Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-23

ED OF An OLD ROMANCE. >
neath of senior oyiedo, the Hero of tn
7 sd ''Diam Ond Neddingo of 1S5 g. How
| i Poet Sang of the Great Event-Al
Abou1 tine Ceremony at the Cathe
drai, the e reception at Home, and tn
/ Dazzling Bridai Gifts.
rr From the New York World. 9th. E
When Signor 'Oviedo, the hero Of tn,
| diamond wedding, was married ten years
| ago., 'sinterviewing" had not yet reached
| the perfection it has since attained, yet th'
newspapers managed to tell pretty muel
everything that could be told from th'
woolng to the marrying. A poet, and {
Yankee poet at that, born somewhere abou
Narraganset Bay, and nursed among the
| clam-eaters Of that region, was found tt
relate the story in glowing verse, not better
than Hoods and not so bad as Holmes
1t was said at the time that Captain Bartlett
the brides father or the Cuban Don Oviedo
or somebody else, would have challenged
the poet to fight duel, only that a deni
zen of Fourteenth street could not fight o
pleblan of Thirteenth street. However
this may be, it is certain that he sung IN
straightforward verse, and whiie assever-
atInS that he need not tell, told all the same,
Howit befel one summers day
The King of the Cubans strOlled this way
King January's his name they say
And fell in love with Princess May,
The reigning belle of Manhattan;
Nor how he began to smirk and sue,
And dress az lovers who come to WOO, -
Or as Max Maretzek and Julien do,
When they sit, full-bloomed, 10 the ladies
view, sEr
And flourish the wondrous baton.
The same mighty poet further said that
this Cuban King was
Don Rataplan
Santa Claus de Ia Muscovada
oenQr Grandissimo Bastinado,
and informs US that
His was the rental Of half Havana,
And all Matanzas,
not forgetting, of course, to mention that
mines of gold
Our Cubans owned, choke full OF diggers;
And broad plantations that in round figures
Were stocked with at least five thousand mig
gers.
The World yesterday printed the news
that this wealthy Cuban is dead. He was
married at St. Patrick's Cathedral, in this
city, to Frances Amelia Bartlett, daughter
of Captain Bartlett of Fourteenth b street,
on Ghusrday, the 18th of October, 1859
Archbishop Hughes officiating The we'd
ding for number of weeks had been the
only topic of conversation in fashionable
society. Several thousand people were
present IN the Cath edral, oil by invitation
and the invincible Brown was there, too as
much necessity then as he Is necessity
now. The bridesmaids were Miss OraIie
Matilda Bartlett Miss Mary Stark, Miss N.
L. Parker. Miss Manneia Uzquiordo, Miss
Drusia West and Miss Rowland; the
n
randa, Don Juan Entenza, Senior Il. So.
vine, Senior S. Del Poso and plain Mr.. Car
son. Those who had not the necessary
card to enable them to get inside of the
Cathedral were content to block up the
thoroughfares in the neighborhood and
We commons stood by d street facade
And caught a glimpse Of the cavalcade.
After the wedding there was a reception
from l TO 3 o'clock, at the house of Capt.
Bartlett, visitors coming and going con-
stantly, while Brown was almost as magni-
ticent outside as the Diamond Bride with
In. Tne bride and bridegroom, surrounded
by the bridesmaids and groomsmen, re-
ceived their friends in a graceful and dig
aiEed manner, After greeting the brfaa
with feiicissjns1, the visitors passed on to
witness the magnificent bridal gifts. Sted-
man, in describing the wooing, said:
Slowly our princess yleIdeQ;
4 diamond necklace caught her eye,
But wreath of pearls first made her sigh;
She knew the worth Of each maiden glance,
And, like young colts that curvet and
prance,
She led the Don deuce of dance
In spite Of the wealth be welded.
She stood such d fire OF silks and laces,
Jewels and golden dressing cases,
And ruby brooches, and jets and pearls,
That every one Of her dainty curls,
Brought the price of a hundred common
girls.
But when it came to the wedding parure,
that alone cost more than the bridal gifts
of ten times ten thousand ordinary people.
And the wedding DaT1tge was only among
the gifts showered on this beautiful and
too fortunate bride. 1t consisted of a neck
lace, brooch, bracelet, and earrings, COM
posed of pearls and diamonds. The neck
lace was broad festoon of four strands OF
pearls, meeting in a ribbon of briIliants
Che c9lr9 nl5ned, tani the whole neck
lace made, if possible, more magnificent
by pear shaped pearl of wonderful size
and symmetry. The bracelet was also a
quadrupie band of pearls confined within
two rows of finely matched brilliants, with
d most elaborate clasp, in the centre OF
which was very large diamond set in a
maze Of pearls intertwined with brilliants.
The earrings were magnificent pend
ants, the upper part of each
being a diamond solitaire, and the
drops were pear shaped pearls of cores
ponding size and beauty. The brooch was
all gems, ''the centre being very mountain
Of light set in meadow of pearls, first
water brilhants being also as necessary IN
this as young babies in country meeting
tCJI In oil 4oh IOI1c
cost, and the great brilliancy of this won
derfui wedding Git, was the notable fact
that there was an entire apparent absence
of fmetals-diamondsh held pearls, and pearls
held diamonds. To give completeness,
even, to all this, was g. UriOIette diamond Of
wondroUs size and SURPRISING light, which
for symmetry and magnitude was said TO be
unique in the United States. The Home
Journal called this wedding the aurort
! borealis of weddings; but it is remem berec
| by he palmer and more significant title o
which not even the days of shoddy tha
followed could rob it the Diamond Wed
! ding.
Senior Oviedo was an old man when ht
was married, and he soon after retired tt
| Cuba, where he ended his days. He is re
membeIed now only because he IavisheC
immense sums on his young BRIDE, and be
| cause people Ftad OF MS tOlly ana mufInnr
| ed to themselves, "Oh how nice" To b,
the heroine OF a diamond wedding is not 81
much triumph, after all, though all tn,
world should sing with Barry Gray:
heard the gay cathedral bell,
! The full-mOuthed organs solemn swell;
I listened to the Bishops prayer,
| [ marked the incense in the air;
The gided mitre caught my sight,
| And diamonds all ablaZe with light
Ny gaze dwelt long upon the bride
t. whom may never Ill betide-
| Then fingered for a brefer space
On him who comes of nobe-ra
Scanned eagerly the bridesmaids fair,
And the six sroomsmen gathered there.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS IN 1869, :
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