certainly a very merry wedding In spite of the delay |