St. Mary's gazette., 1864-03-17

RRTAiHE AND D:yohcE IN
POLAND.
- day a1csrSn OF Cunt S. arr;v-
! AIssi ~ VIE were hardly seated when
a ~ coullAe were announcesl. They
- II All - 1e on. mos friendly terms. In
il1 Npe Of the gentlemen. Played at
- 1l llas two ladies', ami a third. who
X IA 0slf'pwski. When he arrived,
f. ssr sid 20 lsl:,--
4 = - ii - nj 4 susin Al 'exander
\ playing cards slth his three wives -
/ His three wisesT exclaimed; surely vou
jest =
| Not at al, she answered. sEnthvne is
more cammon here. He now regrets having
divorced rnni the first; he lik Ell her best; bat
she has also narred again They are all
very friendly and agreeable to one another
COUNTESS g. Continued You vii! hardly
! iiieet person IN the country who has not
o,ef married mere than ouce. Tie Russians
I reproach us on our facility f,r divorce as they
marry Cor life, We. fr as loug as we please
| Ii ~ better than living together on i'll ser,ns.
/ This seemed very startling 10 me, bus il is
a tact OF which | was convinced from per-
$onal observation
One bitterly cold dav, when the very as
pect outdoors Was enough to make one shud-
der. Countess s., Fraulein Muller. and I
were masking artificial flowers; Anna. who had
praved kno'T not how many degrees Of cold
was gone on s!edging-excurson with her
fatner. As NC We're seated near the window
we saw 3 sietage drawn by six horses coming
nv ihe avenue. We were wondering who TIE
Courageous visitor could be, when the bcauti-
lui Countess Z--. near nrighbrr, WAS
aunouHcsd. Un entering, she said to Countess
D: i have not moment To STAY, and
iia"e ssnethins very Important to say: INV
husband iatenos proposing ior your daug ughtsr;
ne ls an excsl'ent lnan, 50 | beg of YOU not to
lei any delicaty OF sentiment on nv account
be an obstacle TO their union. have already
obtained my divorce, and am on the eve OF
contracting smother marriage I leave for
sarsovie this evening Adieu. dear friend. ,
so saving. she disappeared as quickly a. she
had entered. / own that il a ihun,ier bolt haa
fallen at my feet, ] could not have been more
surprised. Frauein Muller and /, VINO bal
stood up TO leave the room, bad net lime t..
gain the door, ere the communication was
made. Countess s. begged of us 20 re.
main. and Is soon rs her friend left. observed,
without seeming the least amazed at what
She had heard, that C,uut A. was too old
lur @.na.. IIndolbiedly, he has very large
fortskas, but. added sine swe have almost
given our word TO another prrsun.' She
evidently was nowise shocked at the strange
announcement. Accordingly, Count A
did come oext day, made a formal demand
and was refused, Anna's opinion coineiding
with that OF her parents.
One If the maids was married one evening
according to the rites Of the Greek CHURCH.
remarked that. after the benc let,nu. the
priest. laying the hand Of the BRIDE in that ol
the bridegroom, b,und together with his
stole; tilen taking tie other end, LED them
round the church This ceremony is sym
bolIcIl of their being united tor the journey of
life. The csntras, between Russian and
T"ish ideas oE niatrimony struck me fi,rcbly
on my return. Entering tie drawing rom
perceived that nicilre had been added to
tie collection of family pottraits; the mast
conspicuous lis tnat Of an officer iu inform.
holding very estentatiously in ole hand a
snu!!-b"X, this, 1t appears, - lss;an decnra-
ton, given br Nicholas to Ceuntess SIS
father, who I'D been Marechsl de Ia No,esse.
On "'ie side la tie portra; Of her nlsthef and
on tie other she has ju>t placed that Of a very
stately looking lady She says that in is the
portrait of ter father first wife, whom size
Is exgscting tn a Visit Saa tells me during
her itthefs lifetime this lady and her present
husband frequently spent soins time with
thesi. and that ii was un one of these scca-
sioas that ter father ha! this portrait taken
atit placed beside his own, aud that each time
she comes she places it there To please her
This stats OF s,,ciety, ,i'fferen, from that o.
other nations, is peculiar 10 Poland. IL is u
matter oi the utmns, surprise to strangers. aud
most ditilcuiC ~ understand how il can br
| tolerated
My ne.ghlp,r at breakfast a yo,ng lady
they call Countess Mace, frequently appears
a.s Ii she were really Tor the opera Or = ball as
far concerns her neagltlreSs. Sne is rather
pretty. and was To have been married to a
pefs"n she met here last year, and actnnrsd,
but wilen he wenl tn ootalu her parents coa-
sent, iIstlgatea by her. they refused, rs she
had Changed her mind. The gentleman.
furious at being SD duped a. he considered it.
declared that he would shout any one who
dared propss,. ior his fi,kle tady-Iovs; 10 his
rival retired, as dr. ali other admirers az soon
as they becsule aware of the danger they ex-
pose themselves to in seeking the young lady $
hand. heard sone one say: Poor C,uutess
Marie will be Obliged to go TO England 20 set
married. The Eagiis. afe SO original. such
oddities, that the straD gencss Of the clrcum-
stauces will tempt theln' s