Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-02
A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE,

| A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE.
A LAUGHABLE ACCOUNT OF THEIR
~ TRIALS AND vICISsITUDEs.
A gentlemanjust in from Western
trip gives a laughable account of the
trials Of a newly married couple who
boarded the train at a way station
He says as the train drew up to the
station the whole car was aroused by
the unusual din and noisy farewells,
"Wish you much joy" and repeated
kissings of a jovial crowd of young
folks. The newly married couple, ar
rayed in wedding costumes and evi-
IDENTIFY fresh from the final service,
took seats in the centre of the car, and
were at once the attraction. Ina very
few moments both the bride and the
groom gave evidence that there were
some more oycrpowering agencies
than love at work in their systems.
The groom turned over a seat in
front and elevated his pedals; he puts
his arm modestly upon the back Of
the seat, while the air from the
window floated the white veil and the
favor Of the orange blossoms over his
face. But something was on his mind,
and he momentarily grew more restless
and twisted and squirmed in all
manner of ways. The bride, too,
seemed to have the same symptoms.
She tried the easiest attitudes, now
with her head lovingly upon the manly
shoulders, then suddenly arousing and
looking uneasily from the window as
if in expectancy of disaster, or that
she would "meet" the frown of an
angry father. Suddenly, when all
eyes were attracted to the couple, the
groom, evidently receiving new and
deeper twinge, with misery depicted
in every feature Of his face, lifted his
right leg, and began tugging at a new
boot which some wicked shoemaker
had inveigled him into buying as a
perfect fit. After pulls and tugs,
which made his veins stand out on
his face, and the arteries of his neck
throb like a small engine, he succeeded
in releasing his foot, and a sense OF
happiness stole across his manly face.
The bride surveyed the smile, but it
seemed only to increase her misery.
She wiggled, she famed, and finally,
in desperation, she attacked the but
tons of her new shoes with as much
vigor as her lord did his new boots,
and one by one they dropped upon the
floor. .... ......
Both sets Of feet were placed in prox-
unity upon the overturned seat and
the BRIDES shawl hid them from the
vulger gaze. The bonnet was unlim-
bered from it's pedestal and the blush
ing bride dropped easily upon the
shoulder of her husband and securely
slept as the train whistled and stopped
and started. The passengers, re-
lieved Of anxiety, had settled down to
@tnaps and newspapers and peanuts,
when a long whistle was followed by
the brakesman putting has head in at
the door and yelling "Cresson."
threat Jerusalem, Julia! wake up!
here we are" shouted the bridegroom;
"and there's them Internal bootsw
He jumped at them, and tugged
and sweated and swore, but those
feet had actually grown about an
inch, and it was no go. The station
was reached, when only one foot was
stuck halfway in the leg. The fair
Julia had encased her pedals slip
shop, and as ''time and tide" and
railroad trains "wait for no man,
they gathered their traps, and went
out just as they were, "wihout one
plea" to meet,a crowd of friends as
sembled to meet the newly welded
pair. We are expecting every day
to hear Of the death of that shoe.
maker, and to see the jury bring in a
verdict of justifiable homicide.