, 1881-02-12
ceremony. And no, Mt 1890 o'clock last
night, Mr.. Leroy f.Itlfry was united in mar
rIaEG to Miss Belle Roper, OF Clement, Cltn-
ton County, III.
ROAST MUTTON ON ICE.
Il fenrbccuO 0N tho Thames SHcIl a.
Has Not IBcen Seen tor 1GRny n Year.

beRufl nn SATURDAY to revive sports TINT IinvG
beet, unknown for n quarter Of 4 century.
md To suggest memories Of times still moro
distant, when oxen were roasted and fairs
held upon tho river in the ncighborI,ootl OF
tile city itself. a sheep WIS OIL Saturday
rnasted whole OH a part Of the river where
only Right days before n boat race hal ex-
cited l1cal Interest: aid sliding, sfclghing and
skating, Indifferent In sumo parts and toier-
ably good In others, WAS possible for fill
half mile Of the rivers extent. 1t would
he misleading, however, not to state that tho
portion OF tic river TINS completely frozen
over was not the mall, strcat1, but the pretty
broad expn1lse 0f backWntcr on tho Middle
enx sitlu Of EeI-1io Island. The ronstlng Of
tug nrtnlntcti mutton took place cxnct!y on.
E1st ,%s Fly Twekr',an I 1, GhnFeh o pprton Of
The proprietor Of this Island ilostelry a8-
anciatcd himself with ar. Perrin, u tho
Two Sawycrs, on the, Allddlesex shore, In
nfae a ar1t. tor mi osasI" exss" OF tbs %s r
THO meal was prepared for nj! and slndry
who sllOnld npply for n EavDry ,norseI, and
n,!l!es!tat!ngly was the hospitality accepted.
sr af ~ ad In, @ f oTS rosso weGs m kys is1 ths
no such tetlEtus delay In her consumption. 4
1lftl Of that tin,e Ind mt passed ere thu cary
ers~0rk WIS done, and not yGsttge. hone, fat,
Or sincw, 81 tho animal remained. The 0!,la-
circIe IT canvns ,,ni'e1,l i,v nrts m ~ .rhIci'
ilnased the ars that % ,ls'laiIy% % tttnr RI II, inyor
OK nQunttc sports. Tlie canvas WAS adorned
i,ps mf vtsit@rs ~ E H. ~ .or'i.
"fie Tint gfvntl, in III tfc M nnnr lpnds.I, T.,
the Lord."-a legend which at first Sight
might have been taken M an ostcntatt0us
svI,o ,r.,ya "m Mo GL & u tsc ~,
given to the poor. 1t presently ,tralsplreA,
However, that the more practical intention OF
nnsstbIr' viii tho snn,n nnrtw honernams, T., H.
wIici, tra a,ies1n,.I, mi ini,ahftamfe ~ r,vicE.
un[,niu wcre cmcournninr "aaI, nthrr in
Ills ssyerc wcather n,'ti wI,tcj, % Ind ] uroInnt.i
Winter snnrt NJ iiclv r. chnsr mn, grnt;3v ~
thn coi rui ,,,,s,rp tti, t,,n a't ind;ns,,r., Et
subsrriptIou.bonk wns njnce1l n. tn.,|c h".
sis box i,ito With ' % vojilmtary ar s,,bscro- ;e H.
,vnrs chmrf,,,tr iro1,nnd trnugi,s,t I'M s,n Nv;
In nnt,ther tniiI wnrt, htvn bnsk.ts ~ hrn"1
iishcs ~ sait nr,f ci,"erf,s ,yfiioWs,nt
pls!cs. '"'' "''4 '"s.'a' "'''."''
11nnn IN M % ina inra III y, ~ t;rE, w Saa, .,e a
fot,at,on - rnve fso ~ oiG Tsin, H'ei ~ o,,
iha fr fts ~ ~ aiea III tn ~ nup
Tenl % co,,pe M ' Of drs.naces Il facar @ "1ei eacI
urnt ~ nf hpicl:a nnd then ~ ia fa1an,s III
cnais hat hen 1eanra "Iu an ua and a H. S1nga n
appj!et. 10 tat cyerybo;ty mtEl't enioy j uao tic
sEsis q lis carcass Il @a,ton M n is PLEASANT
preuicnmcnt between two fires. Two stakes
had been driven Into tho Ice, and the sleep
hail lycen firmly lasllctl around an Iron rod,
horizontal In tic lnEttdie and bent Mt eacl
e,t like tho well-nanttle by tic village black
smith. 10 give nm oilicIal character to The
ceremonial, two parish postlNen Of duty
Were summoned to carry tic animal to tlla
fire under the escort 0f Il Royal engineer
The rod wns sole,nnly liked In hOIlows
scooped out Tor / In Inc stakes, n
couple OF Staples secured it III its position,
anti tho nlni, WHO limited 40 broadly to
yisitors that ltt. was engaged III dry work,
ttok l,is place ut onc handle, while co,It-
fadc sslzed tho otler. ,aTd proceeded to turn
tion wtps not very nlarmnE, because tic pro-
rlpters OF tic flie ilnd prlitluIitly choscll n
spot whero the bottom II thu river rose to
Within q few feet of The s,,riace Of tl!e water.
tluction at ul,e Of TIC fires an,f ihu DilinE o.,
OF Murc gr,ycl 10 iii III tl,c Threatening mi.
A tle hours nnssei ther,, wns inllch 1nsrri-
me,!t at tiis scene; % The M cook MD t}le 8 earvcr
performed and tho other patiently waited 10
disci,arSo Ills duty. bit tho ' cook lad the
worst Of it wlle,, The mistress OF tic hotel
cuisine came down to Dasie tllo mutton, auI
Delivered her imi,tj or tic osubicct Of TIC mems
imnarfnrf ,,nrfrr,nnro..u oinIvl, jrn,rt,