MAN MARRIES
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On Friday, October 24, 2008, Charles Herbert Engersen,
III and Matilda English Setter were joined together in
holy matrimony. The groom looked debonair in his pale
blue tux and the bride shown to perfection in the
splendor of her white gown decorated with hand sewn
lace. The bride also wore a veil which has been handed
down through her new husband’s family for several
generations. The groom’s grandmother, Mrs. Charles
Herbert Engersen, I (Henrietta Pendguster Engersen),
wept as she saw the bride walking down the aisle with
the veil which she herself had worn some years back. “I
can’t believe it, I just can’t believe it,” she wept, as
she wiped away her tears. It was evident that she was
overcome with emotion.
The wedding took place in the park near the Engerson
home where Charles and Matilda have taken walks several
times a days a day during the four years which they have
spent together.
“We’ve been living together for sometime,” the groom
told the news media. “We thought it was time to make our
relationship a legal one. There was a bit of a mix up
when we went for our license but we were soon able to
get that misunderstanding straightened out with only a
minimum of difficulty.”
The groom was attended by his brother, Richard Engerson
and the head bridesmaid was “Lucky” Lucille Irish
Setter.
Lucky - looking stunning in her bridesmaid dress.
The ring bearer was the bride’s nephew, Collin Heinz and
the flower girl was the bride’s cousin, Katie Cocker
Spaniel. The wedding was detained for some twenty
minutes when the ring bearer and the flower girl decided
to go for a romp in the park. They were retrieved by
their various caregivers, who threatened to put them on
leashes if they didn’t behave themselves and stay as
they had been told to do.
“That Collin is something else,” chuckled the groom’s
father, Charles Herbert Engersen, II in speaking of the
incident later. “One really has to keep an eye on that
little pup. You never know what he is going to do. His
branch of the family has a lot of variety to it, so I’ve
been told. I thought for sure the little whelp would
lose those rings. Good thing they were sewn onto the
pillow, the way he was tossing that around.”
The wedding was officiated by the Revs. C. Herbert
Flanders and Abner St. Bernard. Since the bride and
groom are of different nationalities and their use of
each others language is somewhat limited, the couple had
decided to have pastors fluent in both languages. Even
though there were those present who did not understand
the bride’s speech all felt that when the bride was
called upon to speak she did so eloquently.
The new house that Charles and Matilda will live in
after the honeymoon.
“I really can’t understand what all the fuss is about,”
the groom told the media at a press conference which was
held later that day. “Surely I can’t be the first man to
marry a bitch.”
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