The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-02-08
A Railroad Reporters Account
ora Wedding.

The railroad reporter, with map
spread before him, was busily engaged
i'll projecting, on his own responsibility,
line to connect the j., @. and 1. and
W., X. and N. roads, and to form an i'm
portant feeder for both. While he was
thus engrossed, the city editor wheeled
around in his chair, hItched up his pink
Italian suspenders, and said:
"Are you much of ladies' MANI"
eyes ! am" replied the railroad re-
porter, with smile, "althougll | may
not look it. At one time l was a regular
standard gauge, steel rail, stone ballast
swell, but of late ears hay G uncoupled
from that sort of business, and have
been running on different line"
"Do you think you Can handle re
churcher affair among the high lifts
and do justice TO the tout ensemble OF
the soiree 2"
81 think | can."
"Well, if that is the case, go up to the
residence of old Col. Jinglescx and re-
port the we lding of his daughter Ply
strict attention TO the style Of the tride's
costume, and write up a readable des
cription Of it.
The railroad reporter rubbed up his
eyeglasses, took his ooffin-lid coat from
the bottom OF his cscntoire, borrowed II
fresh collar from the death editor, an {;
went to the wedding.
When he turned his report read as fol
lows:
''Last night quite largo number of
OF l,a ,Nt
Col. Jinglesrx to witness the marriage o,
his 10 vely daughter with our esteemed
young fellow-citiz2n Major Raoul Bap
tiste McGilligan. Col. Jiug'esex was the
general manager of the entire guest
system, and had his headquarters estab,
lished i'll the dining room, and only left
his post and the side-board, wherA the
gentleman were often side tracked for
repairs, to go through the parlors on a
rour of inspection. Mrs. Col Jinglesex
acted as superintendent and yardmaster,
and most of the time was employed in
the kitchen, where she had the supper
courses made up and saw that they left
on schedule time. The whole thing was
a real ten-foot driver, Miller platform
affair, and will long be remembered by
those who were fortunate enough to re-
ceive invitations A few moments before
the arrival of the preacher who was to
pull the bell-cord for the matrimonial
train, old Col. Jingesex left the side.
board, and started up grade with heavy
load. The consequence was he slipped
an eccentric, and came into the parlor
running on one side, but was tagged
down in time to prevent him jamming
his headlight through bay window.
The old gentleman, i'll stopping to fill
his tank so often, lost the right OF way
and did not witness the ceremony.
1.-THE bride was slender beauty, and
her eyes were of a peculiar pea blossom
blue color, and when her lips parted in
smile they looked like some one had
opened a red pocket book. She was
dressed in flowing robe of yellow tinted
bobbinet muslin Ia ecru Topped up at
the sides With Hungarian pompadoul
of blue grenadine and fichus of Queen
Anne gimp. The dress was cut on an
incline OF forty-eight degrees across the
shoulders, and curved around under the
left arm. The bosom of the fair bride
was covered with trestle work of Louis
XIV. lace, and her waist was surfaced
up and filled in with artificial flowers,
made attractive by several narrow gauge
short lines of red trimmings, which
skirted around and conferred at common
terminal point on the crest Of her polo-
naise. Down the front Of the robe was
a midland route of antique buff serge
intersected by numerous feeders of cost
ly fez marino.
The wedding was bon ton-everything
moved on schedule time, and along the
whole line not low joint or high cen.
ter lolted the gentleglid of happiness.
N o. Democrat.