Show MARRY MAff liff IN SECRET strange custom of tho mountain Blount ain people of south arv art conducted t iny ern er n and n ilia luiere are arc ao N Icah dilt or there are few places out ami fc fen grades ides of life in ill either the rural or ilic urban 0 id here the word mord bedding ted dIng i 1 I tor for joy wall mill fesen ity conj y v tile f nic or the pica tests fiust file celear atlon IV t v out most customs but tile the wed dug feast re remains asile iery ery likely not the fitly in the world the only elwe ill if my experience here there is any general concealment of proposed connubiality alit nuptial intent is in ill lie ic mountains of the south it may bi be lly hila knonk itil that zeb is keeping ns regular company with lize liy u sul su ld leuly eilly the ton town n 11 be apprised ol of life he fact that thai zeb and lize lone one got married last night this constitute vat ht be culled called nit an anticipated ur irise sometimes in the large 0 ahn ale notice will be gil fill and tile t he aa edi edt hiis ing take pi ice ec in ill the little church or in the cie build building hip alicd no rn in common for all pm poes es religious rei cs palo oll poli teni gatherings and iliner iiii nt sho shows that practice is bo boneer hoiT weer cier generally rilly confined to the elite of the community in one place in my asperi ence the popular resort for the performance of the corer ceremony notly was the broad in tile the rear of 0 1 i I local sammil an I 1 could for the POPI popularity j of the spot pot sometimes Some timea n fe fc ciuti inanc frends would be invited to sometimes none 81 nas as ob observer erver sal ane e flie causal passerby passer by more frequently there nere no witnesses time the sun aboc the lumber piles around concerning that 0 spot o 1 I 1 local I 1 lite tells an A celwain roan man had been unfortunate in the longevity longe ge ity of his selections hall had been ty avic ic married and tv ice ber bied lie called i upon the magistrate to officiate ill at a 1 third ceremony As the lite happy pair tool took their places before him upon the mill platform in to pledge their faith and loe lie he said to tile groom oe a little further oer cater this nj jolin john tec taic up to that line that is here youle bouc i lays stood before and in there was nus 30 proceeding until john had hoep up A man mail who was doing some ii ork tor for me baule R ue to me one day at noon and aslies permission to be absent until quarte illig time ue lie said nothing to me or chiq associates a liis purpose ate i i turned promptly on time lime to announce in it a hasnal and indifferent manner that daring liis his absence he hod had ixon been ix on married and aid iab the alitae furniture po poso screal sed b i the pair had bad settled in a a cabin of his jovn again and again hai hae e I 1 seen tile the siim same plan followed in other caeg rases the ground observance of secrecy I 1 I 1 could not al discover iseo er labold it holds tt ith both the ion of marriage ami the precise time of the ceremony I 1 think it is ducin considerable conid erable measure to fear of lliam performance perform isicc anco effi as the charipar cha ii 11 the iasom almaree sl maree to glinse ar mith t fiat entertainment I 1 fan can only describe it noni irm etTe etcil 1 by combinations of pots ani and pas paim borns and bouling it jalcs the form of an fit evening serenade to tin the newly liar the officiating com tat ibe IT an 11 t the 1 e you ng men aind boys for miles around ili I 1 hive ebee been ii it ahe 11 auditor of oue one or till no tib and it if I 1 knew that 0 one tie were to lake place around the walls of my dil knib it if I 1 married I 1 I 1 should choo choosy to lo ahe it a ba cholor I 1 blane blame tic man inan for reia regaining ining his secret to avoid d tile fhe experience the poorer pooi cr clasi clashes ith leoin tie concealment is n ic 11 hae no money to lo spend for I 1 ili hi of their friends not ot infrequently there i bisno no money for e ien cit 1 a I ne lie sow 0 o n for tile the bride the me affair then bee carines a s q indale matter of al is dis aliat liat lied I 1 n pinit it fuss fuse or nr features and the llie journey it lu ii aradie i is taken laken b the most anet twite X N 1 |