Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-07-06

LOVE- CARRIERS AND SAUsAGEs.-About q |
bred years ago young lady of Amsterdam nun uuh,
Wilhelmina Terscheling was riding on bora n1uned
through the village of Boxmeer when her bopso
came frightened and ran away with her. Tboe De-
man who accompanied her, and to whom - ouhg
betrothed, cried out that he would give hue I"e was
ducats to any who would stop the horse "O''ufed
The young villagers who were playing hall
the green near by, seeing woman in danger ~ upM
themse, es before the furious animal One nf 'are~
was thrown down and wounded, two others y. tneal
contusions the horse FELL and the beautn, 'HGelVed
nina rolled in the dust A young man wv hhel,
passing threw Immediately his cloak over t MnO Was
before any one else had time to perceive sI laay
turned leg and pretty garter. "eiy-
Mademoiselle Terscheling, on being carr;sa
had time to reflect; and the result of her nome
was that there must never be two men in tho
who had her garter She sent for her bat, "Tfd
and said g Will you kill the man who tbro O1ed
cloak over me % Ills
"Who |? What an enormityn'
| I" thought you would refuse Then | shall
ny him. When my life was in danger Won '' IN mar,
one hundred ducats to save me. This is tbo iea
you set upon my hand. Here are twentv.fva Pfee
dred. You have made good bargain" nun
She then sent for the stranger Mons;or,,
she &C am rich and young and (she blusbaI uI satT
gously while adding one of these hvpocrtcsI paOu'
phrases by which women speak of their beantr, peri
not considered repulsive. | wish to marry ~; n, dn
ately. see that you are surprised will he SeO,
with you. | have sent for You because Won ' hk
seen my garter. You have rendered me oro,, ua'e
vice, Monsieur. Without you all the vouno mo- SET
Boxmeer would have seen it, and as could mt h.
married them all should have killed mvseIf " p
if you not free, or am not so happy as IN nao
you, shall give my hand and my fortune to na
who will kill you. Do you accept yes or nor = Ia"
"Yes thousand times yes hundred ho..,,
times yes!'
The marriage took place, and was like all otb.
marriages probably; we have no particulars on II,
subject. All the young men of Boxmeer were ny;aS
to the nuptlas and sumptnously Toasted
At her death, which took place in the courso !,
time, the following codicil found to her will.
My farm, situated on the borders of the Mor.,
! will remain forever, whoever may be the pronro,o
of it, subject to the following conditions Fvo,n
year. under penalty of forfeiture, on the thirteenth i
May, tables shall be prepared, and tun of strore
beer and twenty ellis Of the best sausage in Rofoo
dam, shall be served to the young men Of Boxmesr
as token of gratitude that they saved nv life and
of rejoicing that they did not see my garter the 1s
:. of May, 1885,"
i Until the present time, that is, during hundp
years, the wishes of the testatrix have been pupc
+ iously executed, But the present heir on the l3f
of last May, attempted to eude Them. Under pretey
of conforming to the decimal system, he gave wep
: meters Of sausages instead of twenty ellis, wbic
4 made difference of four meters to the detrimen
q the youth of Buxmeer.
q Not to lose their fete, they devoured the twent
p metres "under protest." but this year they haV
brought suit against the heir, and demanded tha
the case shall be decided before the 18th of May