News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-06-07
SIX YEARS ON A BRIDAL TRIP.
Married in 1892, and They Will be at
Home to Friends in 1888.
From the Albany Argns. l

ltrom the Albany Argus
George Sigourney married Miss Imo-
| gene Henriques in Buffalo in 1882. Mr..
! Sigourney is the son of wealthy Cali
fornian, while Miss Henriques' parents
| though not poor, were in only comforta-
| BILE circumstances, and lived in small
| town near Buffalo. What led to the at
tachment do not know, but it is said
it was love at first sight, with q speedy
marriage. The cards read after mar
riage: "Mr. and Mrs. Sigourney. At
home Thursdays, in Sacramento, Cal,
beginning May 10th in the year 1885,"
From 1882 to 1888 is long time to
catch them sat home" but they have been
on one perpetual bridal trip for six years
arriving in New York last Monday. Five
days after their marriage they were upon
the high seas bound for England. Mr..
Sigourney had plenty of money, and
going over planned six years trip with
his young and pretty wife. When they
reached London both wrote home to
their parents that they would not be
home for six years and Mr.. Sigourney
made arrangements with his banker to
forward their mail wherever they might
be. After going through England, Ireland
and Scotland, they fairly covered every
point of interest in France, Germany,
Italy, Prussia, Austria, and Russia.
They visited Greece, Denmark, Rome,
Turkey. China, Japan, sailed along the
Nile, visited the Canary Islands, Borneo
New Guinea, Persia and spent year in
travelling through Asia.
They went to Australia and from there
to Africa and thence over to South
America. Commencing at Patagonia,
they travelled North, visiting all the
principal places in Peru, Chill, Bolivia,
Brazil, Argentine Republic, and other
countries of South America, and recross-
ing the Pacific Ocean again took up their
journey to England by another route.
While abroad Mrs. Sigourney became
the mother of twin boys and two girls,
the twins were born in st. Petersburg,
Russia, one of the girls in China, and
the last child in Brazil. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sigourney never failed in being present
ed to the kings or queens who ruled the
countries they visited, except in one in
stance. The American Minister failed
to get them an audience with his king
let's who ran the civil service reform
Government of Japan. Bismarck told
them there was only one place in Ameri-
ca that he would like to see, and that
was Niagara Falls. Mr.. Sigourney told
me it was impossible to even estimate
the number of miles he had travelled.
When [ asked him how much it had cost
him, he said Somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 5000" as unconcerned as
if it had been seventy-five cents. When
he married his wife in 1882 she weighed
but 1O2 pounds, now she weighs 165.
Both are darkly bronzed in face from
their long journeyings in hot countries
abroad, but are healthy, and as Mrs.
said archly:
''We ran up to Albany this week to
see your Capitol, leaving the babies at |
our hotel in New York in care of Rms
sian nurse who manages the twins, while !
the Brazilian nurse looks after the girl f.
born in her country and the girl born
N China"
Saturday they left for their home in
taking with them the aged
ather and mother of Mr.. SigOurney to
zee the parents of her husband. When
hey arrive in Sacramento the father
md mother of Mr.. SigOurney will see
lis young wife for the first time, and if
he elder Sigourney has not made any
provision in his will for her he will do it
IS soon as possible after he sees her, for
he is as pretty as picture and very
ensible woman.