Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-29
RRIDES AT NIAGARA.

BRIDES AT NIAGARA
A correspondent writing from Niagara Falls,
saws: Shorty after breakfast yesterday morn
inv strollcd out from the Clifton to the edge
&c ,he Horseshoe Fall to watch log that had
Canch, 10 the back-eddy and was slowly max
;ns its way again to the verge of the chasm.
Inst to the left of me, and looking down on one
NJ the most majestic aud awful views that the
nacc affords, was the Inevitable couple, his arm
about her waist aud his other hand in hers.
Iackcy was close beside narratlng IN his pro-
t:S.ioual monotone how, iu the cool gray light
or morning long ago. beautiful, but uutor-
runatc girl walked quietly cut to the edge OF
the rock, stood there for moment with the
wind tossing the white folds OF her ulght-gown
aud the tangled fringes of her dlsheveed hair.
and then leaped with the strength OF despair
clear out iuto the void beyond, and disappeared
10 the hell OF boiling waters at the foot OF the
tail. There was momeut pause as the story
ended, but no doubt as to what should follow
il was tureordained from the hrst-aDd the two
mouths caue together with the usual ctirrup
and the usual blush. turned away lu sadness
aud pasSed on. But perhaps the most amusing
sncctacle of this hy11eneal Mecca may be wit
messed in the corridors Of any OF the great no
tes from $50 to ll:30 Of any evening during
the season. 60 early. so as TO be IN time; as
ccuG to about the third floor, and take up your
post of observation IN Sume convenient emOra-
sure-say in the window at the end Of the hail.
The half hour will hardly have struck when
door after door will open in quick succession,
aud groom after groom emerge sneaklugy
from its closing portal, give quick glauce over
bis shoulder, aud then walk lelsurely up and
down with don't care d--cxpresSion on
his face that is iudescribably Iudicrous. Que
10 rb.r., 1lx- ut
sufferers who pass him in their march, and an
other gares savagely at the carpet, the walls,
aud the ceiling, as it spelling for fight. But
all the time he is looking auxlousy at his watch
until half hour has passed slowly away. when
he steals hastily back to his door, kDocks and
cutters, where necessity compels US to leave
him. The explanation is simple-he has been
sent out while the young and Inexperienced
madam diSrobes herself He is ashamed to 60
down stairs, and 50 he watches out the vigil IN
the hall.
On one joyful and ne er.to- be- forgotten occa-
sion--the first of the many times that have
sought to console myself tor the woes OF bachel.
ordom by this pitiable sipht--l was called ln
to assist at the reunion after the halt hour had
elapsed A groom, bigger and madder than
the average, had hardly re-eutered his nuptiaI
chamber, when he re-appeared with dlrest
alarm and CONSERVATION depicted in his counte-
nance. His room was the end one 10 the hall
and my face the first me to meet his agonlzed
glance.
Are you one of the hotel man?' he gasped
81 am, sir replied, with thatin at. truth
fuIncss that characterized the descendants of
George Washington.
We'll. sir, my wife has gone, and I'll have
her, sir, if | search every room IN your cursed
old sh.Dty."
lu yane sought to console the agitated youth
and check the current Of profanity that coursed
with Niagaras own rush and roar from his
trembling lips. In vain | /. sured him that 1t
was not customary for wives to run away so
early 10 their marital life, and that there was
not case on record of ones quitting her bed
and board before the expiration OF the honey
moon 1t Was uSeless--he would not be com
torted-till finally, purely out of the philantbro-
py OF an unse6sh heart, [ suggested that ne
let me assist him 10 examining his room for
traces of the missing bride He at once assent
cd, and threw open the door.
| entered with voiceless reverence No hu-
man beings but ourselves we're visible. !n the
corner, piled upon chair, were the ordinary
articles of woman's apparel, the smaller and
more mysterious garments carefully hidden un-
der the larger. Iu the bed was mock form,
composed of pillow and a flannel shirt, which
lessly and immodestly exposed took IN the
situation in a glance. There was evidently
nothing under the bed--that is, nothing of any
conseauence-for it came too near the floor.
There were no closets in the room, no other
doors, land nothing behind which one could hide
There was however, what the French call
bouffct, with shelves at the top and folding
doors a, the bottom. guaged the thing IN my
minds eye, and concluded there was just room
enough for flexible little woman without
much clothing to sqeeZe 10 there. AL this
was but the work Of an iustant's observation,
and then | spoke with my mouth sharply:
Young man, you have made an ass of your
self. GO to that sideboard and find her.
Without waiting for me to hide my bushes
behind the door, he opened the bouttet with a
bound, and there, nestled amid cloud OF
heecy white, and covered with laughter and
bushes, was the prettiest little rosebud OF
face that ever cleaned out Of lace and linen.
Sadly and remorsetuy | passed out of the
chamber door, leaving the rosebud to It's tate:
Let US hope that the poor little woman hello
her own.
To raise watermelous without seeds, the tol-
lowing plan has been successfully adopted oy Il
planter in Caddo Paris, La. Alter the vine Is
about two feet long, cover the vine at a. polDt
intermediate between the root After it has
taken root where it is covered. divide the vine
between the old aud new root. and the result
will be that the melons will be seedless.
A man who drove through camp of grass
hoppers near Fort Dodge, Iowa, recently. de-
cIares that they covered square half mile of
ground, and formed living, squirning, wrig.
CLING mass, over three iDches thick 90 the aver
age. Wherever they camp vegetation Is total
y destroyed.
Here is japanese receipt for keeping meat
fresh in hot weather: ''Place 1t III clean
porcelain bowl, and pour very hot water over 1t
50 as to covert. Then pour oil upon the water.
The air is thus quite excluded and the meat
preserved"
Straw jewery" is something new. 1t
comes from Niagara; it can be purchased from
those imitation Modocs who intest that locality.