Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1855-08-11
miscellaneous.
TAKEN All KKES WORD.
OR THE DOUBLE BRIDAL.

seventy-nine passengers on board the
fast steamer, Emily Barton, bound up
the Tennessee. A pleasant, intelligent
go ahead captain, good steward, and a
social, refined company made the trip
one of pleasure-indeed long shall | re-
member the saucy Emily Barton, and
her superb living freight.
One lovely summer evening it was
whispered that we were to have we'd
ding before the boat reached her desti-
nation-said whisper started first low
and near the stern, somewhere in the
vicinity of the ladies' cabin, and speedi-
ly making its way to the hall, the boiler
deck, and then to the main; like the
SNOWFALL rolling down the mountain,
gathering size, form and momentum, as
it rolled forward, until the principles in
the interesting scene were not only
pointed cut, but the parson with some
scraps of the history Of each fiction, fact
and surmise, all hushed up ingeniously
leaving one in that half pleasant, hall
painful state Of suspense and doubt, that
opens the eyes so wide and strains the
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pirias aroge9yoa. L.
WI. we landed to wood at magni-
ficens beech bottom, the tall, heavily
Ieayed trees with silver grey trunks
making deep shade, while they, with
the grassy green bank that bore them,
were maged in the CLASSY river, so clear,
50 true, that inversion only pointed the
false from the real; while cutting this
charming spot in twain, came murmur-
ing crystal spring; hls-;;;;elk; brock, scarcely four
spans wide, to lose itself in the mass of
Tennessee waters, they in return to be
alike lost in the boundless sea.
No sooner was the staging out than
there emerged from the ladies' cabin a
fine, manly looking fellow, dressed in
faultless taste, intellect beaning in every
feature, while over his face perfect hap
piness shone like Phorus on the sea-
Leaning ON his arm, was the most love-
able woman it had ever been my. lot to
behold, her fine hazel eycs-tell tales
that they speaking deep emotion,
and her expressive lip quivering with
suppressed excitement, while her dress.
step and grace, was that Of a queen.
There they are That's her oh
how beautiful 2 burst from many a lip,
as we instinctiyely made way to let them
pass to the altar, and where that was
we had about as clear an idea as a trans
cendentalist generally has Of what they
are talking about. But one thing fun
ahead, and to follow in their wake was
the way to see it. As the lanes pissed
gallant arm was offered to each. and
thus we marched out of the cabin down
the stairs, across the staging, and up
the sloping bank. Some fifty yards up
the brook the pair stopped, and joining
hands they stood with the clear water
between thcm--bridged as it was by twin
ing fingers Of love as pure as itself.
All was silent, still, until broken by the
minister reading in an expressive man
ner: " And Of the rib the Lord took from
man, made he woman and brought her
to man. Adam said this is bone Of my
bone and flesh of my flesh, she shall be
called woman because she was taken ont
of man. Therefore shall man cleavc
unto his wife, and they shall be one
flesh" He then closed the good and
holy book and offered most touching
and beautiful prayer-not a heart but
seemed to feel the earnest appeal to the
throne Of grace. Then asking the usual
questions he pronounced them husband
and wife.
The bride slowly sinking on her
knees, raised her beautiful face all COW
cred with tears, clasped her hands, and
in the most touching sweet voice, trcm-
ulous with emotion, said:
= And now, oh, mcrciful Father,
grant that our lives thus united may
peacefully iivw m ono, even, as this riv-
ulet, until we reach the river Of death,
undivided in faith and conduct, and be
permitted to enjoy thine eternal smiles
IN the land Of the pure and blessed"
Every pulse seemed stIIcd, hoping for
more of this beautiful drama Not a
word, not movement from all that
throng all, all was happiness. Oh.
lovely panorama, how thou art craven
on this hearth The happy man was in
the act Of imprinting a kiss upon the
smiling lirs q his nagnifecnt bride