The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-11-12
French Cour,shIp and Marriage.


my aruc- but !, T. interesting and coi!ous !
Did you ever see French wedding Here you
are, GU til. Place St. SUI pee. Hon'eA buIlt iVr
the grru, aud rIch, now Gs,erlorated, drgtaded
iutu sufdid lodyiug houses, are on all the ohrr
sides but III the centre Is the beautiful edtce Oi
ST. JipIce, with It's two opep aowers. II 1,
gloomy enough NIthlIl--sleht ard solemn. But
now AL /, bright If the light OF DAY comes but
dimly through the windows. huidT'ds "i MAX
cpndes luune the alsles. Oh the ,toue floor
rich carpet has been laId, rows VI 'el'e! aid gold
surround the altar, and on the altar itself the
MASSES Of wulte cIueilas roses jessatnries, aud
white hlacS almost exclude the sight OF The sacred
images The alsles are filed With new straw
straw chairs, the ,aclstans are N their best tue
beggnrs in theli wor,t--ior that Il their wedding
garment All stand IN waiting round !he door
On the steps is the SuisSe, looking to the uniuI'
tiat,d uncommonly Ike the III uni ma pr OF req
ment all gold ACE with cooked hat aud feathers,
and a sword by his side--lu hand a long pole
with 4 -ilygr knob HIS leg, are models. snd hu
knows it. Now the Carriages airve. The Suisse
stamps Lis stiyk upon the slones, ard down gets
the bride led by her mo,her--f,lhcrs are rather
IN the background on these occasions. The or.
gan, peal aud the whole procession, hradei BY
the Suisse, marches up to the altar. Then the
dress--one, two. three hundred, or even q thuu
-aud people. Everybody whosr hsiae was ever
known to either brids or bridegroom comes Of
course. to the w-ddiug, or al least To church.
V he the ques ion, Wit 'h"u take his mani Ii
addressed TO the blde, she takes forever her
leave of maternal control, by tuning with pro
found courtesy to her mother Oa,k her permIs
sion to answer --llamma responds by another ~
clinatIun, and then her daughter says The '!es
which gly,s her her irc, dom eseInure The
youngest sister or cousin ui tilhsr bride o bIlde
groom then handed by the Youngest gentleman
Uf the party, preceded by our flrnd Of the hue
leg ana the ruuuulng .vrr pole goes through
thc crowd with duwuca-t eyes and iine velvet
bag IN her |, nd soliciting contributions, IOG les
pduUrss, all rouS pat They then adJDufn TO
the vtsry; and then, for the fret un'c 'he
bridegroom calls hlS " 'e BY hei ChrisImn name
tn ugh he huid ride does not drop !ie Mon
,Itur till soH5 dN. eiter she has become wife.
Then there Is ieIstns at home dressing dan
eng, aud - little irving then The BRIDE. Installed
in her home toy her mother, leaves ture'er ,h,
parental roof Now, III all probability the Two
pruc,p.I actors have never spoken twenty senten'
cts to each other since they were first introduced.
This Is the way they court III France One lady
says to another. My daughtcris eighteen. She
has mach Every gIrl has u dowrN. 1t 1t he but
500 francs You have known her from u child.
You see ST. rniuN mcn-cannot you thmk Of one
tu SUIT her. Oic"utse The ItiN can Tor men are
as eager to mar, ~ France a grrls to get hu'
bands ~ Is au increase 1T !"rluue aud patent oi
rt-p"r ABILITY IN all stations, III all rroit'sious
The Young man !, -pokrn to, hnd al cncr9e the
uug lodr Is -named I" HIM party l. gI'ta
aud the> mert; or sometimes the gTl ~ taken to
tue opera, and the lnver * mlre- her hr"ugh