Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-14
The Blair Court Marital,

9en ~ l.. shepard. who is prisoner IN Pod
re island. under sentence for tniSa nDrarr
atiDg money intrusled 10 him was % vJ 1roi1.l i
Yesterday before the Blair court marital The
oil.CelS OF which greeted him cordially. He
aEo!ogHe0 Tor not appearing in uniform and
testified that in January 1868 wnen the Letter
written TO ''ADn. and signed "ThOmaS n Mich
OIL, was written from Mobile he was Colonel Of
Tie 18th infantry. He knew Can't Thomas R;air
then as first lieutenant and post u1artermaSt@r
and was familiar with his handwriting. the
documents already Identified as written by Bar
were SHOWN TO the General lie had doubts as
10 the resignation, which is sad TO be forced
and the ''Rachel' letter.
What was Capt BIair's character as an OIL
Ger ana gentleman" asked Gen. McMahon.
Ibis character as an officer was very fine"
was the answer. ''IIad it not been. / would not
have made him post Quartermaster. | never
heard any allusion against his character as q
gentleman"
dence. 1t purported to be CODY OF the record
OF TIE marriage OF Thomas NichOil aged % and
Ann Baltic, aged ~, on FeO. y, 1S6l, at Regent
Terrace, Glasgow, after bannS ACCORDING tn thp
rules or the Presbyterian church. The parents
or Nlcn0ll were recorded as Robert Nchoil farm
err and Rachel whose maiden name was Blair
John Graham, the minister OF the Varrick street
church, Glasgow, performed the ceremony The
paper was signed on Jan. s. 1879, by G. Miller
buchanan, register, and Samuel J. Cooper, the
american consul, certified that Buchanan was
Elliott +. Shepard objected to the document on
technical grounds y. Sun, 18Th.
THE BAsHFUL BRIDEGRooM-The weddinr
guests were gathered all. the minister was in
the farlor, the marriage feast was piping hot.
: "a me ne pride was peeping out OF her window
ana pushing the while, but the bridegroom was
missing. They waited two hours and then dis
patched brother OF the bride TO find the bride
groom: ana meanwhile lest the victuals should
sfoIl, they all sat down TO dinner Now, the
bridegroom was the most baShful man in Goshen
township, and possibly in Ohio He was dis
covered Id ms room with his everyday clothes
z WI In nyn 10 r,gr~
asked why he had remained aWay he repIipd
that he had attempted to shave himself but
was SO scared and nervous that he could not ac-
compliSh it. He finally told the brother rhat If
ne would finish shaving him. and help to trim
lilln up, ne would go and report fol- duty. The
brother kindly assisted, and the two then
started for the home Of his anxious bride
When within short distance of the house. the
yourg mans heart again failed him. He de-
ciaTed that he could not face the crowd and
reluctantly retraced his steps The brother
went home and reported the result of his inveS-
LEGATION, and the preacher, turning to the lady,
oaG. - I'll never tie you to such a man." On
the following Saturday the father of the young
lady was met with the same plea, - can't
stand to face such crowd, but IL you will get a
squire: ana let us get married after night, /
VIII Try 1t again" The old gentleman declared
That the ceremony must be performed in the
daytime: Finally, the bashful young man was
led into the parlOr by the arm, cooped ND In a
corner, and brought face to face with minister
and maiden.
PHILoPENA IN GERMANY.-The German method
OF managing the pleasant play of philopena is
as IolloWS: When couple meet, after eating
ph1lopena together, no advantage is taken of
The other until one Of them prOnounceS the
word ''philopena." This Is the warning-now
the sport is to begin. Let us suppose that a
gentleman calls upon lady. She invites him
TO walk In. and at the same time speaks the
taliSmanic word. If he accepts the offer to
walk In he Is lost, unless she removes the ban
| by telling him to go away. If she asks him to
| take OF his hat he must res0utely keep it On;
II TO be seated, he must stand if at the table
! she should hand him any article which he &C
cepts, she wins the forfeit During all this time
ne endeavors to take her by surprise, for the
acceptance OF any offer by the other wins the
| game. Both are constantly exercising their
wits to prevent being caught, and the sport
goes on all the evening. Perhaps the gentle
man brings little present and says: "Know-
ing that | shall lose my phlopena, 1 have
brought it alOng-here it is" If she is caught
| OH her guard by the smooth speech she loses
for he Immediately claims the forfeit. II mel
Their wins at the first meeting the sport Is con-
unued to the second, and it may happen that
half dozen parties meet at the same time, all
anxious to win of their phlopena partners, so
| that the scene often becomes ludicrously anus
| ing. 1t is diamond cut diamond" In very
truth.