The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-12-16
A wEDDIsG Ar woRuLEY-s.

A wEDDISG AT woRMLEY's.
The marriage OF NJ. Paul Geraud,
brother-in-law of the Portuguese minis
ter, and Miss Marie B. wormley, the
daughter Of the we'll known negro Ca
terer in Washington, says the Patriof,
is brilliantly described in the newspa-
pers Of the party. Shakespeare tells
the story of Desdemona's love for 9th
clio. Brabantio, the father Of the fair
maiden, absurdly declared that the
sooty Moor had used drugs and con-
jurations to enchant his daughter
But Othello explained how he had won
the charming girl Of that period. He
had frequent invitations to the pater-
nal abode, and told amazing stories of
his imprisonment in the Anderson
villes Of his time, OF his escapes, of his
Fort Fisher fights and all that sort Of
thing, which the girl was foolish G.
nough to believe. She was more fool
ish 70 marry him. The tragic ending
of that affair has prevented the exam
ple Of Desdemona from finding many
limitations on the stage Of real life un-
til the present time.
This new love affair which has filed
the ranks of the miscegenators with
encouragement and delight, has some
slight variations from the great dram
attic event to which We have referred.
One radical newspaper in recording
the marriage says that the father is a
negro and the daughter an OctrO01l,
but that is slightly mixed. In this
! case il was not drugs aud magic which
I won the youth. Oysters and lobster
sauce did the business. Wormley, be
/ it remembered, il the caterer who ju-
+ diciously mingles dishes and diploma
/ cy. Wormley was on confidential
. terms with Mr.. Seward during the
time when that statesman presided
over our foreign affairs, and at present
is said TO have exceedingly intimate
relations with Fish. When japanese,
! Chinese or Portuguese Embassy, or 9TH
er outlandish delegation, is sent to this
country, it is Immediately on its arri-
val in Washington, put in charge oil
Wormley. No audience could be had
+ at the White House until the cuisine
of the great Wormley had been enjoy
ed. Here, under the inspiration Of
Wormley's wines, the ambassador:
/ prepared for their diplomatic labors
1t was here that Burlingame lodged
his Chinese delegation, and here the
Portuguese youth, the gentle Geraud
met the lovely Marie. sheit was who
bore to him daily on q tray the oyster:
of Wormley, more delicious far thar
any he had ever tasted in his own O.
porto. and as he swallowed then
down, love rose triumphant in hi:
soul. When, at times, the memory o
/ the lonesome youth reverted to valt
in his native land where danced thu
lovely maidens by moonlight beneath
i the cork tree, it was Marie who brough
him to by popping a cork Of th'
! Yeuve Cliquot. If there sometime
! mingled with his morning dreams
| midnight serenade in LisbGn and I
damseI at the halfopened jal0usies
Marie with her soft announcement o
sach fresh shad and mutton chop
as Lisbon never knew, would wax
him to happy realization Of the pres
ent. With such gastronomle bliss a
Wornley's could love for the daugh
ter of the host fail to enter? The rad
icals would fain record this event as
great triumph of their teachings
But it may be put down as a striking
instance of the econtrol which thes
ach has over the human affections.