Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-23
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NOW L am going to copy from tho
Cor,1ere de Mattino (lMorning Jou,nal).
OF Naples, the notice of.a wedding &C.
oording to the customs in the rural
parts of Southern Italy, where there Is
no Alteration. Let us say that the
writer of the notice is poetical and in
dead earnest:
"Let us Irvine the perfumed lotus
lotus, the lover of shady springs and
fountains-with which to crown the
beautiful and w%e1l-beloved bride, and
that bride is the adored Signorina Ter
eslna Addimandir who has c~onsecrated
and fulfilled with willing sweetness her
chaste vow of Bove. The groom is
Pasquale, the second son of the Baron
OF Grella. The wedding took place at
Carifi, on the 9TH 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-fitting
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 a
strong character and noble sentiments.
married at Cariti, the newly-wedded
pair and invited guests were in ten
carriages, and these stately vehicles
were tlanked on either side by twenty
cavaliers, richly dressed young mobiles,
gentlemen of the northumberland
there were other fine cavaliers who
hcraldcd the procession as it, over hill
and through winding valley, journcyed
on to Steveno, where the Baron of
Grella resides. A large number of
villages and hamlets are OF the way,
and at the entrance of each one
a 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 a good round sum.
AT Sturno an immense crowd of
holiday-makers in their picturesque To-
cal costumes welcomed the radiant
couple. while the Cavalicro Angelo,
the Baron of Grella (the father Of the
new husband), joyously welcomed his
children. The Baron of Grella is one
OF natures noblemen, in whom .gen-
tillezza e virtu son dot antiche Thigh
breeding and v%irtue] are OF ancient
heritage.
"The vast halls of the baronial pal
c sparkled with gold in the midst Of
clouds of flowers, and for four days the
festivities We're kept up by means of
sumptuous %banquets and splendid balls.
Every one wished the newly-marr.ed
pair a long life-as long and as deep as
is the affection which has united them"
CThen follow some lines of poetry with
which the writer Of the wedding notice
takes farewell, and which I leave to
Riley. to put into rhyme and metre, but
the prose of which isl:
o, couple loved of Venus, farewell, tender
lovers,
Tranquil and sweet ever bo thy pleasures;
Weave slowly the thread of your happy
days.
May dreams of love soothe your sleep;
May kisses OF love charm your awaking.
And in the bosom of happiness in your beau.
tiful home.
Free from care, may all your hours glide
smoothly.
There, then, is a country wedding
for you among the upper classes i'll the
rural parts OF Southern Italy.-Cor. Im-
lidn0pOliS Journal.