The morning call., 1894-02-19
IN THE CLOUDS.
A Bride and Groom Ascend
HeaVenWard.
Two Balloons With But a Single
Cord: Two Souls That Rode
in One.

"Put down those umbrellas, the people
behind can't see the bride"
This rain will spoil all her finery, but
when she gets started off on her honey
moon she will strike the sunshine above
the clouds in very few minutes"
1t was at the wedding in Central Park
yesterday afternoon that the above re-
marks and a good many more OF like
nature were uttered, while Justice Cook
tried TO force his way through a crowd of
dripping umbrellas held by those who
formed a crowd Of curious sightseers, who
had Sembled to see Mary Kelly, "aged
20 years and more" united in the bonds of
holy wedlock to Francis Z. Trainor, aged
%. What had attracted the small crowd
inside the park and the big one that
thronged the street outside was not the
wedding itself but the tact that the bride
and groom were to make their wedding
trip in balloon.
At last the refractory umbrellas were all
put down and the hood Of the carriage
lowered, revealing the little bride SILVER
ing in white cashmere and lace, with
magnificent white GainsborOugh hat on
her golden locks. Justice Cook having
succeeded in elbowing his way to the car
riage, and finding that there was no just
cause or impeachment why Francis Trainor
and Mary Kelly should not be made one
duly pronounced them so.
"Hurrahi He's kissing the bride"
cried the crowd in delight, as the BRIDE
groom imprinted a chaste salute upon the
lips of the lady who had Just been declared
his. But the popular satisfaction reached
q perfect furore when the newly made Mrs.
Trainor bent forward and kissed the JUS
tice, leaving outward and visible signs of
her favor upnn his mustache in the shape
oT TIr-s -iYal-f ivC IF h
This way TO the balloon" cried the
crowd, after final "huTrah" for the last
kiss, and then there was general STAN
pede toward the middle of the grounds,
where two captive balloons were bobbing
TO aud fro, dripping with rain, ana look
ing generally disconsolate.
After a little delay the balloons were
harnessed together, while people vino
knew all about it explained to their less
well-posted friends that it was positively
an experiment the first time in balloon his
tory that team of them has assembled to-
getheT."
At last everything was ready, Ivy Bald
win, the agile little aeronaut. mounted 10
his post. the white-rObed bride was lifted
into the small bamboo cage. followed by
the groom and local newspaper woman,
whose neat pretty costume of dark-blue
serge looked more suited 10 aerial eXplora-
lions than the BRIDES ''robes of virgin
white"
Goodbye"
'Off she goes"
lake care of yourselves! Amid a
volley of such explanations and a great
waving of umbrellas and handkerchiefs the
team Of balloons was set free and immedi-
ately darted heavenward with extraor-
binary rapidity. After minute it was
scarcely distinguishabie, and in two min.
utes il had vanished entirely in the clouds.
Eyes. they are ont OF sight" was the
general exclamation, aud one man was
excited enough to ask:
"Why will that couple not get divorce I?
You can't guess? Well, they have not
any ground. See?"
According to a special dispatch received
by The CALL the entire party landed
safely before dark at Byron, in Contra
Costa County. sixty-eight miles by rail
from San Francisco, which shows that
the wind must have carried the balloons
almost due east