Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-04
I,EyA GAZETTE & VIRGINIA ADVERTISER,


A AOmanClC Marriage.
heard recently of marriage, one Of the
parties being wealthy bachelor Of George.
town, D. G., which was the fruition, after
many years, of the youthful dream of the gen.
tleman in the case. Fifteen years ago Mis-,
the daughter ola highly respected officer OF
the Government, was a beautiful, fresh young
ciety at the Capital Of the nation. She had
many suitors and one, a Mr.. -, of George
town, was so sincere and unsel6sh in his devo-
ton to her that she could not but accord him
the highest measure Of her regard, although
she gave her heart and hand to another. So
deeply rooted was her esteem for the rejected
lover that when her first child, sou, was born
She gave him the name she had refused to ae.
cent for herself. Her husband was an officer
of the army aud his wife and child led with
him the wandering life which army families
must needs experience, and so the rejected
lover rarely if ever heard Of the woman he had
80 truly loved, yet he remained faithful to her
memory. The army officer was killed fighting on
the Southern side in one of the battles
in the second year of the rebellion, and his
widow crushed by grief retired to GER
tain city iu Western State aud lived in
quiet and retirement with her child. Last
summer the boy, twelve years old sickened and
died The wealthy bachelor of Georgetown saw
the death of his namesake 10 newspaper, and
it was the first news he had had in many years
of the woman he had wooed and lost. Argu-
ing with himself doubtless that the chldess
widow night stand in. need y: consolation, and
very likely of many Of the substantial comforts
of life since her deceased husband was not at
auy time wealthy man and most probably
died in straitened circumstances In defence Of
the lost cause, Mr.. determined to
~ bo bod
fuy made fifteen years ago. He wrote aud
offered himself and all his possessions on the
condition that he was to receive for an answer
decided yes or no. If the first answer was
given he wished to be married in six weeks
from the time of his acceptance; it the second.
the lady should never hear from him again.
In due time an answer came. The widow said
she was much changed by the lapse OF years,
aud more still by her cares and att1lctlons., She
had lost cheerfulness, beauty, all that had once
made her attractive still, If what remained OF
her. former self was worth the having, then
her dear old friend was welcome to the wreck,
her and the wedding day should be fixed. The
'.sdear old friend had waited too long to brood
even A day 8 unnecessary delay, so the next train
after the receipt of the letter carried him to the
home of his beloved in the West. lie found
,the lady very much unprepared to received him;
she had not q tooth In her head, and because
her mouth was being prepared for false set
she had postponed the visit for six weeks. ;,
''Ah, Sarah, )" said her lover, when ne had
taken a first long look at her, you t0ld me
you had lost youth, beauty and cheeriulness.
but you said nothing about your teeth, Sarah
why did you omit the teeth!'
Then Sarah rose to explain, and the expla-
nation proved satisfactory but the ardent lover
wouldn't wait for teeth, and SO the twain were
made one in spite of this little drawback on the
part Of the bride. They are now living In
Georgetown happy and prosperous, and not 10,
even the teeth are wanting to enable the wife
to enioy all the good things offered for her &C
ceptanoe. Washington Cor ofthe Boston fosf
OID ROMAN Fops AND BABIES. .-Fops, in
these degenerate times, are plentiful, ana wear
rings in abundance, sometimes covering every
finger with them. Some have carried tnelr
follv 20 tar as to wear the same rings only
week, and then replace them with new ones
Oh, Penda were it not for the sturdy, Vlrtu
Gus provinces, what would become OF imperial
Rome? Men here, in the great city, are turn,
ing FIRST into women and then into birds and
beasts They dote on trlnkets like women, on
fine dress as the bird does upon Its plumage,
and by excessive lust become beasts: The tops
d;spnst vou at every turn They wear scarlet
tunics and blue cloaks, and sometimes the
feminine roga, clasped with rich buckles that
serve as brooches. They defy the sun with
parasols brought from India, paint their eye,
lids and faces like the Corinthlan harots, cur
their hair into ripglets CLOSED with perluhcu
oils and even display the bodkin among t1elr
tresses. They lisp in soft Whispers ana 10
every way they ape silly women IN manners
and personal ornaments.
must also say few words about the paplss
and young children. They are maze oona
slaves at birth, for the hrst thing the nu.Se .So
does after the ablution is to wind arouno tne
intapt-arms, body and legs-swaddling ciothes'
and these usually Indicate the rank OF the pa pa
rents, Soue are wrapped in very costly stuns'
tied with golden baud. Others with purple
scarf, fastened by gttering BUCKLE. Others
with fine white shawl, such as the wealthy
ladies wear in cold weather in their houses
fastened with scarlet strings; while the poor
.wrapt their babies In broad flets OF common
cloth. The old Lacedemonians seem to nave s,
been wiser, orthey only wrapped broad hiles
of linen around the body, and lett the arms anu
legs full liberty. IL,
These Romaus put their babies into cradles
of various forms. The most common are those O
of q boat and hollow shield. Josephus' tne
Jew have mentioned, tells me that the ln1an'
life Of the great law-giver OF his people aas M
save by his having been concealed among IN the
osiers OF the eby his motherin boat II
Sometimes, when the baby is a year OLD, tne
mother shaves its head and puts jewels 10 ~
ears, ifit bea girl; and so soon as it begins tt
walk, an ornament, called bulla, is hung aool
its neck This is often only disk OF metal
with the name of the chilis family eugraVvet
upon it, SO that the little one may be identiheo
iflost; but more often it is hollow metal case
sometimes highly orDameuted, which contains
the poor have disks Of leather, so marked that
the baby may be identified. ed.-Harper Mag.
The latest dodge in the market line in Eng
land is larded corn meal, or corn meal larded
This new article of commerce is sold for lard
and is composed of about equal quantities