Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-31
TIE RAILROAD REPORTER.

The railroad reporter, with map spread
before him, was busily engaged building
the last link of road which was to con-
meet the Y. Y. w. and the G. 0. ID. roads,
forming a grand trunk line between the
important points of A and 2. the local
traffic of which would pay operating ex-
penses. fixed charges, 5.per. cent. quarterly
dividends, with an occasional scrip issue
to holders of preferred paper. While thus
engaged the society editor TUNED IN MS
chair, pulled down his corsage and said:
"Are You much of ladies' man 2"
"Me? Yes; am always on time, al
though may not look like it, said the
railroad reporter, very calmly. "At one
time was regular standard gauge, steel
rail. stone. ballast swell, but of late years
/ have uncoupled from that sort of bust
ness. and have been running on different
line"
DO you think you could relieve me to-
night of recherche affair among the creme
de la creme and do justice to the tout en-
semble of the soiree?"
81 think | can, if there's time to make
the transfer without missing connections. :"
"You'll be on time to witness the de-
movement 1t is the marriage Of Colonel
D'Oille's daughter. Pay strict attention to
the brides costume, and write up detailed
description of il.
The railroad reporter took out his linen
buster from the bottom of his escritoire,
borrowed chew of tobacco from the po-
htical reporter, and started for the resi-
dence of Colonel D'Oille. Among the
wedding notices the next morning was the
following:
Last night large number of high
joints blockaded the residence of Colonel
D'Oille to witness the marriage of his
lovely daughter, Jeanne Baptiste, to the
Hoo. John Quincy Jeems, Jr. Colonel
D'0ille was general manager Of the entire
guest system, and had his headquarters
established in the dining-room, and only
left his post and the side. board, where the
gentlemen were frequently side-tracked for
repairs, to go through the parlors on trip
of inspection. Mrs. Colonel D'Oille acted
as a commissioner of the guest pool and
superintendent of the dining service, and
spent the most of her time fixing the divis-
ions OF the supper courses and seeing
them forwarded to destination on schedule
time. 1t was in fact Miller platform, a
Westinghouse brake, paper-car-wh oc.
casion. Just before the arrival OF the rev.
erend conductor who was to pull the bell
cord for the matrimonial train, Col. DOille
left the side-board and started up grade
with heavy load, and, in consequence,
slipped an eccentric and came into the par
lor running on one side, but was tagged
down in time to prevent his jamming his
headlight through bay window. The
Colonel, in stopping to I'LL his tank too
often, lost the right of way and did not
witness the ceremony.
'sThe bride, a slender beauty, was
dressed in flowing robe of de chambre of
yellow. tinted bobinet muslin a la ecru,
iooped up the sides with Hungarian
pompadour of blue grenadine and fichus of
Queen Anne gimp. The dress was cut on
the incline of forty eight degrees across the
shoulders, and curved around under the
left arm. The bosom of the fair bride was
surmounted with trestle. Of Louis
XIV. lace, and her waist was surfaced up
and filled with artificial flowers, made at
tractive by several narrow gauge short
lines of red trimming, which skirted
around and conferred at common terminal
point on the crest of her polonaise. Down
the front of the robe was midland route
of antique buff serge, intersected by numer-
GUS feeders of costly fez merino. n Chicago
Tribune.