The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-26
WEDDING ON SNOW PEAK
Unique Ceremonies Attending a
Union in Far-Off Alaska.
. FRIGlO ZONE ROMANCE
Story of h Marriage of Frank Brady
Of Montana and Marie sharov OF
Poland on the Icy Summit of
Famous Old Chilkoot.

Int StpIy VI d ItCtnl Ntuulls on
Chilkoot ass is becoming more inter-
esting as the press of the unit en-
larges on it n magniies its preten-
tiousness. Several months ago Frank
Brady of Montana ''syndicated'' outfits
with a Polish family travelling towards
the interior of Alaska, and made him
self n of the party. They had not
gone far when the Montana man found
a very agreeable companion in the
daughter of the head Of the family.
named Marie Isharov. The result of
the meeting was a union of the two
young and brave hearts and the we'd
ding ceremony took place at a camp
on the Chilkoot pass. The account of
the wedding was published at the time
in the coast newspapers, which old
the story in a brief paragraph. Other
papers took 1t up and added to II. Still
others saw in 1t a good foundation for
a romantic tale. and this is the way il
appears in ar Omaha paper of recent
date:
Never, perhaps, has there been a
more interesting wedding than that of
Frank Brady, a strappIng miner from
Montana, and Marie Isharov, a Polish
girl, who was travelling with her ia
lneT tONdTu the anu met the
American en- route. The girl is much
more than ordinarily good looking, and
the stalwart Montanan is such a man
as o find V in the eyes of most
women. He and the Polish travellers,
with a number of others, were in camp
together for some time. and the young
couple soon o to each other. Young
Brady proposed and was accepted. and
Mr.. Isharov, after careful inquiry, be-
a, "a H.. L.l
captivated a mar who could n would
provide well for her. So the wedding
day was set, all arrangements being in
the hands of the groom's friends. They
decreed that there should be a wedding
procession. and that it should begin at
1.-THE scales ascend the famous steps
cut in the snow INC ice by the read
of gold seekers gone before, and that
the wedding ceremony should take
place on the summit of Chilkoot pass.
This programme was carried out to
the letter.
The wedding procession started from
the scales at IL a. m. Leading the
way. accordion in hand, was Phil Ward
of Virginia City, Mont. who manfully
played a wedding march. Following
Musician Ward were Ushers Gilbert
and Siegfried. also of Virginia City.
Then came the bride. accompanied and
dCClSNtd ~. < III flS n
was sensibly attired in neat fitting.
modest Klondike garments and APP
peared as happy as any bride on whom
the sun ever hone. Following the
bride came her father and Mrs. Deck
err. a handsome young widow from
Puyallup. Wash. who was on her way
to the interior. After Mrs. Decker and
the brides father came Ushers w. A.
Stevenson. Knute E%llingson and WILL
inn, harQar all nf Virginia civ
and Arvin l.. Kells OF Dawson. Then
spectators. many of them with loads
of 100 pounds on their backs.
When the wedding procession
reached the summit il was met by Rev.
Christopher l.. Mortimer. a Missouri
minister, who is seeking fortune and
souls to save in the gold fields. In a
very short time the ushers had every
body picturesquely arranged for the
first wedding on the Chilkoot summit.
1t was a strange scene this wedding
ceremony upon the mountains summit.
and the Montana boys who had ar
ranged it felt repaid as they looked
around. A great crowd a gathered.
Resting their heavy packs on the snow.
this gathering OF gold seekers from all
parts of the earth stood with Gov
cred heads and reverently watched the
minister of God join in holy wedlock
the handsome Montana miner and the
beautiful Polish girl. With their feet
on American soil n their faces
turned toward the land of the stars
and stripes Frank Brady. a true type
OF the raw American miner. and
Marie Isharov. a Polish girl. who fears
not the hardships of the land of the
midnight sur were made one.