The History of Leith

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February 16, 2006

A Comical Wedding-1835

The inhabitants of this town were highly delighted and amused on the night of Tuesday last, by a Wedding of rather a singular and uncommon description which took place here on that day, and afforded no little sport to the young and old of both sexes, who had assembled in great numbers to meet the wedding-party returning from the house of the Rev. Mr———; but, which ended in creat trouble to the luckless bridegroom, by name A——M——–. a bachelor of sixty- five years of age, who was completely duped by a young man named J——B———, a former lover of the fair but faithless bride. The bride’s name is Jane R———, and she has lately completed her nineteenth year/ for more click here

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