Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-03-29

finally became unbearable 70 Mrs. Hovey
and she forced the woman 10 quit the
house, whereupon Hovey aud bis par
InohP elopedsi . 0hH tdltAI :. 1
SINGULAR CEREMONY.
From the subjoined sketch of Jew |
islls wedding ~ Algeria, extnacted tom |
the recent work of Lady Her bert on "Al- |
geria inale7l ,"will be seen what aaqiear- I
tul aud wonderful thing the wedding GER
emony, praciiced at The present day in
tlfat Country, is. Particular harsh : IT, is
upon the poor bride, SO much SO that our
AMERICAN maids. would doubtless de- |
claJp, almost TO a man, that sooner than
endure all the steaming, scrubbing, tu.
migating, parbolling, dressing, undress-
iag, haHow,ng spsalm singiug,- aad mis-
cellaneous torture described by the tour
list, they would remain single all their
born days. The account runs thus in
Lady HIS language:
I'VE paused ins oursig ght -seeirg to 60
with Nine. dc c. aud her beautiful
daughter TO see a. Jewish wedding, Tor
which she had kindly oft lined us All in-
yitatiOn. We we're RECEIVED in an acuv
ed room, where a breaks a.. OF sweet
meats, cake and sweet wines were sci
out, the bride aud her parents being
seated Oh a dlvan at one eud, dressed III
sich ewish 'coslume AIter a short
linie,we weretohl TO precede the eiyouug
lady to the Moorish vapor bath, which Is
the next part Of the ceremony. Such a
marriage scene, as there met our eyes |
despair OF reproducing on paper. About
fifty young Jewish girls from twelve u
twenty Years OF age, whose only CLOTH
ing was scarf of gold or silver gauzc
ronnd their loins, with their beautiful
dark hair aifTdp WI their backs, andtheir
lovely white necks aud arms covered
with necklaces and bracelets, were seen
dinlly standing III thew through a
cloud of steam and incense. waiting for
the bride, and when she appeared rtceiv
ed her with loud shrill cries .ofS'Li LII!
Lii in continuous ascending scale. -
Among these girls were yhdeogs 9ne-
crosses rquatly scantify clothed, and one
or two of them with their black woody
hair dyed bright orange color; they were
the bathiBg ;wonep., Thry~seizell by
the arm, aud waited 10 liOrea US to-ilh.
dress too, which we s:ouily resisted, aud
took refuge ON the marble slab (which
surrounded the bath, and where the
pretty little bride, with her mott er aud
aunts, was standing waiting to be un.
robed, too. They took off their heavy
velvet clothes, and chemise and some
lovely short red gold drawers; they then
led ,hsr, with the same cries, into an0th-
er room, which was sitting with wet va
por aud steam, aud here tie poor child
who was only thirteen, remained for three
mortal hours, the women pouring wa
ter on her head from lpicturesque shap-
ed gold Jars ami every kind of cosmetic
and sweet scent, being rubbed upon he
nBeing urmlyfe to statl the intense heat
ana ovefpbwefihg heat any longer, We
, escaped for a time into the open air, s bu,
returned after about an hour to find an
other. brids goipg through the saineScer,
emoRiss,, Some ,ot the brid were
very Beautiful one especially, though q
Jewess, and regularly golden hair, and
blue eyes, And me thole fseane svas
\ like a'ballstin thJopsta, of father-a Sc,
OF maids Or wateglnymphs inl p picture,
, not like anything in real lite. Their glo
: rious hair floating pveruthsir sh,u d .,rs,
with their beautifully modelled arms
f rounded in graceful cuwes. as they dis
} ported ] theniselves, Jfouud, cthe lLbfide
would have driven asculptor or painter
wild with deHght0 Bnt j could not ge'
, over the indelicacy of the whole thing
t it wfs-s scene IL theSngaswith . ven
f geance. -
: At half past three o'clock the follow
ing morning we got up and went to iht
brides house ytorT the conelusion got the
. ccremony.- A grert crowd of men apc
3 mucisianss were grouped in the lowe
e court. Above the bride was sitting ii
g state in the deep recess Of a hahdsom'
: Microscope room, veiled in white gauzs
D while red astd gold fgursd scarf huns
= in. grace full folds behind her bead. o.
Il sitber side of bsr swsfs two lvsnerabI,
;. looking old men, with Tong, white beard'
y and in font OF her Anolber, holding I
;, caudelabram withthFee candles. They
were rabbis, and lchanted psalms altefll
z ately with songs of praise about In,
G adope with. the beautiful eye,n etc, il
!. tact, n sort OF cantieis. Aiithis time th
y minstrels in the quadrangle below wer
Z iSmaking a noise, while oysrrthe learye'
e gallery a bove, .lpokiug down upon them
Il leaned q variety sof. Jewish womeD, Al
d beaptInily dressed in brpwn Selget : AN
i. satin, with stonachers aud girdles rict
N II bfoc,lded in gold. aud guild eInbroid
n cred lappets hanging from the black sil
j. bead-dress, which lsrq theIhisarIable COS
i, tume of their race. a III ssiHi - iaaoe
q This went on for hours, till the poo
y little bride looked quite " ora oaLg FroI