The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-10
WEDDING IN GYpsYI..ND.
Aoungstcrs Pi%cturcsqucly Begin Their
Journey Along the RompnY WAY.

Journey Along tho l,omony Way.
(kansas City Starr
Just at the turn in the rock road
near Paramount park two little gyp-
Sizes of the camp of Charles stanley
pledged themselves to Journey in dou-
ME harness along the !tomany way
until death them do part.
That is to say. Joe Stanley. a son
of the chief. began to marry Ada
G~eorgeovich. for whom he had paid
Sl'aoo IN gold. srsenbacks. ponies, dry
goods and similar receivable current
in gypsland.
The contracting parties are Young
each is 16 years old--and tho ioy
IN the camp appeared to reign with
corresponding eNuberancc. Approach-
ing along the rock road onc gained
the ihea that ii wild west show is in
progress. There were joyous whoops
cutting through wild strains OF
oriental sounding music and singing,
p~unrtuated by s%hotguns which at fire.
quent intervals remarked 'BIooic,'
with %deafening emphasis.
The camp. consisting of five tents.
each with its attendant wagon, was
decorated gayly in red and white and
yellow. The wash" OF the inhabit-
ants CHANGED also to be on the line,
and. being largely in the same colors.
W. liz 5GllGi I'll dix VI ItSI1N1tN,
me wedding was a sort OF progress
sive affair. like bridge whist. Early
in the morning it started at the tent of
the brides mother. where the little
bride. dressed all in white and with a
a white veil depending from an
elaborate white headdress. received
the groom. a slender. olive-faced
young chap attired in a somewhat
startling American style of astonish-
ingly u~p-to-date garments. Then
there was breakfast. accompanied by
much violin playing and sporadic
dancing. whenever the happiness of
the occasion became overpowering.
Then they broke up all the dishes
with an aX-by way of Starting them
IN good luck" possibly showing the
sad effects of domestic disagreemants
on the crockery. Anyway, a peck or
more Of smashed tableware bore wit
ness to the sincerity of the wishes for
good luck
A more pleasant feature was the
wedding shower" which didn't con-
sist of handkerchiefs or napery or
even silk stockings. but Of good old
coin Of the realm-s2O gold pieces and
tenners and greenbacks-a bread bowl
full that ought to set the happy cou
pie up in housekeeping and keep them
going quite a while.
linen the performance began to
progress" After leaving the brides
mothers tent the entire party of
about fifty including half an acre of
children, danced a Maypole dance
around a tall stick with flags Of red
and white-the wedding colors-and
proceeded with animation to the tent
of the groom's father-where there
was beer. The stay was longer there
lasting about W o and a half cases. as
an estimate. And then an adjourn
ment was taken, with a fusillade OF
shotgun reports. to the tent OF the
godfather whose canvas domicile was
heated to an untoward degree by n
fiat. squatty stove.
There the little bride and groom.
looking a trific droopy in the heat and
excitement. took their stations, hand
in hand, with a pretty bridesmaid boil.
STEERING The bride-clect on the other
side. and presided over some more
dancing--an odd. .iigging sort of
dance to a wild, Oriental melody from
the violins.