“Neighbors and friends accorded 62 year-old Louis Smith1, the village blacksmith of Fullerton, Kentucky, a warm welcome, when he returned to his home with his bonny bride from this side of the raging Ohio, Monday evening. At the Probate office Dr. Jackson united him in marriage to Mrs. Lina Webb, a comely widow, who is only half as old as the sturdy blacksmith.”
“A big crowd congregated at the Smith home along about eight o’clock to give the couple a belling. When no response was made to the dreadful serenade, several of the more daring boys climbed to the roof of the house and put a board on top of the chimney, to smoke the groom out. This had the desired effect for Smith then had to throw open the doors and the crowd filed in. A count shows that the unbidden guests numbered 62 persons.”
“Still Smith refused to treat and the crowd settled down to spend the night with the pair or to stay until the blacksmith thawed out for cigars and candy. Smith, however, was adverse to complying with the demand and finally won out as the last half dozen of the crowd got sleepy along about three o’clock in the morning and went home. The exultant groom told the boys that the stove had smoked enough for everybody.”2
- David Lewis Smith
- (1908, February 22). Portsmouth Times, p. 8.
