, 1876-06-02
An Ancient Bria.rr.--.

no Al AAAH lnNlNIA IN M.IH
are bringing 10 nOtics thsir oi.lrai r.
habitants," and "ancient euurlas f|
have determined 10 cone foruari u ..
half Of Louisiana and announoa e. e
anxious world that this sstaia . o. rs..rs
since, bore tho palm q having a. 49,
est bridegroom in the Units.l si.,ss
He was married two or thren tinrs 49,
having reached his one hun.lr,.lth -
and l don't know how oflan t-rfsru A.
/ hereby throw down the rauutiat go
challenge any other State b. pru-iues e
remarkable a case. He va., o. narr
years, a citizen Of Ouachita tariah -
we will call him Jesse 0risauld airlrir
because his name was Hof Jea.s urts
void. His courtships we're eualurtl.l
in the most original and comioal 49,.
and frequently the nuPtiAls uers -
emnized after few weeks arguaintarrs
with the new object Of his Aasctioua
"NO cards" were issued, and day -
two before the wedding noiioca ssrs
posted up on trees At the principal furts
and crossroads announcing tas anti.i
pated event, and stating that +" 10 any
body wants TO see jesse 0risuold NJ.
ried again, they can come 10 hia hou-s
again next Saturday" No other invita
tions were given or needed: evorybo.iy
who cared ito see him married arsain.
went. II he kept journal what siari
ling events and wonderful inveutious
were recorded Imagine one page chrun-
icling the defeat Of CORVALLIS a York.
town; another mentioning the death q
that most splendid manager and manly
woman, Catherine, the Second Of Rus-
sia. II she we're an American woman
Of to-day what a power among the 10
men Fighters she would be. Somehou
1 don't think should have fancied Mr..
Catherine 'Romanoff for a next door
neighbor. She was one OF the kind Who
make, as the Danbury News Man en-
presses it, "tip-top strangers"
But how have digressedl There 4
sort of centrifugal force in my nature
that at times carries me clear OF my
subject. Where was 1? Oh, yes, I ~
member now-talking about J. Gal
journal. If the Atlantic ocean and other
minor geographical obstacles did not
prevent, perhaps some such sentence a.
this was transcribed: "I dined with
Lord Byron to-day he showed me .
new poem he had Just finished, called
the Horsair, or something like it; a poor
affair, 1 think, but the pudding and wine
were very good"
Another page might contain these
words: az have Just seen a quoer-look-
ing, new-fangled contrivance called a
steamboat. It is large, at least forty
feet long, and fast, making four miles an
hour; but I'll stick to barges in prefer
ence; if they are slow they are sure"
There is something touching in the
thought that this withered old man once
knelt, rosy, dimpled boy at his moth
er's knee, lisping his prayers. All but
that was over a hundred years ago.
What changes have taken place in every
thing except human nature THAT will bo
the same in the year 1900 A. D.. that Il
was in 5000 B. CT In that hundred
years railroads, pull-backs, telegaPhs.
double zeniss (which must say are =
great improvement on the old single
ones), steamboats,, the stars and striDes,
striped stockings, comets (no, I believe
they were invented beforel, gummed
envelopes, friction matches, Plantation
Bitters, whisky rings, street cars, postal
cards, the illumination Of cities BY g,
and thousand other marvels have APP
peared.
When Washington was inaugurated
the subject of this sketch first begnn 10
hope las every American man and boy
since has hoped) that he would yet b
President; and / may as well mention
here, by way of valuable information,
that he never was made Chief Magistrats
of his country. 1 have known several
other worthy boys who were likewise
disappointed in this respect. II paina
me 10 acknowledge that the Ancient
Bridegroom didn't live on cold water
and deer skin, nurse General Stark, 60
to school with Pocahontas, discover
America, go bear hunting with Daniel
Boone, or walk sixty miles day-aI q
which are expected Of the "oldest IN
habitant" he did frequently ride
on horseback to the neighboring li) VII
lage Of Trenton, eighteen miles distant,
and return home the same day. Thon
the traditional Oldest inhabitant "nsvor
tasted drop Of whisky or used tohacco
in any FORM" but I'm Obliged 70 con
fess that this fine old Southern gentle
man used both-only occasionally, mind
you. But he once said: "u whisky h
pison, it's mighty slov pison, for I've
been using It ninety odd years. and 4
amt hurt me yet" Some persons sly
this old man was q thousand years old,
but I never did believe it.-Piaa.alf
RiderhOOd, ia NJ o. Pioayuns.
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