They simply invite their friends together, and have a wedding party.
Our two eldest children died in their infancy: two are now living.

The youngest was only two months old when I saw him for the last time.

I used to visit my wife on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
My young master came back from Europe in delicate health.

He was advised by his physicians to spend the winter in New-Orleans, whither he accordingly went, taking me with him.

Here he became acquainted with a French lady of one of the first families in the city.