Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-09-28
!" EEKLY TRINITY JOURNAL
The Bridal Chamber At Saratoga.
/ DESCRIPTION BY GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND
rcorrespondence of the Boston Ra.l

DESCRIPTION BY GEORGE ALFRED ToWNSESD.
rcorrespondence of the Boston Post
S.a.roeA. August l8th.-When l was at the
race to-day, seeing " Blackbird " carry all the
hurdles, noticed among the ladies a Saratoga
bride. She was pointed out to me with the dead
ripe roses on her cheeks SO pleased with the
crowning tableaux of the honey moon that she
wore at times hard, real look, as if questioning
the reality of this bright dream. In her husband
l discovered Sampatch, who used to have a COM
pany in the l0lst. He was walking about with
his groomsman, Gadgood, punching his boots
with a bamboo cane, and said that he had a
good stick.
Yes" he said present from papa-in-law.-
lost it twice in the bridal chamber
"Is it late Why, halIoo what a deuced
handsome watch::P
GO Yes present from marm-in-law. lost it
in the infinite depth of that bridal mattress"
Bran-new diamond pin and sleeve-buttons,
you haveT'
Yes 1 was hour fishing em out of the
gorgeous upholstery of that incomprehensible
bridal chamber
$50 you took the nuptal saloon when you
came? Tell me about it, so that can write a
paragraph
Hear the fellow p said Sampatch perhaps
I'm mosquito Probably I'm slouchr'
"Well," said Gadgood, 4" If you don't tell all
about it | shall take him over to your wife, who
has made minute diary of the bridal chamber
and its effects of course mean its furniture ;
and as she means to tell the girls at home the sto-
ry, it may as well have newspaper circulation -
Go get it, Cad, said Sampatch, g let il be
printed in my wifes own words'
MRS. sAMPATCH's DIARY.
l will show you, my dear friend and brides
maid, the bridal chamber of the Sinbad House
and ourselves its occupants. 1t lies upon the
second story, at the bottom of the hall, removed
from the free circulation of guests. We ordered
1t by telegraph In consideration of the large
company that came here with us, We had to pay
only ordinary hotel board. | found out this
from letter in my husbands pocket-beok. The
wretch had actually made bargain for our we'd
ding night. special carriage waited ut the
depot for us, the driver wearing a white cockadc
in his hat and this being noticed by various
small boys as we galloped to the hotel there
arose cries Of
'Oh what a sick looking groom"
" Mister you didn't send my family no
cards.
" He's eat so much sponge cake it's coming
out of his jaw"
g He's skeert his wife ready. Missis that
mans a widderer in disguise ~
Having been abundantly s:run" by my own
brothers and cousins, was quite oblivious to
the small-boy suggestions, but poor Laurence
was much cut up. He said that Saratoga man.
ners were bad, and although he had made the
for month, saw him look covetously at the
wicker flash of brandy my grandmother put up
for me, with the remark that % one didn't know
on Journeys the value of stimulants.''
At the Sinbad House Mr.. Portbow, the chief
proprietor was out with bald head and white
gloves. His brass buttons had fierce look. He
came up 10 wish US joy in the presence of about
n hundred impertinent men. Each of them had
a smile in his eye, as if matrimoDy was a Joke
and not the pressure upon ones nerves that
found it to be- The windows and halls were
full of women. | did not care for them because
my travelling dress was unmpeachable in its !
shade and delicacy and you all know that | have |
a small foot But the men did all glare so with |
a sort of drinking-look in their eyes, mixed with |
little synicism, as if we were fools for making |
of the most delicate act of ones life much
display | was ashamed at Larrys want of
sang trod. He forgot to give me his arm, and
skunk around the corner of the hall as if some
body had shot at him. We were pointed out the
direction of our chamber by head waiter, (col-
ored, and very polite, who wished us all joy,
and got paid for it by Mr.. Gadgood. A sort of
suppressed chucke echoed down the hall as we
passed along all the doors had peep cracks in
them around every elbow and side hall we
could see drapery slide off. | was sick myself
when entered the bridal chamber, and poor
Larry looked miserable that gave us both q
drop of cognac Directly my five trunks came
up safely, and then my husband went down with
his friends, and left me alone in this ghostly
apartment. The first thing did was to take off
my tight shoes and sit down to have good cry.
Thirteen hours tension of my nerves gave way
Mt last, and wanted my mother, oh so badly.
Girls, make your mother your first bridesmaid !
She's not always company before you're mar
ried but she's great comfort in the honey
moon. | suppose it's her experience that one
needs
When had dried my tears looked round
ba1f cha nod bo1f tlr- fha
middle of the room stood the bed, built low to
the floor, with mirror at the head, another at
the foot, and "a third in the circle of the canopy
above. The canopy silken and white, loop
cd up with golden tassels, golden corded. A
couple of bronzed cherubs were astride the head
board, looking away from the bed, and holding
fast the curtains of the canopy; two others at
the foot were saying silence with their fingers on
their lips, and both their quivers were empty.
The bedsead was of satinwood, dclicatey grain
ed the coyerlet was pure white knitted silk :;
the sheets were perfumed family; such pillows
you never saw in size each one bed by itself
and the pillow cases were bordered with Spanish
point lace, six inches wide. There no day.
light in the room, and the man had lighted the
chandelier, so that pure white flame made all
the gildings in the window-cornices glisten.
They plain arched cornices except in the
key-stones, where two hearts transfxed with an
arrow gave cruel pang for moment; and
Inc tHc Deu Cauop1, tHc "ultc SIN curtains Iell
in folds to the floor, with golden tassels swing
ing between The carpet white and blue
Administer, very rare, with small design of
lily in it like pattern was the Wallpaper.
without the blue one gilt band around the
ceiling the only pictures were copy of Titans
Venus, lying very cool and negliye upon sheet,
with her hair bound up in an od-fashioned bas-
ket braid, and no sign of clothes anywhere and
n lithograph of the King Candaules and his wife
md frard-nnt modest. EaQdaL-wOOn
dressing stand and mirror reflected a case of
smelling bottles in Bohemian glass there were
upon brackets on either side statuettes in ala
baster of Love and Pysche, aad Diana and En-
dymion The towel-rack was of sandal-wood
shod with gilt feet Out of the soft, white
spiendor of the silence a canary bird in cage
at the window sang so shrilly that was fright
ened the more All the tints and patterns Of the
room were in pure and beautiful taste but it
was a seraglio that 1 had entered, not my hus-
bands chamber. Had 1 dared to show that
noticed these things, would have moved to
some modest room and sat in the solitude OF it
among my trunks. To add to the show charac'