Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-02-11
misrellanegns.
4 Bridal Tour Delayed.
A WEDDING PARTY SHOWED IN FOR Two
DAYS.

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DAYS.
ST. ALBANs, VT, Feb. 5.-In Fairfield,
a little village in the heart of Franklin
County. there resided until quite recently
Miss Marina McEnaney, the belle of the
settlement She had been woed and won
by Mr.. Frank Barrett of this town. The
wedding day was fixed. Mr.. Barrett went
from here to Fairfield to claim his bride.
With him went several OF his friends, old
and young. Fairfield happens to be some
distance from railroad, and the party
drove to the residence of the brides pa
rents. They reached the hospitabie Nc
Enaney mansion in the midst of a driving
snow. storm. The welcome to the groom
and his friends was as hearty as such
welcomes customarily are. The brides
friends were present in goodly numbers.
and the wedding party rs jolly as such
parties can be. During the ceremony it.
self, at the wedding dinner, and the re-
ception following. all went merry as a
wedding bell is alleged to ring.
The bridal tour was to have included a
trip to this town and thence TO Boston
To this place the trip was to have been
u
made the outlook for the trip anything but
pleasant. 1t had been falling with vigor
and persistency which bafiled all recol-
lections of the Oldest inhabitant. This
didn't brighten the newly made husband
and wife, however. A wedding with
out bridal tour would be only half
wedding, they jointly and several
ly declared. They bundled themselves
up, packed the trunk in which they now
had joint ownership, and prepared for
the first stage on their journey. from Fair
field to this town. The sleigh was order
ed brought to the door. MIR. and Mrs.
Barrett babe goodbye all around, and
every man, Young and old. had exercised
his right to kiss the blushing bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett stood at the open
door through which cloud of snow
flakes was being driven into the open
room They peered out as best they could
but failed to discover the steed which was
to bring them here. The reason they
didn't discover it was because it wasn't
there. Mr.. Barrett instituted inquiries,
and was astounded by the discovery that it
was impossible to get the St. Adams
Mercury and the Portland cutter through
the snow drifts which had piled up while
the wedding ceremony and its accompany
ing iolities were in progress. The truth,
dsagreeable but undeniable. stared the
new " married couple in the face. They
were showed in. The wedding party of
about 40 also had to stare point INK at
the same fact. They were prisoners in
the McEnaney homestead.
! There are sleeping accommodations
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! formation first whispered about among
the guests. This made the situation ex
tremely unpleasant. At first something
akin 10 gloom pervaded the party. The
novelty of the situation struck them all as
peculiarly funny at last. Then every
body laughed at everybody else and
sympathy was extended to the luckless
newly married couple. A St. Adams citi-
zen turned the gloomy party into a jolly
one by suggesting an all-night dance. The
suggestion was adopted. Merrily at
! first. YEARLY at last. the party danced
until the gray morning light aspeard. 1t
had showed and drifted while the wedding
party danced. The morning light showed
the roads impossible. and house and barn
well nigh buried from sight. To dance the
| day through. as they had the night,
was impossible. Besides.the merry makers
wanted sleep. Finally. at the suggestion
/ of the groom all the male members of the
party, with overcoats and buffalo robes,
abandoned the house TO the ladies and dug
their way to the barn. For the next six
hours Morpheus claimed the worship of
| the men in the barn and the women in the
house. Sleep restored the good humor of
all. and at about noon the men tramped
back from the barn and helped the ladies
make sad havoc with the remains OF the
wedding dinner. The men then prospect
/ ed. but found no way oil escaping from
their wedding party prison. The gayeties
of the previous night we're resumed anJ
continued until evening.
! The snow storm had meantime turned
to one OF rain.aud it poured down in sheets
when the men. darkness having settled
down upon the village. returned to the
barn for their nights rest. AT noon of the
next day. the rain having ceased. the men
sailed forth and found that the rain and
/ the warm weather had made escape from
their prison possible. Everything that
could do duty as snow-shovel was
brought into requisition. Willing hands
worked faithfully and theoretically, and
before the afternoon had grown very old
their task Was done. A tunnel was dug
from the door of the McEnaney homestead
through a monster drift to an adjoining
field. which the teams could reach from
the rear of the barn. From there to the
highway passage was possible. The
bride and groom were the first to pass
through the tunnel and start for this place.
which they reached early in the evening,
in time to take a train tor Boston Soon
after their departure the 40 guests departed
for their respective homes. Thus ended
the wedding party Of two days and two
1 NIGHTS, duration the lonoesf rnrfv of tn