Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-06-22
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The Railroad Editor and the Society
Editor Come in Contact.

Editor Come in Contact.
The railroad reporter, with map spread
before him, was busily engaged in building
the last link of road which was to con-
meet the x. Y. W. and the G. o. II. roads.
forming grand trunk line between the
important points Of A. e., the local traffic
of which would pay operating expenses,
fxed charges, per cent. quarterly divi.
dends, with an occasional scrip issue to
to holders of preferred paper. While thus
engaged the society editor turned in his
chair, pulled down his corsage, and said:
''Are you much of ladies' man P"
''Me9 Yes, am; always on time, al
though may not look it," said the rail-
road reporter, very calmly. sat one time
was regular standard-gau steel
rail, stone-ballast swell, but Of late years
1 have uncoupled from that sort of busl-
ness and have been running on different
line."
''Do you think you could relieve me to-
night of a recherche affair among the creme
de la creme, and do justice to the tout en-
seaable of the soiree?''
81 think can, if there's time to make
the transfer without missing eonnec-
tions.''
"You1l be on time to witness the de-
movement. It's the marriage of Col.
D'Oille's daughter. Pay strict attention
to the BRIDES costume and write up de-
tailed description of it, ~
Z he sraiiroad reporter took out his linen
duster from the bottom of his escritolre,
borrowed chew of tobacco from the DO
litical reporter and started for the resi-
dence of Col. D'Oille. Among the wedding
notices the next morning was the follow.
ing:
Last night large number of high
joints blockaded the residence of Col. D.
Ollie to witness the marriage of his lovely
daughter, JEANNE Baptiste, to the Hon.
John Quincy Jeems, Jr. Col. D'Oille was
general manager of the entire guest sys-
tenn, and had his headquarters established
in the dining room, and only left his post
and the sideboard, where the gentlemen
were frequently side-tracked for repairs,
to 60 through the parlors on a trip of in
srection. Mrs. Col. D'OiIle acted as COM
missioner of the guest pool and superin-
tendent of the dining service, and spent
the most of her time fixing the divisions
OF the supper courses and seeing them
forwarded to destination on schedule time.
It was, in fact, Miller platform, West
lng-house brake, paper-carwheel occasion.
Just before the arrival of the reverend
conductor who was to pull the bell-cord
for the matrimonial train, Col. D'Oille
left the sideboard and started up grade
with heavy load. and in consequence
slipped on an eccentric and came into the
parlor running on one side, but was bag
ged down in time to prevent his tanning
his headlight through bay window. Th;
Colonel, in stopping to fill his tank too
often, lost the right of way and did not
witness the ceremony.
''The bride, slender beauty, was dress
ed in flowing robe de chambre of Yellow
tinted bobinet muslin la ecru, looped up
at the sides with Hungarian Pompadour
of blue granadine and fichus of Queen
Anne gimp. The dress was cut on an in
cline of forty-eight degrees across the
shoulders and curved around under the
arm. The bosom of the fair bride was sur
mounted with a trestlework of Louis XIV
lace, and her waist was surfaced up and
filled in with artificial flowers, made at
tractive by several narrow-gauge short
lines of red trimming, which skirted
around and conferred at common terml-
nal point on the crest of her polonaise.
Down the front of the robe was midland
rout of antique buff serge, intersected BY
numerous feeders of costly 7fez merino.
Articles of agreement were signed, and
the first annual report will be awaited with
interest. y Chicago Tribune.
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