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A WEDDING RIDE.-Horses were scarce at
the first settlement of this country. 1t is not
recorded that they were introduced into the
Plymouth Colony until about twenty years after
the landing Of the Pilgrims; but the young folks


would have their rides notwithstanding. When
John Alden maried-and John Alden was a great
man in his day, worshipfu magistrate, and coun-
sellor, and comedian witha, and great fayoritc
with the ladies', insomuch thathe made nothing at all
of cutting out" the renowned Capt. Standish who
cut down the Indians like stubbe; when John Alden
was married, there was great carryings on about
Cape Cod where he wooed and won the Captains
intended Miss Priscilla Mullens, the great belle of
the Cape and Colony. He was determined to do the
thing up in style, as became gcntleman; so hG
put ring in his bulls nose, covered his back with
a piece of broadcloth, mounted, and rode to the
wedding. Miss Priscilla might well be proud of
such husband, and to prove herself worthy Of
him, she resolutey mounted the BULL at the moving
home, and ambled along without fear, while her
gallant spouse led him by the nose, and walked
proudly by the side of his valuablcs-his bull and
his wife. The gentleman who led, and the lady
who rode, were the ancestors of some of the first
families in the country-including members Of
Congress-heads of colleges, and two Presidents
of the United States. s.--Erefer News Letter.