St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-24
WEDDINGS IN ITALY.
a PoeticSl Reporters Account of a Mar
riage In Naples.


riage In Naples.
Now am going % copy from the
Corr5ere de Matttno (Norning JoarnaI),
of Naples, the notice of wedding ac-
cording to the customs in the rural
parts of Southern Italy, where there is
no afectation. Let us say that the
writer of the notice is poetical and in
dead earnest:
EtLet us Irvine the perfumed lotus
lotus, the lover of shady springs and
fountains--with which to crown the
beautiful and well-beloved bride, and
that bride is the adored Signorina Ter
esina Addimandi, who has consecrated
and fulfilled with willing sweetness her
chaste VOW of love. The groom is
Pasquale, the second son of the Baron
of Grella. The wedding took place at
Carif, on the 5th of November. Both
of these new Worshippers of Hymen
are in the happy springtime of life, and
unite the most beautiful gifts of mind
to the amplitudes of fortune; she'll
translate it literally from the Italian,
and ought to emphasize the She and
the he, but in the whole font of the
Journal Office the only italics-ftting
type for this translation-are to be
found in the weather reports of the
When she is full of grace, wit, talent
and modesty; he is endowed with
strong character and noble sentiments.
married at Carifi, the newly-Wedded
pair and invited guests were in ten
carriages, and these stately vehicles
were fianked on either side by twenty
cavaliers, richly dressed young mobiles,
gentlemen of the neighborhood- and
there were other fine cavaliers who
heralded the procession as it, over hill
and through winding valley, journeYed
on to Steveno, where the Baron of
Grella resides. A large number of
villages and hamlets are on the way,
and at the entrance of each one
triumphal arch had been erected by
the villagers and peasants, and. to pass
under these arches of triumph, wedding
professions, according to an ancient
custom preserved in these rural ham
lets, must pay good round sum.
cat Sturno, an immense crowd of
| holiday makers in their picturesque To-
cal costumes welcomed the radiant
couple, while the Cavaliero Angelo,
the Baron of Grella (the father of the
new husband), ioyously welcomed his
children. The Baron of Grella is one
of NATURES noblemen, in whom gen.
tilIezza virtu son dot antiche high
breeding and virtuel are of ancient
heritage.
.The vast halls of the baronial pal
ace sparkled with gold in the midst OF
clouds of flowers. and for four days the
festivities were kept up by means of
sumptuous banquets and splendid balls.
Every one wished the neWly-marr ed
pair long life-as long and as deep as
/ is the affection which has united them. !"
i TThen follow some lines of poetry with
| which the writer of the wedding notice
takes farewell, and which leave to
Riley to put into rhyme and metre, but
the prose of which is /:
0, couple loved of Venus, farewell, tender
lovers,
Tranquil and sweet ever be thy pleasures;
/ May the fates, cheating the flight of destiny,
Weave slowly the thread of your happy
| days.
| May kisses of love charm your aWak1ng,
| And in the bosom of happiness IN your beau-
Free from care, may all your hours glide
smoothly.
There, then, is q country wedding
for you among the upper classes in the
rural parts of Southern Italy.-Cor. In
Clia7aapoLiS Journal.