Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-25
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1855

CHARIVAklNG, OR Ri ING shiMMkRIoN'
PAuLsBoKo, n. j., Jan. l3.-ETely country
has its Gust, ms; South Jersey is not peculiar
in this respect, and among these customs is
the one alluded to at the head OF this article.
Perhaps to such Of your readers as are not
familiar with the custom, can illustrate it
hes, with facts. A gentleman called upon
minister few days ago to invite him to
come down to his house aud marry couple,
and charged him in particular not to be be-
hind time, which Of course he was not.-
Quite copcourse of the "street elite" were
assembled at different points i'll the road t.
the dwelling, who, to judge from their APP
pearapce contemplated o cdscert OF KIND
more noisy than melodiOu-, as their instru-
mepts had evidently been selected without
much regard to the music they would make
They had mistaken the hour ard were eVi-
IDENTIFY becoming impatient for the fun
Their leader informed them, however, that
nothing could be done until the minister
left, but that then they might 60 to Work
and give EN- lam"
After the ceremony Of the minister was
over. the ceremony OF the crowd Gegan.
The nearest approach to music In the compa-
nv was that from superannuated pan; and
perhaps the farthest remove from 1t, were
the voices of the performers, With all shades
of intermediate melody. Some OF the band,
as if to reproduce their Own natures IN lmmoF-
tai sound, initiated a pig, and others, more
mature in their feelings, gave the variations
of the hog, while the majority OF the sounds
were of no describable character whatever.
Some Door fellows, gultless Of either boot or
SHOE made queer noise by stamping upon
the cellar doors, while others wore OIL the ends
Of their fingers BY drumming upon the WIN
dow names, Some practiced the notes they had
learned from the locomotives, while others
gave the crow of the rooster, 10 decidedly dung
hillish style; all the rest kept making noises
at random, the only ambition seeming to be
who could make the most hldeous one. lhe
newly made bride and grUUm sat looking W
on one another 10 most decidedly foolish
manner, and the clergyman was but little
less embarrassed, for be had not, as the must
cal heroes supposed, left the premises, but
was ENJOYING his ice creams. Alter while,
however, the bridegroom sent out to them
ice cream, cakes, lemonade aud soda water,
and then, after one simultaneous and horrible
burst, the band departed to their homes.
1t is not always, however, that the people
will submit to the exactiOns Of the crowd. A
gentleman in Somerville, Of middle llte a
wealthy man, q strong temperance advocate,
and elder in the church, WAS about marrying
q middle aged widow lady. His sentiments
were we'll known, and he had repeatedly sand
that he would not yield to The demands OF
any mob in such case. The wedding was
we'll understood, and the loafer aristocrdcy
determined to test the mau's principles the
roughly. On the evening Of the wedding
they assembled in prodgious numbers, with
an enormous quantity of INSTRUMENTS. To
their utter surprise scarcely had the prelmi-
nary flourish been given, when the servants
appeared at the door bearing trays OF cake
aud wines, 10 abundance. Such change
ofsentiment and principle deserved to be
bonored, and they did it by partaking large
" of both, especially of the wine, and wind
ing up with three tremendous cheers. But
alas! they had not proceeded more than a
hundred yards away before they began to ieei
badly, and in a few minutes more every one
was sick. The principal ingre dients IN the
cakes and wines were tartar emetic and ant
mony, with perhaps other articles OF sim-
lar character. prepared under the supervision
of the family physician. and which gave an
emetc gratis to all these heroes, leaving them
though all uuwillingly, with cleaner stomachs
than they had known for many day before.
They were as angry as the nausea permitted
them to be- and proposed return TOT ven-
geance; but they were all too sick for the Ell
fort, and so wound up the evening with en-
Joining perfect silence as to the result Of the
expedition. But the joke leaked out, aod 1t
very nearly ended the practice in that con-
munity.
Once in your city gentleman, now one
of your most prominent manufacturers, and
at the time the foreman Of one of the fire en-
gines, bad a sister married from his moth
er's house. lie was a prominent man, and
the mob behaved outrageously. He vas
principled against supplying them with IL
quor, and they became ipsolent. lie quietly
DISPATCHED few friends for the engine, had
it attached to a neigbboring by drant, and be-
fore the gentlemen OF the skimmerton' were
aware, O stream of clear cold water came
coolingly lit was winters night upon
them. Most of them had on their best
clothes-Do great matter. 1t is true, out
good deal to them and the scamperlng
from the cold water was amusing to behold.
doubt if they would have run from leadeD
bullets; but cold water, or indeed water IN
any form, was what they were not accuStom-
ed to, and they could not stand it. They
deeamped instanter, and the party were left
to the undsturbed enjoyment Of the Cyenlng.
A LEXANDRIA COUNTY COURT, DEcEN-
~ BxR TERN, ls57-Ordered, That the Sher-
If of this County proceed TO HIRE OUT, accord,
ing to Law, all FREE NEGROES who have not pad
their Taxes and Levies for the year 1857.
A copy, teste: B. H. BERRY, Clerk.
TN ACCORDANCE with the above ORDER |
shall, on the LIST day OF Fedrp"y Court' 1913,
offer for HIRE in front of the Court House OF
this County, all FREE NEGROES who have
not paid their Taxes and Levles for the year
1857. E. SANGS Eh, oherin
ian 7-eotd Alexandria County Va.
UNO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN -
hereby give notice, that Virginia Land
Office Military Warrant, No. 759, which issued
on the 9th day of June, 1888, to John Hlsdon,
Sailor, who served three years in the Virginia
Stats Navy, has been lost mlslald, or destroy ed'
and that the heirs OF the said John HIgdon WILL
in due time, apply to the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office for scrip in lieu OF and IN