Our wedding day proved to be very fine. We spent the forenoon together and were married about 3 P. M. by Elder Israel Christie of the Baptist Church as he was Minnie's pastor. Only members of Mr. Fisher's family were present. As Minnie and I both had secured schools, we chose Saturday as our wedding day so as not to interfere with our school duties. We had been engaged just fourteen months. and were married on the very spot where that engagement had been made. Our marriage was not suspected at the time, as I was supposed to be in DeKalb having made the trip to Mr. Fisher's in the night. The next day I returned home and on Monday morning was at my school room as usual. as was Minnie. We had agreed to regard our marriage simply as a matter of business and acted accordingly. Knowing from observation that matrimony brings many expenses, we had determined not to make them heavier by a wedding trip. Our friends, with two or three exceptions, were first informed of our marriage through the newspapers; and even then but few would credit the news, by reason of our being apart for three weeks following the date given. I was twenty-seven on the 23rd of March, while Minnie eighteenth birthday was on the 26th of January previous. I had no definite plans made for the future but decided to follow whatever our judgement pro____ted. Neither of us received or expected any assistance from others and with a determination to "paddle our own canoe" started out on the ocean of life on which we trust it will not be ours to wreck. +++++++++++++