The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-31
The Railroad Reporter and the Society
 Editor Collide.
Exchange.


 The railroad reporter. with map spread before him. was busily engaged in building the last link of q road which was to connect the x. Y. w. and the C.. O. H. roads. forming grand trunk line between the important points of 4. and Z., the local traffic of which would pay operating expenses, fixed charges. five per cent. quarterly dividends, with aa oc- casional scrip issue to holders of preferred paper. While thus engaged the society editor turned in his chair, pulled down his eorsage and said:
 Are you much of ladies man..
 Me? Yes, am: always on time. always on time, although may not look it, said the railroad re- porter very calmly. At one time l was regular standard-gauge, s,eel-rail. stone-ballas, swell. but of late years l have uncouplcd from that sort of business and have been running on a different i line"
 Do you think you could relieve me to-nigh, of a recherche affair among the creme de la creme, and do justice to the tout ensemble of the soiree:"
 ''l think l can. if there's time to make the transfer without missing connec- tions.
 You'll be on time to witness the de- nouement It's the marriage of Colonel D'Oille's daughter. Pay strict attention to the brides costume, and write up detailed description of 1t.
 The railroad reporter took out his linen duster from the bottom of his escretoire. borrowed chew of tobacco from the political reporter, and started for the resi- dence of Colonel D'Oille Among the wedding notices the next morning was the following:
 Las, rAght large number of high joints blockaded the residence of Colonel D'Oille. to witness the marriage of his lovely daughter, Jeanne Baptiste, to the Hon. John Quincy Jeems, IT. Colonel D'Oille 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 frequent ly side-tracked for repairs, to go through the parlers on a trip of inspection. Mrs. Colonel D'Oille acted as commissioner of he guest pool and superintendent of the dining service, and spent mos, of her time fixing the divisions of the supper courses. and seeing them forwarded to ia fact. Milier-plaiform Westinghouse brake. paper car-wheel occasion. lust before the arrival of the reverend con- duc;or who was to pull the bell cord of the matrimonial train, Colonel D'Oille left the side-board and started up grade with heavy load. and in consequence slipped an eccentric and came into the parlor running on one side, but was Jagged 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
 The bride, slender beauty. was dressed in flowing robe de chambre of yellow-tinted bobinet muslin Ia ecru. iooped up at the side with Hungarian pompadour of blue grenadine and hchus of Queen Anne gimp. The dress was cut on incline of forty -eigh, degrees across the shoulders and curved around under the left arm. The bosom of the fair bride was surmounted with a trestle- work of XlV, lace, and her waist was surfaced up and filled in with artificial flowers, made attractive by several mar row-gauge short lines of red trimming. which skirted around and centered a, a common terminal point on the cres, of her polanaise. Down the front of the robe was a midland route of antique buff serge, intersected by numerous feeders of costly fer merins. The new arrangement was successfully consum- mated and the frst annual report will be