The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-04-07
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A Railroad Reporters Account of
Wedding.

The railroad reporter, with map spread
before him, was busily engaged in project
ing, on his own responsibility, line to
connect the j. G. and [. and w. X, and
y. roads, and to form an important feeder
to both. While he was thus engrossed, the
city editor wheeled around in his chair,
hitched up his pink Italian suspender, and
said:
"Are you much of ladies man,
Eyes, l am" replied the railroad report
or. with smile, although / may not look
it. And one time was regular standard
guage, steel rail, stone ballast swell, but OF
late years | have unoccupied from that
sort Of business, and have been running on
a different line.
DO you think you can handle a re-
churcher affair among the high lifts and
do Justice to the tout ensemble of sOiree ?
II think | can
well, if that is the case, 60 up to the
residence of old Col Jinglesex and report
the wedding of his daughter. Pay strict
attention to the style of the brides COS
TUNES, and write up readable description
of it."
The railroad reporter rubbed up his eye
glasses, took his coffin lid coat from the
bottom of his escritoire, borrowed a fresh
collar from the death editor. aRd went to
the wedding. When he returned his re-
port read as follows
Last night lfste large number of
guests weYe present at the residence OF
{pl. Jinglesex to witness the marriage of
his lovely daughter with our esteemed
young friend Major Raoul Baptist Nc
Gilligan Col Jinglesex was the general
manager of the entire guest system and
had his headquarters established in the
dining-room and only left his post and the
sideboard, where the gentlemen were
often side-tracked for repairs, to 90 through
the parlors to 90 on tour of inspection
Mrs. Col Jinglesex acted as superintendent
and yard-master, 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 real ten-foOt drive, Miller
platform affair, and will long be remem-
bered by those who were fortunate enough
to receive invitations. A few moments
before the arrival of the preacher who was
to pull the bell cord for the matrimonial
train old Col Jinglesex left the sideboard
and started up grade with heavy load
The consequence was he slipped an &C.
centric and came into the parlOr running
on one side, but was tagged down in time
to prevent him jamming his head light
through bay window, The old gentle
man, in stopping TO gil his tank so often,
lost the right. of way and did not witness
the ceremony.
The bride was slender beauty, and her
eyes were of 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 la ecru Topped up at the sides
with Hungarian pompadour of blue
grenadine and 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 centered at a
common terminal point on the crest of her
polonaise. Down the front of the robe
saw midland route of antique buff serge
intersected by numerous feeders of costly
fez marine.
''The wedding was bon ton-eyerything |
moved on schedule time, and along the
whole line not low joint or high |
centre jolted the gentle glide of happi- |
ness.