New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-18
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ROUGH ON THE LOCHINVAR
A JERsEYITE STEALS A LONG ISLAND
BRIDE AND Anglers THE NATIVES.

DOcS-TWENTY CAKES MD BfEh
THE BRrDEGRooMs TREAT.
r, Judge from the experience Of a stalwart soA
Of New-Jersey. the choosing CT bride In certain
par,s OF Long Island IS a hazardous undertake
ing Miss Florence Howell lived near Old Field.
Long Island She Is one OF the best known ana
most poruiar Young women in that part Of the
Island and many we're the suitors for her mana.
BIZ; none of the natives found favor in ne: eyes.
The fortunate I.ochinvar was Lewis Sanford OK
southod. ". j. EIs victory. however. was re-
scented by the young "boods' of the reighoor'
hood, and they decided to let him know their re-
sentiment in unmis akable ways They succeeded.
The date for the marriage o. the couple was
announced some weeks ago, 80 that the young
men IN the ne!ghborhooG had ample time In wnicn
70 make preparations on gigantic scale Know
ing that II would be inadvsable to invite to'
many guests the invitations were limited 20 three
outside of the immediate members OF the prldes
family This fact only served 10 add 10 the ire o'
The young men OF Old Field and some seventy Oh
eighty OF them got together and determined &c
attend the marriage IN a body as uEoidden
guests.
The wedding ceremony was performed AT the
brides home by the Rev. Or. Littel pastor OF the
Presbyterian Church. after which supper was
served to about eight people. The angry young
men OF Old Field about this time, p H. oeSa"
assembling in the roadhouse OF Ellis II. Da's'
and when their number had swelled to seventy
five or more, with some sixty dogs, they iormea
in line and marched to the brides housr' "he'e
tho connie was TO remain Eighteen of the young
men carried guns, and when the procession
about o'clock reached the house, the eighteen
gunners cautiously stole up under the WINDOWS
Of the house. Forming In l.re they discharged
..tcl.
voices from the dwelling showed that the noise
had had its effect. but paying little or no atten.
ton to this, the gunners hastily reloaded ana
fired arnin. They repeated the operation half
dozen times This was the signal for nifty or
more other young men who had charge OF the
dogs 70 announce their presence each in his OVID
peculiar way.
"DAN" FARTS DISTINCTION.
"Don" Har, particularly distinguished himself
by borrowing all the s!eighbells within radius
of two miles Of old Field. and cunningly string
ing all Of them about his body. The weight vas
so great that he was compelled To ride to the
scene Of action But once there ne rode ABOUT
the house and seemed 10 be a demon of nose
Along with him was Bert" Davis. with an enor-
nous cowbell tied around his neck ana one
around each knee The doieful sound rose hisn
above the jargon around hin.
Another Industrious young man had seiAea
upon some stray gasppe. which he waAed from
end to end most lavishy with rosin IN eiiO.-
nous packing-box with the cover taken OF, WAS
then produced from some mysterious corner. ana
the gaspipe was carefully laid across the TWO
upper edges of il. At the signal TO begin a>l'n'
! the redou5;able Davis took one end OF the gas
pipe and showed it back and forth across 'he
edges of the packing-bcy. producing SOUNDS nor
rible to cultivated ears.
Then "Rjllv" sickles came in for good rouni
share of applause for producing horse-iddie OF
another kind He. too had gaspipe but III,
stead OF saving it across packins-poA he used
an old tin caliron. the upper edges ~ "ilio'. .N &
nlrposely been made sha. D. ana cror2h' iol'"
iIncarthlv shricks Billy had plenty Oh ad-
mirers to assist him in saving his 'hdole ..,,o..
Two of the adventurous youths, said 10 oe JOG
Wells and Jim Fall)n. took two cannon % .he
Mace These pieces Of ordnance We're laporious-
is trundled up to the Howell house ana were ~
Gustiiously loaded and fred. shaking the @ houses
for half a mile around. The other ineiiipei, -.
tho enthusiastic company had armed themseNes
with tin pans fish horns. pistols: hreerdchers anu
any other instrument capable OF mahihs ,'oise'
The dogs, of course, kept up continual pa'N'
But the most formidable instrument OF all was
a bomb sl..lfuiy prepared by man whose Nst,'. ~,
will not be given, as the explosion heai.y
wrecked the house and the constable may oe
looking for him. 1t contained pound and q
half Of gunpOwder and was wrapped up III yar4
after ward OF tar cloth and rubber waste, secured
S', ,bn ruhbar factorv near Old Field When
completed It was an enormous oaii, apyul % tiiree
feet in diameter At the pr9ier nfiie % 'hs s po,n" W
was rolled near the house ana eApioueu' iie "a
feet was unexpected.
THE BRIDEGROOM srRRENDERs.
For moment after it exploded there was .
nrofound silence. as every one fearful that
some serious damage had been done. Just then
tho plaintiye voice of the bridegroom was heard
calling out: say. let up. boys and I'll treat the
crowd" This was the signal for general rush
Tor the front door. and in twlnkIing me mouse
was packed with Iren The Dridesroon tL,eu 20
breathe it seemed. without causing every one
OF the seighbells on his body 10 tingie Wni.e
Bert" Davis was unable 10 strike & comfortable
attitude, shifting aroInd constantly, causing '"e
cowbels 10 clan9 unmercHuily ,
Despairing of getting quiet the bridegroom
pointed to the dining-room table. ca Whch were
some twenty cakes. The crowd struggled for the
good things guped them Gown In Jiny ana
then turned longing. espectant gaze upon the
bridegroom as if awaiting something else. The
hero OF the hour knew what 1t meant, and alter
on embarrassing pause took two-doar bill
out of his pocket and handed II to "Coloner'
Wells upon which the crowd oo!ted for tne uoot
and started on a bee line for Harriss roadhouse.
But arriving there they found that s2 would not
go very far in 50 large crowd OF lusty young
Long islanders :. 49,.
crowd THAT Sanford is worth $4,000. and he's
got TO set up the drinks
'IIo amt worth Dlameu cent M"
other. but he's got to set it up II he amt gov
noth!nk." go, Il,
Let's so back and make him do IT, cried q
third and away the crowd went peH mel 10
the Howell home and called for the bridegroom
That important parsonage supposed that II wa
an entirely different crowd. and thrust,hs n.
heod out OF A window he said: I'm aWful sorry
bows. but another crowd was here halt an hou'
ago and ate up everything in the house ,,
'.Were the same crowd" yelled Bert DAVIS
and the 81 you gave - for drinks amt enough
Whv each one Of us has burned 80 cents woru
WIZ that the bridegroom threw out 50 ane
disonneared The crowd also rs promptly disap
nearsd-in the direction OF Harriss roadhouse
Ola Wr Howell was much cnraged over the