The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-10-22
a Wedding that Didn,t Come on:

AT certain number-wbich shall be
blank-of certain street that shall be
nameless, in this city, there were high and
festive preparations the other day for a
nuptIai feast TO be given in honor of the
wedding of two fond and loving hearts
The silver-tongued marriage bells were to
chime their soft melody on the air, and
everything was to be as gay and glad as a
holiday IN the Lovers Paradise. The
/ bride had fathomed the mysteries of the
fashionable millinery and dressmaking es-
Establishments, and the fine webs and lus
tfous silks of the East, and the shimmery
fabrics of French looms, We'd with each
other to make the bridal tronsseau en-
chanting. Her bonnet, for what would
woman be without bonnet, was such a
Glove OF thing" that set off the regal
pose Of her head, and her veil-even the
bridal veil-which is inevitable on such
occasions, was like snowy mist. and fell
gracefully over her rounded shoulders and
adown her plump figure like an illusion
typical, alas, of the not remote future
Every appointment Of the bridal outfit was
complete, and colour de rose visions of
bridal tour, and sGmptuous bridal apart
ments in the hotels of distant cities, how
cred nightly about the expectant brides
pillow like spirits, and whispered in her
ear of the joys to be.
The Bridegroom sought the haunts of
fashionable tailors, and poured into their
ears the tale of his happiness, and forth
with they depleted their shelves in search
OF the ''proper piece of stuff from which
20 make up his wedding suit At last tie
piece was found, after deal Of viewing
| and reviewing, and he was measured, not
for the undertaken, but for the hymeEial
sacrifice. But behind Snip stood spec
tor grim and gaunt, that gibbered and
| Dbed-In mute spirit sound and pauto>
mime, of course-and pointed to the grave
OF wrecked hope that gaped wider than
Erebus at the very foot of the victim of
unforeseen circumstances ST. Crispin's
disciples, too, were called into council,
and pair of patent feathers, so exquis-
| itely tight that they would extinguish the
| most agSravating corns, were put on the
last, and they will no doubt leave a last
ing impression, not only on the corns afore-
said, but upon the memory of the owner.
He will probably put them away in
rosewood box among other relics and me-
mentoes, and every morning regularly
taking them out, saying
"As looks father on the things
OF his dead son, look on these"
Hat stores were the scenes of divers ex-
cursions until head piece was discovered
suitable to the occasion. but he could not
look aheaa and see the p6ace of mind he
was about to loose.
AT lenSsh the auspicious day arrived,
and the marriage feast was savory, and
the blusbing bride looked cody from out
her snowy veil, and the bridegroom was
nervous as he approached that must try
ing ordeal of mans life time. The
venerable clergyman who was to join
| them together stood up and put the form-
! ula: "If there is any person who has any
objection TO offer why this couple should
not be joined together in holy wedlucS,
| let him now speak, or for ever after hold
his peace" A slight pause ensued, and
| guest, whether bidden or unbidden to the
feast this deponent knows not, not relish
| ing the idea Of b,i struck everla tn2ly
dumb as TO the wrongs that were about
| posed an objection, stating that for eight
| times thirteen moons he had loved the
| lady, and had been loved in return, or at
| least he had the most indubitable evidence
of il, and that for the period already
cited and made mention of, they had
dwelt together III unity and connubial
/ bliss, sans the idle marriage ceremony,
and as long he maintained his self-re-
spect be would file a perpetual demurrer
to the right OF any man to carry away the
partner of his bosom. Then there were
tears shed, and confusion, dire and dread-
ful, reigned where Love but moment be-
fore sat enthroned like king among the
gods. The pious minister looked heaven.
ward and sank into chair, while the
bridegroom assumed the hues of a pecu-
liarly irritated chameleon. and the bride
fell call of a heap in ftintng fit. Let
the curtain fall upon what ensued and the
dreadful things that were said. 1t is
needless-as well as needles, to put a
sharp point on ito say that the cere-
mony was not proceeded with, and two
hearts that were to beat as one now pull
safe far apart, and the cypress has usurped
the orange blossoms The cakes and
iellies and confects and sparkling wines
waste their sweetness upon the desert air
of deserted bridal hall, and young Love
lies buried and embalmed in a wide and
desolate world of sad and regretfui memo
ries Amor rdle Cincinnati Enquirer.
OLD SAM LATHRoP, the clown in Fore
paughs circus, has got the bond question