St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-01
VOLUME 3S---NUMBER 1853.

nine hundred and eighty dollars and
cI%hty-cight cents. Cahra! showed me
the receipts Yesterday. 80 that am
able To state the exact figures. And
Yet this d"ting father. in naming the
cost L" me. added that he would will
inglN have paid what he did twice over
rather than have missed his aim, OF
been unable to give his darling tl,,
wedding present he desired t"l her
while she WAS in her cradle There N"u
have the man in his unboundrd cNprmd
| iturc of money to obtain his ends, and
in his absorbing love tuI his daughter.
You must not expect from me any
description of the ornate and hcWildcr-
ing toilets worn mt the wrddin" no
not even of the brides rare Inmcnt
do not understand such matters. and.
vcnturing to discourse concerning them
likely enough ! >houid call lace gimp.
and peasant waists polnnai>cs. Let me
briefly state that. 80 far a. could judge.
the great h"lrcS> WAS married in clutlIcs
heiitIln@ her position. | am indebted
to Il lady guest ton the information that
her dress was of point lace. tiuunccd.
or rather %arlaudrd to the waist with
strings of seed pearls. with he Noumi-
nous train edged with Il liligrcc of gold
thirkiy ,ct ,,ith Ii.l,.Id,. Her neck
was circlcd 10y her fathers wonderful
offering. he~idt.> which there were dia-
nI"nd> banded nn her hair and in brace
| lets "n her wrists. She was certainly
the most blazing beauty ever galrd
upon.
her" WAS one feature of the wedding
arrangements whirII struck me might
better have nccu omitted entirely or nj
least very materially modified. but
which. nevertheless. in the mock it
made "t "Npcn>'' VAS quite in kcrpir"
with all the other features. aIludr 1"
the plrn"mruall> ho~pitablc prov i~iou
made tul the h.ckuIcr vino drove ihc
guests tu ami from the festivities. on
| iii" velvet lawn lu~t outside of the Ca
hlTIl nIan>Iun a dozen "r muIc cNuui>itc
>cNIc> NI-c~ were So CORRESPONDING
III >lI.. aud ~htpr Ia an American peach
basket each one "i which Wa> hrap,d Il
T." the hrim with the gold ruin nt th,.
country. The drivers - the, irnpprd
THEN loads lrid their attention called tu
the currency in The VASES. and we've
cordially invited to help themselves aI
hbtfHm. ~ often ~ the Na>,.~ we've
"ml'tlrd they were promptly rrplcu-
l~htd hi servants detailed f"l thar >"i..
ptup"~r. Onc ut the hack rc> pund-
rd :" heartily l." the Invitation that
" hen the time camc luI him tu dli, Z,
back To town he Vas forced Ia request
his two passengers L" favor him hN tax
N" Il seal on the huN. lie explained.
not without hlu>hc~ and ~ttmmrlin".
that the inside; ut hi> coach nI> ucru
pied H. the gold plrr,.> he had ;,rcrnH-
iatcd during the evening: Hmd that hr
would NOT have taken :" ui.iu, had il
not been ion HE thought "t "a ~irk wife
At home. Having listened to him. hi~
load. h"t"Ic mounting the box. retained
&" tho house and related the incident T."
tHhrHl. wl" v;:~ -, touched at the men
tI"n "t the SICK WIic that on Il sudden
IMPULSE lIc PI"lr">td a subscription t"I
her hrurtit. Iic Ic>pnm~v w.i> .cu"raI
and III Il >h"it time the >nu" sum ut ten
thousand dollars Wa~ raised among Tia.
guests. to hlch CHhIal added hi> own
rhrrh to! tuItl rhou-.ud mnic. say IT,.
fhrr Il" diI r": wish au, hc:,t 90 be.
~id "u that joyful recession. When rhc
tittN Ghuu>aui dollars r..r handed to
the h:trkm.iI. ~ culdiI t"r Nuu niliu.
~ liz. my man.. IL ClIu"I pat ii. hr
hm>t int" traI~. d,clmiu" that thclr
urVrI was such u man in the world H.
DE S"uIa CahIal. And he WIS right