Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-12-25

oi roses, was the connecting link betwee
the drawing-room and drawing-room car
The demand made on Flora for the material
for the picturesque covered way was unprce
elented. The flower bill of the welding
exclusive of hand bouquets-amounted t
Sj0,000. But the strangest thing in regar,
to this tower have yet to tell. Its tloo
for the entire length was covered witt
camel's hair shawls. to my own mind piec
of preposterous, aye, wicked extravaganza
Bat the father Of the bride declared that $
long as II was his only daughter and onl,
child whose marriage he was celebrating
he would send her ont Of her home to tht
steam carriage shat was to carry her aWa'
from him, over a pavement not likely to b,
initiated in the future history Of marriage,
in South America. The shawls for this ex
traoriinary purpose, were purchased il
London, the order being for " the best that
can be had for gold, and the bin for the
item amounted to the enormous sum o
S56s 500 After the bridal party entered
the train the shawls were gathered up. anC
tomorrow they Will be distributed among
ti- poor Of the district
And now a few words about the bride,
presents. They were by actual count l SO
in number, and the greater part Of them,
noticed, took the form Of either gold or dia-
monds. The mothers gift was dinner set
of 80 pieces, Of pure gold. Each piece
bears the monogram of Cabral and Throck-
morton in diamonds The cost ofsthis proof
OF maternal affection was something over
81 900 coo in gold. In addition Nine.
Cabml giallcnel the brides heart with
l.o9o yards Of point lace; 365 morning,
afternoon and evening costumes. one Of each
sIcial division Of every day in the year and,
tl crown all, a certificate Of deposit issued
By the Bank Of England England being the
| objective point of the bridal tour-for
/ Il ,0OO,00U. Does this last item seem the
very ap0tlc0-i- If proligality? 1t docs seem
S, until ylu hear what the father did for
bis darling. and then it takes a subordinate
/ position. lie gave her titlc-decds Of a mag
uiioent town and country-housc in all the
! leading capitals Of the world and the most
/ famous waterinE-places. These many man
/ -ions are thoroughly furnished and in each
-ds tender reminder of Malta of her
nlidenhood-thcre Is an apartment that
exactly corresponds in furniture and adorn-
mcutS TO her own room at her fathers house.
Not clnteu;ing himself with this display o.
DDS bounty, Cahral presented her with rs
fine steamship as could be built on the
Clyde, with full complement Of sailors under
contract for ten years service, and with
salaries paid In advance for the fall term
one l1zca milk-whitc Arabian horses, and
this !, iokc-l 600 pounds Of clramel>.
81 conlection for which the bride Is said to
have pronounced liking. But his croWnins
gilt was a necklace that deserves % rank
among the enumerated wonders Of the world.
>ixeen years ago, soon after Malia's birth, he
began to collect the diamonds Of which it is
composed. Whenever OF wherever he heard
d "a marvellous stone be was on hand in PER
son 0r by agent and secured it. lie had all
Europe, Asia, and Africa ransacked in behalf
Of the proposed necklace, and at one time
actually made oyerturcs for the celebrated
Pitt diamond. which cost the Duke Of Or
leans, according to history. ~67j 900, and
which Napoleon at one time Wore on his
sword hi.I. He was haled in this attempt,
however, much to his disappointment, but
after ten years Of unremitting hunting he
at last got together thirty of the largest and
purc>t diamonds in the world, no one OF
which was much inferior to the Pitt gem.
Taking these 10 Amsterdam he summoned
iho best talent in that city, famous for It's
diamond-yutterS. and stated what hc desired
which was that each one of the thirty
StonesS hould have fantastic face cutupon 1t.
Amsterdam at first said that the task was
more than herculcan-that it was impossible.
Bat when Cabral stated the stUpcnd0us sum
he was willing to pay, Amsterdam recon-
-iIered and consented 70 DO its best. Il did
It's best for five years, day and night, and
the result was that week before the we'd
ding, the diamonds, cut. carved. set ON
golden string. and already to embrace the
snowy neck of the bride. were placed into
the hands of the iubiiant Cabral. | hap
penei to be present when Malta first was
shown the necklace. a couple of days before
she was married. She wore a black silk at
the time, and her father, after throwing the
Lrill.ants, that contrasted so strongly with
the color Of the dress, over her head. stepped
hack few PAGES to notice tie effect. liay-
ing gazei at the flashing necklace for q
minute or SO he suddenly broke into a laugh
and cried out merrilv. e. Nv dear. on nv life 4
you'd do for the head light ofa locomotive" "
This necklace cost De Souza Cabral. stones.
cutting. and carving Sll6 OU0, $50 s..
Cahral showed me the receiuts Yesterday. 50
exact fFurf@.
And the dotina father. in naming the cost |
to me. added he would willingly have raid .
what he did twice over rather than have miss |
cd his aim. or been unable TO give his dar- /
inr the wedding present he desirned for her /
while vet she was in hor cradle.
The great heiress was married in clothes I
Ichttn. her position. | am indebted to 4
lady guest for tie information that her dress /
was of point lace. founcea, or rather gar I
landed. 10 the waist with strings of seed |
peas. with the voluminons train edged with /
a tihsree of cold thicklv set with diamonds. .
Her neck was circled br her fathers won |
derlal Offering besides which there were
diamonds handed on her hair and in brace T.
lets on her vrits She was certainly the
most blazino beautv eyer razed nro1
There was one feature of the weidinc ar- /
rangemeDts which strnclr me- rnirbt better .
have been emitted entirely or Mt least very /.
materially modified. aIlude to the pheuom- /
enallv hospitable p1ovision made for the
hackmcn who drove tbe cpes-s to snd from
the festivities ON the veIvot lawn iusf ont.
side the Cabral mansion. dozen Of more /
cxsuis;te Scrres vases were set-c,rre.nond .
ING in size and shane 10 an American beach /
baskof-c,cb ono of which was be,nei r, /
the brim with the r,ld coin of the country
The drivers as tbe, dronne5 their load. Ind /
their attention called ~ the currency in the .
vases. and we're cor,liallv invited IN heln them
selves al E5,,,,, A. oftcn Il. tbd vases /.
were empted they were rromptlv rerlenish- /
cd by servants detailed for thats5le purpose. /
One Of the hackmcn responded So heartily to |
the invitation that when the time came for /
him to drive back TO town he was forced 10 /
request his two MESSENGERS Z, favor him bv /
taking a ssat On The lox. lie explained. /
act ,,lthcut .lushinr and stammerinr tbat /
the inside Of his coach was occupisd by the /
Bold pieces he had accumulated durinG the |
evening and that bc voDld not have takor /
sosmanv had it not been for the thought of 4 /
his lOld. before mounting the hcx. returned !