Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-27
Curious Weddings.

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After dinner. the osIIer night, curious
marriages. wMe uuder ~di.cAAion at ~
kouse whes6 some gfsat trwvelSrs wete
present. and isiwas hoped tIHH .h4t
would fivof thsco pAny Vth some
theirsexpersenca in That | he Zone
kne v, had 70 puesue his brfd sEpop 81
ostrich over's6fricaT sand ;~ahd ~
other to feed his on blubbE U strips,
in the neighborhood Of the SD6!h but
on this occasion they were deaf to all
eutreaties, 1 have noticed that one
traveller will seldom open bis mouth
to amy interesting extent, at least-in
the presence of another, for which.
doubtless, they have their reasons.
It is . pity whispered a, great
navigator TO me the other day, When
another great navigator was ventdring
=, upon Ala experiences. s.s.&iAAt, = MAN who
has really done great things should tell
such very strange adventures, because
they throw discielit OH even what he
has done" T. .t...I o. rn.'..
Upon this OCCASION al old gentleman,
who had passed his life betgeen Chel
tenham and London, beat all the tx
plorers by relating to Us the nuptials OF
Miss Bitfin, which took place not SO far
away. indeed, but so long ago that the
details we're beyond the reach OF crit
cism. THIS lady was conspicuous in
her time. for the absence of her limbs,
but for all that attended the Cheltenhau
assemblies. One night she. was for
gotten by her friends, and left III ths
ballroom, with the lights out. Alarmed
by her cries, the head waiter rushed
into the room, and inquired who was
there From the dark depths OF the
assembly-roon Il female voice replied
1t is /. want to go home
Then step this way. ms'am. iou
can surely see the door" .t.
I" Alas ! have no legs"
( The waiter was u kindly man, aud
ventured into the darkness.
"Ifyou will hold out your ana,
ma'am, I will pick you up AMI carry
you out" ." g. ..' t.
"Alas I have neither hands nor
arms" T
On whish the waiter fed uuler the
impression that it was the devil. 81.
Our old gentlemen saw, or said he
saw, this lady married (she was married
poor creature, to vile adyenturer,
who ran through her money and left
her to starve,) and described the cir
cumstances. . i.
"But where did the husband put the
ring?" asked one of the audience, man
who is never satisfied with what is
sufficient for other people. and who has
no respect for age.
Our old gentleman remained silent,
delving in the ruins of his memory for
this immaterial circumstance.
Then chivalrous young fellow
stepped in. -. ...
" seem to remember reading some
account OF how hole was drilled
through the lady's nose, sir, after the
fashion Of African brides but perhaps
l am mistaken" 1' '.''
mo, no, you are quite right" ex-
claimed the old gentleman rapturously.
" Yor have recalled the detail to my
recollection. The wedding ring was
put through her nose. y
The most striking marriage of mod
ern times took place justafter the over
throw Of the Commune in Paris. 1t
was double one, and each bridegroom
had for his best man two gendarmes,
and each lady, for her bridesmaids,
two female prison warders. The happy
pairs parted at the church door, to
meet again in the convict settlement of
}, New Caledonia. The men were "lifers,"
and would have been debarred the
solace of matrimony forever but for the
circumstance that their sweethearts
possessed certain secrets of great value
to the police. A bargain was struck
with the State, by which the two pairs
of lovers were thus made happy at the
expense OF the criminal classes. 1t is
therefore possible, it seems, to com
bine love match with s. marriage Ct
convenience" '' '+