Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-11-23


United States, yesterday at two o'clock in the
afternoon, caused great crowd to assemble
in the large enclosure from whence the brl-
dial party were to tf.ke their departure from
this terrestrial sphere. About three thous-
and persons, more than half OF whom were
women, were congregated around the balloon
at the corner OF Sixth Avenue and Fifty
ninth street, while probably as many more
occupied positions on the roofs of buildings
and lofty rocks which overlooked the enclo-
sure.
THE BRIDAL CAR.
At one end of the raised platform over
which the partially distended balloon oseil
ated ftfully in the strong gale, was erected
a pretty gate of woven evergreens, bearing
the motto, SEVER Thus" through which the
bridal party were to pass to the balloon.
The bridal car was very handsome, the out
side being covered with gold and crimson
damask, and the inside cushioned round,
with pale green silk, with capacity for
four voyagers. The car was also elegantly
tented with pink silk, bordered round with
dropping festoons of lace Of bridal white.
THE PARTIES CONCERNED.
Miss Mary West jenkins, late of st. Louis
Missouri was the blushing bride; Professor
John W. Boynton, NJ. D., of Syracuse, New
York, was the happy and eccentric man.
They had been engaged for some time, and
according to advertisement, it was expected
that they would be accompanied By the Rev.
f. Dewitt Talmadge of Philadelphia, to the
pure, untrammeled realms of space, and
there united in the holy bonds of wedlock
with the eternal stars for witnesses, and the
sun and moon for grOomsman and brides
maid. the fires of sunset for their hymeneal
torches, and the blue empyrean for their do
nestle sphere, Of course there was poetical
novelty enough to attract throngs of sight
seers who, however, were compelled to wait
two dreary hours in the cold open air, keep
ing their hands and feet from freezing by
the incessant applause and clamoring for the
spectacle to commence, as they had paid
their admittance fee in good faith.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRIDAL PARTY.
Owing to the accident which had taken
place at the Manhattan Gas Works, Professor
Lowe was compelled to make his own gas,
which occasioned considerable delay, but
about four o'clock, the balloon was ready for
her voyage, and soon after, carriage con-
deep enclosure, from the Fifth avenue side
deafening cries of eli Hi !" s'Here they
come" Il see the bride!" ''Look at the old
man !" and similar expressions. A moment
after two little girls, half-clad in white mus
lin and cheap spangles, and shivering with
the cold, sprang from the first carriage, and
scattered flowers along the platform, which
was now densely crowded with spectators,
whom the police with all their efforts were
hos l. +ho
path which had been cleared for the passage
of the bridal party, consisting of the bride
and bridegroom, the two daughters of The
latter, and the sister of the former, with a
few other friends.
THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM.
Soon after the arrival of the party, it was
given out that the marriage ceremony had
taken place q few hours before at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, and that the only legal cere-
mony to be performed on high, would be the
signing of the marriage contract. The rea-
son given for this change of programme was
that the Clergyman Of the occasion had to
return to Philadelphia by the next train
but the actual reason probably was that the
reverend gentleman, accustomed to ope-
rate solely in this mundane sphere, had
backed out at the eleventh hour, and tied
the knot in the manner with which we grow
cling mortals are usually contented.
(which is the gal what's to be yoked ~
asked a vulgar fellow at our elbow. s'That
is the bride" was replied instinctively, in
dicating beautiful woman of about five
and twenty, who had just alighted from the
carriage.
She was tall and comely, with bright, dark
eyes, and q somewhat nervous smile about
her pretty lips, as she passed through the
throngs with step-daughter hardly young
er than herself, on either side. She was
dressed in plain but elegant travelling
dress of dove-colored silk; her rich dark
hair was modestly disposed beneath an ele-
giant bonnet of the latest style, and she kept
her eyes cast down as if sad and detected.
The 'shappy man" was large, portly gen.
tleman, about double the age Of his new
wife The latter looked pretty and sweet
as she was lifted into the gay cabin of the
air-ship; but as the husband stepped over
the edge of the car, there was q pitiless
laugh from the crowd, as though he had
made that one step from the sublime to the
ridiculous, of which the poet speaks. Ow-
ing to the scarcity of gas it was found i'm
possible for Miss Lula Boynton to accompa-
ny her father and step-mother, as was orig
inally intended. Her place was therefore
occupied by a little sister of the bride.
Professor Lowe then stepped in and all was
in readiness.
The ballast was IN board A dozen men
were clinging to the unsteady car to keep it
down.
'Give us one good swing boys, and then
let US sail % cried Professor Lowe The
next moment there was o strong puf-a
Tapping sound like that of wings in motion
the crowd below caught one more glimpse
of the le-cheeked bride with the nervous
smile on her lips, and then the air-ship was
afoat and rising slowly on her heavenward
way. She rose but slowly, however. The
Professor emptied a sand-bag just in time
to clear the caves of the little house at one
corner of the enclosure. As il was, the
car came squarely in contact with the flag
staff on the roof; but the slender mast bent
like willow wand, and the next moment
they were clear and rising rapidly, with the
Professor waving his hat triumphantly over
the side of the car.
THE BRIDAL VOYAGE
was happy success, and is thus described
by one of the voyagers, who is evidently Of
poetic turn:
it was not near as cold as we thought it
would be. Immediately after clearing the
walls of the enclosure, the balloon seemed to
become perfectly motionless, and the world
sank from beneath our feet like a peopled
dream. The city was spread below us like
a map with its hundred spires and myriad
easements cleaning in the last flash of sun
set, which flooded the west with pallid gold
with here and there an island Of white cloud.
For a moment we seemed to be perfectly
motionless, and then by watching the Cen
trail Park directly beneath us, We saw that
we were moving rapidly toward the North.