Show publishing THE BANNS BANN S the peculiar of a st sexton causes tho the postponement t ot of a wed dinc A few years apo ago a ludicrous albeit vexatious vexatious incident occur oc currl rd at a church in larkhall Lar khalL A rustic couple after having had the banns published the prescribed number of times proceeded to the church to be joined in holy wedlock T the I 1 e service was conducted without a hitch bitch until the officiate officiating ciati ng clergyman arrived at that part where ho li asked william wisher wilt thoa tho li have this woman to be thy wedded wife when the bridegroom replied with will some astonishment stis bm t that his nayne was not william wisher the cere ceremony ony was of course suspended in an and on investigation being as to the cause of the mistake it transpired that the bridegroom had written to the sexton of the church requesting him to have the banns published and concluded his letter thus so no more from your well wisher and mary williams the sexton chinkin thinking that william wisher was the name of the intending benedict published the banns accordingly and the disappointed couple were compelled to await the publication of the banns in their proper names some years ago a aged agricultural laborer called upon the session clerk of alloa and asked him what the charge was for publishing the 11 cries L e banns of marriage e three times on the same sunday A pound replied the clerk aye said the other an what dye tak when ye tak two sundays to dot balf a guinea g was waa the reply an what dye chairge when ye tak three sundays to doitt dot was the rustics rusti cs next query seven and six anaw answered ered the clerk with an amused air air aye man rejoined the 1 I see the langer ye tak to baet the cheaper it gets just cry awa till ye pay bersell yer sell and he took his departure without more ado london tidbits tid bits bita |