The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-02-13
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From the N. Y. Times.
ST. ALBANs, VI, Feb. 6.-In Fair
field, little village in the heart Of
Franklin county, there resided until
quite recently Miss Marina McEnaney,
the belle of the settlement. She had
been wooed 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
parents. They reached the hospitable
McEnaney mansion in the midst Of 8
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 as
jolly as such parties can be. During
the ceremony itself, at the wedding din
ner and the reception following, oil
went merry as wedding bell is alleged
to ring.
The bridal tour was to have included
Q trip to this town and thence to Boston.
The sleigh was ordered, brought to the
door. Mr.. and Mrs. Barrett bade good
by all around, and every man, young
and old, had exercised his right to kiss
the blushing bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ret stood at the open door, through
which cloud of snowaakes was being
driven into the open room. They peered
out as best they could, but failed to dis
cover the steed which was to bring them
here. The reason they didn't discover
it was because it wasn't there. Mr.. Bar
ret instituted inquiries and was astound-
ed by the discovery that it was impos-
sible to get the st. Albans Mercury and
the Portland cutter through the snow
drifts which had piled up while the we'd
ding ceremony and its accompanying
jollities were in progress. The truth,
disagreeable but undeniable, stared the
newly married couple in the face. They
were showed in. aThe wedding party Of
about forty also hadto stare point blank
at the same fact. They were prisoners
in the McEnaney homestead.
'"There are sleeping accommodations
for only eight in the house," was the
information first whispered among the
guests. This made the situation ex-
tremely unpleasant. At first something
akin to gloom pervadedthe party. The
novelty of the situation struck them all
as peculiarly funny at last. Then
everybody laughed at everybody else and
sympathy was exntendcd to the luckless
newly married couple. A st. Albans cit
izen turned the gloomy party into jolly
one by suggesting an all-night dance.
The suggestion was adopted. Merrily at
first, wearily at last, the party danced
until the gray morning light appeared.
1t had showed and drifted while the
wedding party danced. The morning
light showed the roads impassable and
the 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, ut the sugges-
tion Of the groom, all the male men,
bers of the party, with over-coats 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 re-
stored the good humor of all, and at
about noon the men tramped back from
the barn and helped the ladies make
havoc with the remains of the wedding
dinner. The men then prospected, but
found no way of escaping from their
wedding party prison. The gayeties of
the previous night were resumed and
continued until evening
The snow-storm had meantime turned
to one of rain, and 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 q
snow-shove was brought into requisition.
Willing hands worked faithfully and
energetically, and before the afternoon
had grown very old their task was done.
A tunnel was dug from the door of the
McEnaney homestead through monster
drift to on adjoining field, which the
teams could reach from the rear of the
barn. From there to the highway q.
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 train for Boston. Soon
after their departure the forty guests
departed for their respective homes.
Thus ended the wedding party of two
days and two nights duration, the long,
est party of its kind and the most novel
one III the history of this state.
Tobogganing.
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