Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1866-07-07
Love, Carriers and Sausages.

About one hundred years ago young lady OF
Amsterdam named Wilhelmina Terscheling, was
riding on horseback through the village OF BOX
meer, when her horse became frightened ana
ran away with her. The young man who &C
companed her and to whom she was betrothed,
cried out that he would give IA hundred ducats
to any one who would stop the horse
The Young villagers who were playing bal
upon the green near by, seeing a woman in dan
ger threw themselves before the furious ami
NAL. One of them was thrown down ahc
wounded two others received Commissions; thu
horse fell, and the beautiful Wilhelmina rolled
into the dust. A young man, who was passing
threw Immediately his cloak over the lady befor'
any one else had time to perceive a.hnely-turne'
leg and pretty garter.
Mademoselle Terscheling, on being carried
home, had time to reflect and the result of he
reflections was that there must never be two mel
in the world who had seen her garter So SHE
sent for her betrothed, and said
" viii you kill the man who threw his cloak
over me y
. Who? I! What enormity I
~ thought you would refuse. Than | shall
marry him When my life was in danger you
offered a hundred ducats to save me. This is
the price set upon my hand Here are twenty
five hundred. You have made good bargain y
She sent for the stranger
q Monsieur said she, - am rich and young,
CiS
of those hypocritical paraphrases by which wo-
men speak of their beauty,) am not considered
repulSiyc. ! wish to marry Immediately. | see
that you are surprised. will be frank with you.
| have sent to you because you have seen my
garter. Iou have rendered me great service,
Monsieur Without you, all the young men of
Boxmeer would have seen it, and as | could not
have married them all | should have killed my
self But if your are not free, or | am not SO
happy as to please you, shall give my hand and
fortune to a man who will kill you. Do you ac-
cept? Yes, or MOI"
Yes, thousand times yes! y hundred
thousand times yes "
The marriage took place, and was like other
marr;c yes. pro5.3,y-we have no particulars on
the subject. All the young men of Boxmeer
were invited to the nuptials, and sumptuously
feasted.
At her DEATH which took place in the course
of time, the following codicil was found in her
will
"My farm, situated on the borders of the
Meuse, will remain forever, whoever may be the
proprietor of it, subject to the following condi-
lions Every year, under penalty of forfeiture,
on the thirteenth OF May, tables will be prepar-
ed, and tun of strong beer and twenty ellis OF
the best sausages shall be served to the young
men of Boxmeer, token of gratitude that
they did not see my garter on, the 18th of May,
l766.'
Until the present time, that is, during humid
red years the wishes of the testatriX have been
punctiliously executed. But the present heir,
on the 18th Of last May, attempted to ende
them. Under the pretext of conforming to the
decimal system, he gave twenty meters of 0sau-
sages instead of twenty ellis, to the detriment OF
the youth Of Boxmeer.
Not to lose their fete, they devoured the TWEEN
ty meters under protest; but they have brought
a suit against the heir, and demand that the
case be decided before the 18th of next May.
How modest were great grandmothers
How different Mademoiselle Wilhelmna
Terscheing's ideas of honor from those of the
young ladies of the present day. who wear fitting
hoops and false calves, and expose their pretty
carriers to all young men who are bold enough to
look