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Curious wedding.

--A very curious wedding ceremony lately took place at Mellor, England. The bride and bridegroom, who walked to the church arm-in-arm, were preceded by two men on donkeys, the men arrayed in white hats, while waistcoats, while gloves, &c., while the donkeys had white caps. One of these heralds was armed a bell, which he rang incessantly. Founding the bride and bridegroom were groomsman and the bridesmaid, who walked armless. Then came a carafes of ten donkey ridden by men who more uniform similar to that of the heralds, in the rear a man on horseback, who was armed with a whip, with which he kept the unfortunate donkeys up to the mark.

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