t when they were about to make the return home
they sent a messenger before them to bear the tidings to their parents.

"These, inquiring of the messenger what time their sons and wives would
come, made a great feast and called all their kinsmen and neighbors in,
and made great preparation.

"When the time drew nigh, they sent out two men to meet the grooms and
their brides, with a trumpet to welcome them, and to accompany them.

"When they came near unto the house of Reuben, the father, the messenger
came before them and gave a shout, and the whole multitude ran out with
shouts of joy and music, playing on all kinds of instruments.

"Some were playing on harps, some on viols, and some blowing on rams'
horns.

"Some also were casting dust and ashes toward Heaven, and chief among
them all was Josiah, blowing his bugle and making sounds so great the
neighboring hills and valleys echoed with the resounding acclamation.

"When they had played and their harps had sounded till the grooms and
brides approached the gates, Reuben, the father, met them and welcomed
them to his house.

"The wedding feast being now ready, they were all invited to sit down
and eat, placing the bridegrooms and their brides at each end of the
table.

"Waiters were then appointed to serve and wait on the guests. When all
had eaten and were full and merry, they went out again and played and
sung till night.

"And when they had made an end of feasting and rejoicing the multitude
dispersed, each going to his own home.

"The family then took seats with their waiters to converse while
preparations were being made in two upper chambers for the brides and
grooms.

"This being done, the waiters took the two brides upstairs, placing one
in a room at the right hand of the stairs and the other on the left.

"The waiters came down, and Nancy, the mother, then gave directions to
the waiters of the bridegrooms, and they took them upstairs, but placed
them in the wrong rooms.

"The waiters then all came downstairs.

"But the mother, being fearful of a mistake, made inquiry of the
waiters, and learning the true facts, took the light and sprang
upstairs.

"It came to pass she ran to one of the rooms and exclaimed, 'O Lord,
Reuben, you are with the wrong wife.'

"The young men, both alarmed at this, ran out with such violence against
each other, they came near knocking each other down.

"The tumult gave evidence to those below that the mistake was