The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-09-01
A Wedding i'm Camp.

Saarbruck Correspondence n. Y. Tribune
"A yourg and thriving merchant Of Saar-
Louis wa, 10 have been married at Saar
LOUIS u Young lady from Schleiz on the
10Th ia. OF Ju, " On that morning came
The telesraphic order OF mobilization. The
train carried OF the bridegroom quarter
OF an hour CefDre the tune nxcd Tor tne
marriage. He, like thousand, of other
men OF on edually good position IN lie
tile foitip,h Hohenzoiern--and cheer
fully arranged with his bride that the mar
riage .houl;i take place as soon as his bat
talon should each Saaib,uck. He would
then go off 10 the VIZ, and size would
aud she would return, IS his vi e, to her
home. T. oiid- ca re ye~ er az, With | x
lrother to Saa,o. ucl had the pleasure
of walt ius % with Il am, this afternoon,
to watch re battalion. IN which the brid :
groom Was 10 appear, pass on the high
road iRto the 'ivouac field. The 'a,de.
groom was Fsa9ra in 5he thick OF he bel
meted sream, ard ran r,om The ranks and
XII ed the bride wi h German iervor.
The men marching past looked at them
with sympat he ,ic admira ZION. tut with no
sign OF wonder. n uch less Of coarse der1>
sion. Then The bridegroom ran on 10 the
place he t,ad left, and the bride went to an
othcer acd begged few hours leave for
the bridegroom, that they might get mar
ried. The officer, of course, was only too
glad 10 listen TO such request from the
llps OF such an applicant. and escorted the
BRIDE TO the 'oionel of the regiment, from
whom leave had 10 be obtained We saw
the bride, with dark eyes mere expressive
than ever, and shadow of apprehension
over her broad forehead, not too German
tor perfect beauty, repeating her request
to the Colonel and winning FROM his lips
of discipline the gentlest answer. The
bridegroom was sent off on leave till mid
day Tomorrow. TIE marriage will be
few hours earlier. l do not thins that any
Englishman could have witnessed the
scene without the thought crossing him
that it implied such society in the army
and such noble simplicity of life az We in
England have not yet learned even to as
pire to. Extraordinary, how outre would
1t seem in England lift were told that a
gentleman serving as private in the army
ran from the ranks and kissed his bride,
and then that the bride went up before
half the regiment to the officers and made
the same request which have recorded!
And what would be the behavior of the
men who saw it take place? IF it excited
admiration 1t would be tor the slDgularlty
and unusualness of the thing; in Germany
1t was perfectly natural. and | mention it
not because it was singular. but the re.
verse, because it caused no surprise and no
embarrassment to any one; because it
shows what is the tone Of the German
army, in which men of all ranks serve side
by side, and how simple and natural So
ciety is in comparison TO everything that We
, are accustomed to in England. To ASSURE
you tha, this is no romance, l give, with
the appreciation of the bride and bride
groom, the names of both. The bride is
the Fraulein Angelica Henng, born in
Schleiz, in Central Germany; the bride.
groom, Herr August Britt, born in Saar-
Louis.
AN Ohio Prussian drank thirtv.Ave
glasses of beer after Wissembers and lived.
de went six better on Metz and Eve on
Ioul, and is to be buried on Saturday.