Show I Cr A BIG MARRIAGE SERVICE American Missionary United thIn one Couples at Once The Rev A. A W. W Pitzer set a pretty prett f good rood pace last week when he married f three couples at once but he is stilla still a f twenty eight laps behind the record yr which is held by an American missionary mis' mis on the Island of This strange wedding where thirty thirty- n i ono couples were united at once was wasi i i solemnized In 1882 All the principals If were converted heathens and so well wore were the tile marriage bonds tied that ten tenas as i years rears later not one of the couples was divorced The grel great t wedding was one of necessity necessity ne ne- rather than choice All AH the tho couples had signified their intention to bo be married with Christian n rites PI Plans ns were made for separate weddings weddings wed wed- dings but a missionary ship was Yas wait wait- the teacher who was to marry y w tho the converts and an approaching storm mado made it necessary for him to read the ceremony with great haste J. J j If It the natives had pot agreed to eni en en- en- en engage i gage gago in iu a wholesale ceremony they F f would have been condemned in six t six months more of single blessedness 4 so BO the great party joined right hands lf and assumed the solemn obligations according to their new faith W Wash it new Wash Washington sh Ti Times ington meso 4 |