Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-07-04


LOVE. GARrERs AND SAUsAGEs.-About hun
dred wears ago young lady of Amsterdam nam
ed Wilhelmina Terscheing was riding on horse
back through the village Of BoXmeer, when hel
horse became frightened and ran away with her
The young man who accompanied her, ana 10
whom she was betrothed, cried out that he would
give hundred ducats to any one who would stop
the horse.
The young villagers who were playing ball up
on the green near by, seeing woman IN danger
threw themselves before the furious animal. one
of them was thrown down and wounded, two olh'
ers received contusions; the horse fell, ana the
beautiful Wilhelmina rolled in the dust. "A
Young man who was passing, threw immediately
his cloak over the lady before any one else had
time to perceive finely turned leg and pretty
garter. :.
Mademoiselle Terscheling, on being carried
home, had time TO reflect and the result of her re-
Elections was that there must never be two men II
the world who had seen her garter. She sen
for her betrolhed and said, "Will you kill the
man who threw his cloak over me?"
"Who, IL What an enormity!"
81 thought you would refuse. Then | shal
marry him. When my life was in danger yo'
offered one hundred ducats to save me. This is
the price you set upon my hand. Here are TWEEN
tv-fve hundred. You have made good bargain.
She then sent for the stranger. Monster
said she, II am rich and young, and (she blushe
prodigiously while adding one OF these hyPocIrti
cal periphrasis by which women speak of thei
beauty) am not considered repulslve. wish U :
marry Immediately. | see that you are surprised
will be frank with you. | have sent for yo'
because YOU have seen my garter. You have
| Mnneiour With
out YOU all the young men Of Boxmeer woult
have seen it. and as / could not have married
them all | should have killed myself But lfyol
are not free, or am not 50 happy as TO please you
shall give my hand and my fortune to maj
who will kill you. DO you accept? yes or no 9,
Eyes; thousand times yes hundred thou
sand times yes!"
The marriage took place and was like all othe
marriages probably; we have no particulars OIL
the subject. All the young men OF Boxmeer wer
invited to the nuptials and sumptnously toasted.
At her death, which took place in the course o
time, the following codicil was found TO ne
will =
my farm situated on sne borders of the Meuse
will remain forever, whoever may be the proprle
tor of it,subject to the following conditions NV
ery wear, under penalty of forfeiture, on the thu
teenth of May, tables shall be prepared, and tu
of strong beer, and twenty ellis ofthe best sausag
in Rotterdam, shall be served to the young mel
of Boxmeer, as token of gratitude that they say
ed my life, and of rejoicing that they did not SCI
nv garter the 18th of May, 1856"
Until the present time, that is, during hun
dred wears. the wishes of the testatrix have bee
panctiliously executed. But the present heir, o.
the 18th of last May, attempted to elude them
Under pretext Of conforming to the decimal sys
tenn, he gave twenty meters of sausages instea
of twenty ellis, which made difference OF fou
meters to the detriment of the youth of Boxmeer
Not to lose their fete, they devoured the TWEEN
ty meters ''under protest;" but this year the;
have brought suit against the heir, and demand
ed that the case shall be decided before the l3'i
of May.