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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1898-05-05, Page 8Z - . T�� , Cl i1�TOy. NEWS•1l1COltp iitpublisl ed every THURSDAY at'ftA ' Mews Rut own ►'rinsing House, ,Albert St. 4i13.3r3L*,4m3 t., 4C)i3m*#. An11`a•rIN~ It%6 HAIRS. Coluwa... I ... W pp O Itis 4 0 0 1 Lilo 9S5 00 SEO W i7 OC' s (•o ...... 3o u0 EO 00 1200 3 UU + Column........ 20 00 1200 7 002 51 Column..,..... 16 00 900 500 I % Ino)) ........... 0 00 350 200 ,1 V ' line)) pool tion from 125 to W percent extra. t For transient advertisements 10 cents t .,per line for the tirst insertion; 3 cents r line each subsequent insertion- `` tionpareil a&asure. Professional cards, Yv Ilot exceeding one inch, $5.00 per annum. Advertisements without spec- ; Ific directions vv ill be published till r forbid and charged for accordingly. '' Transient notices -*'Lost," "Found," "For Sale," etc. -:i0 cents for first in- s sertion, 25 cents for each subsequent Insertion. THENER'6-RECURD will be sent to any address, free of,ge, . for (--*M or yynv, in advance- . U50 may be charged if not so paid. The date to wh}cb every subscription s paid is denoted by the number on e address label. No paper discontin- lued until all arrfarr, are paid, except 01 the option of the proprietor. i W. .T. MI'T'CHELL. P,ditor and Proprietor. r1- -_-, -- . THE MIOI.SON S BANK incor'por'ated by Act of ,Parliament 1855, -_ i �� _L�. CAPITAL - - $2,000,000 -$-t; 5, e 00co Head Otlice, - MONTREAL. ;SVM. MOLSON, MAC:PHERSON, President WOLFEIt8TAN THOMAS, Gen. Manager Notes dipcounted, Collections made, Drafts )Issued, Sterling and American Exehango bought and cold. Interest allowed on Deposita SAVINGS ]BANK. Interest allowed on sums of $1 and up. FAIMMERS. Motley advanced to farmers on their own hetes with one or more ondorsers. No mort- wage required as security. H. C, BREWER, Manager, Clinton. G. D. MCTAGG.APT, Banker, .ALBERT STREET, - CLINTON I A General Banking Business Transacted. Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued. Interest Allowed on Deposits. CONVEYANCING. John Ridout, I Conveyancer, Conlnlissioner, Etc. ,` Fire Insurance. ^- - Real Estate. Money to Lend. Office -HURON STREET, CLINTON t, -_ . MEDICAL. Dr. W. Gunn, R. C. P. and L. R. C. S., -Edinburgh. Office -Ontario Street, Clinton. Night calls at front door of residence on Ratten- bury Street, opp. Presbyterian Church. Dr. Turnbull, , J. L. 'Turnbull, M.B„ Toronto Univ. ; Jd,D. ; C.M., Victoria Univ. M.C.P. St S. Cnt, ; Fellow of the obstetrical society of Edinburgh. Late of London, Eng, and Edinburgh hospitals. Office -Dc, Dows- l.•y's stand, Rattenbury• St. Night calls answered at Office. r i Dr. Shaw,, Office --Ontario Street, opposite English church„ formerly occupied by Dr. Apple- ton. DENTISTRY. i Dr. BRUCE, Surgeon Dentist. OFFICE -Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Clinton, Ont. Special attention to preser. vation of natural teeth. N. B ---Will visit Blyth every ivlonday and Bayfield every Thursday afternoon during the summer. r ___ — j DR. AGNEW, DENTIST. t Office. Hours, - 9 to 5, r At Zurich the second Thursday of each month. _.-1 . VETERINARY. _ 1.J. E. Blackall, 1 VETFRINARV SURGEON AND VETERINARY INSPECTOR.. Office on Isaac Street next New Era office Residence, Albert St., Clinton. LEGAL. J. Scott, Scott, Barrister, &c. ELIAOTT'S BLOCK, CLINTON. Money to Loan. iE. Campion, QC., Barrister, - Solicitor, - Notary, 5cc., GODERICH, ONT. lwricF-Over Davis' Drug Store. Money to Loan. '1, M. O. Johnston, Barrister, Solicitor, Commissioner, Etc., GODERICH, - ON I'. DFHt(•F--('or. Hamilton and St. Andrew's __ Streets. Streets. - W. Brydone, , rnNfer, Solicitor, Notary Public, &c„ 0. !LAVER 13LOC K, - CLINTON The News-R000rd 11 IIts Not IOaiceelled As an Advertising Medium. •' , p ...._.. '... �._. J } 0 . _ .. _ ... Welpiousness ., - - ILL t " LL n -- , _n _ r -m.... e as a renunoigti,ou of his authority over her; the same idea doubtless orlginat- tag the ,practice now so common of at th" marTiago of a widow, the illum- intttionsarobynomeansso praftise, nor is the m onGhueiastic, !Or Bary. After this was obtained the Delicate children ! What over paid tIle made, or price demand - ed for her; for among the Saxons the anold throwing old shoe after the bride, an of , as n Chiroiaman of inti Cu.nningham's ac- 'over rvao forced to for bride a source of anxiety they are ! is caused by torpld Ilver, which prevents diges as she leaves bar ft>thor':.house. a Among the Indians inhabiting the quaintanoe quaintly gut lt. "she have ltnuebee marry already," pay his instead Qf receiving a dowry with her, as The parents wish thein tlonanri permltsfuod tefermentand pntrlfytnW the stomach. Then follow dizziness, headache, .4D western shorn of Vitneouver's Island there is Marriage among the Mandingoes of so Wood says, it was quite an ud- vantage for a father to have the Spin-- hearty and strong, but they ' a curious custom known its demanding the bride. " The suitor is Africa is merely a regulated slavery. Caillie says: "Iitlsband and wife never die side of Ilia family more num"Ous than the speuy side. The ,,ontru.et keep thin and pale. Hoodsmaeterie Marriage being a wort of grand el}' in the history of men and wo- escorted pry a -great number of his friends in some thirty or forty eapoes. talk oT laugh together, I asked one why he did not sometimes make merry with made and the dowry paid, the wedding itself �I'O all these delicate chil- men, it is not strange that differen- Nobody speaks for about ten minutes, fdr 'children Ilia wives and was told that if he slid was private, and each of the guests brought presents, generally dren Emulsion of ttlremtaa, nttrveus°ter:, sad, cell of climate, of nationality, Of coun- these of nature' are very reserved, indeed. At last the visitors he would not be able to manage theta„ for they would laugh at him when- he y b3' some article of use, to enable the hap- 1'y lxtir to begin housekeeping in re- p' .Scott's . Cod-liver Oil with Hypo it not relieved, bilious fever � I' try, or elven of surroundings, should are requested to say where they come told them to do anything." Among spectable style. Friends were invited tip - or blood potsouing. Hood's $ make differences in the ceremony, The from and what is their object in com- several African tribes, however, Lite and came armed, to act as an escort, phosphites Conies with the Pills stimulate the etomaah, rouse the liver, cure headache, dizziness, oon• institution itself is really a product of ing. Thereupon some man gets up in his canoe and harangues the natives on husband does nuit see his wife's face in the daytime until after the birth of lest some disappointed suitor should steal away the bride from the arms of best of news. ptlpation,.ete. 25 cents. 13oldb� all druggists; The only Pills to take with FIoott to Bam rule. advanced civilization, for in the savage there is thing the shore at the very top of his voice, and a very loud voice it is. His busi- the first child, nor for moa•e than a year is he her fiance. The bride was led to the It brings rich blood, state no each as roar- allowed W visit the family a'tar by a macron and followed by g - -riots, GO TO THE as the term is understood by uses is to laud the would-be husband in every possible way ; and this he (toes from which she came, In Sumatra there three kinds maids of honor. Atter the bride was strong bones, healthy nerves, ourselves. Savage marriages are not based love, indeed, by giving, his name, his title and -his- are of matrimony, the First, in which the man given avv a the ed by the happy pair standing under a and sound digestion. It is Union �L�OtI Shaving Parlor inion many savage languages have no words to express the tory, stating also the number of his friends and connections, Hoping there- bey buys the w•oma,n the second in which Add the Wedding Dayo "care cloth" a large square canopy held by four men. This care cloth, in- growth and prosperity t0 g p p y idea of love. When the Bible was tran- Slated into t i language he Algonqu ny, to obtain a considerable reduction in the purchase money. Then, by way, the woman buys the man, the third in which the parties are on terms of dispensable to the wedding of a maid, was not so for the -below, for the frur- them. Icor first-class Hair-Cuttingof and Shaving. a word was invented to answer the a firsC bid, the canoe is puddledt to the shore and a number of blankets e�ualit The tirat desctri tion Of alar- p riage is so well known, pose of ,tlie rare clath was to conceal NO matter how delicate , Smiths block, opposite Post Office, Clinton, purpose. The California Indiana known "diggers" thrown out. This very small offer is re- ceived with derision and of laugh- elven among nations, boasting more civilization than tit- Sumatrans, that description is the blushes of the bride from the grin - ning attendants at the wedding,and the the child, it is readily taken. J. EMERTON, Proprietor, as have no word to express the idea of marriage, white the Hot- mars ter from the bride's friends. They are no necessary, but concerning the second widow was not Supposed to need such protection. Both the bride and aCL tentots of South Africa can not (Its- not going to lot her go quite, so cheap as that; he must offer a great deal kind of alliance an audbywity on Fast- ern matter says: "'He is between a son wore crowned with flowers, wreaths Of which were kept in the church for that SCOTT & BOWNII, mBes, Toronto, CENTRAL BUTCHER SHOP tin uish in their language between A 6 g more. The answer given is more or less equivalent to our slang and a servant; if he does mischief, his wife's family purpose, and the bride's shoe was taken proud Trunk Railway. FORD & MURPHY, married and unhurried woman. Of course, lack this in Ian expres- a}on, " Get along with you." 'J'hef�,arise: pas y his fine; if he is kill- ed they receive the blood money fox off and given to the groom. whogave her a blow on the head with it, in sok- . such a as a ah orator from the shore, rvhoTspeaka ilia, butt, what is mare peculiax, all en .Of his authority. Trains arrive and leave Clinton Station as (Successorsto.l. W. Langford.) guage is sufficient indication of the up right gallantly for the bride, prais- he earns by 'his work becomes their In Wales there formerly was an Lm- follows: sh rinncipleeand popular P tisnution 0P marriage, and in her virtues and describing her in the most glowing terms, -with many a Pa;operty', and if tlhey get tired of him, tboy can send him portant functionary at weddings Buffalo and Goderich District :- inWndtoconductitontheo will supply our customers with the beet meats the lowest depraved indeed roust be the condition of these people when their language is flowery epithet, until the original of.- fer is considerably increased. All this away, without a cent„ as pwix as whien he came." Ma+rria.geamong known asthe bidder. The bidder was commonly an old man of the neighbor- Going West, Mixed 10.25 a.m. Express........., 1,03 p -m, at paying price., i Ford as Mn h �'P Y• thus lacking. Savages generally take oratory and bartering occupies a good tike, ancient Hebrews was a notable affair, TThe feast lasted hood well versed in local affairs and a rte r, .. ,.7• 5P• 2iixed............. o m. .. .. r Express to.io an extremely low view both, of women i many hours until at last the bride is '; handed over, with nothing on hot, but for seven (lays if the bride were a mai y � for three, if passable pass'! who was :ant ays before out a few days before the wedding to p.m. Going East, Express .......... ry.4o a. in. S! Live Ho s Wanted, ane of file marria institution. Levu- her uudergarrnent, so greedy are her receives in says that in the most of India mar-! relatives. The first present she herself riage is merely a matter of conven-; reives is a blanket," a widnnv, and On the last day of the festi,vi,ics the bride was "in- ducted to the home Of the groom by a large bid for presents. With white rib- bons; and flowers in his buttonhole, he paraded the(neighborhood, stopping " " " .......... 2.55 p.m. " 11 Al ixed............ 4.35 P•rlr, London, Huron and Bruce r - The Karens Burmah pau•ty with music and rejoiongs., No better at every house and reciting rhymes ap b fence, and that the hill tribes of thei of have their picture of an oriental wed- pretrial to to the occasion, following his Going South, Express ..,...... ry.gga.m, Hima!ayas regard matrimony as a marriages at funeral feasts. When a I ,man ofthe village dies the body g y is bur- di 'even at tube present day, could le given tinea is sound in Christ's parable poetry by prose recitations detailing at „ ,. .. �� • • • • • • 4.15 p,m. Going North, ......... ro,15 a. In. sort of necessary• evil to secure t1w ied temporarily until arrangements can of tlbe ten virgins, foe at midnight in much length and with great particu- larity the names of the people who ., ,. ......••• 6.55 P•m- Hikbest Market Price Paid. presence of a woman in the house as, the chea,eat means of having their 1 be made for it number of marriages, then the lute lamented is disinterred, an Eastern city may novo be sometimes heard the cry, "Behold, the bridegroom vvouldbe present at the wedding and the fine things that hi. C. DICKSON, Dis• Pesti. Agent, D. CANTEI�ON. Clinton, g meals cooked. laid out in state and u general marri_ age feast bell in his honor, sometimes cometlL, conte ye 011t t0 meet hull." Marriage would be g provid- ed to eat and drink. Toronto. After a savage nation has progres- as many as 2000 couples being united at ceremonies among the I Greeks and Romans were substantially ]3E DID I7`, W. E- DAvis, G. P. & T. A„ Montreal. A. O. PATTrsQ.v, G.T.R. Agent at Clinton. sed beyond what Islay be termed the the funeral of a distinguished chief, in the same, the latter having imitated Removal of Night -Soil. elements of savagery, endogamy, or a wholesale ceremony, paralleled only by that held in Paris tine former. A popular work on Greek The helpfulness of a good man, when of Night Solliandthoriough cleaning of closets "marriage within the tribe," was pro- bably the most common style of ma- in 1051, when 000 couples were united on the same da the girls all being dowered by the mun- antiquities says: "Tine actual marri- age ceremony, or leading dome, was pgreceded,by to Zesus Taleias it comes to assistance in domestic af- fairs, is apt to be very much, like that The McKillop Mutual Fire p on short notice and atreasonable rates. All tri;mony, Imt wbea, from any cause,' Lcipality. offering Hera Teleia, Altemis Eulcleia and otlher of the Mr. Barker whose exploit is -ref use removed out of town. ROBT. MENNEL, there vvas a lack of women in a par- many years bdve passed since p y weddings pay the fashion in deities protecting marriage. The bri-narrated dal bath below: Insurance Company. tiou!ar tribe, recourse was had to cap- were one I country district of Germany, every was the second ceremony, I which both [)ride and bridegroom had to + (His wife had asked him to hang a pic- � GFO TROWHILL tole as a means of supplying the (le. -I ficiency, "mar- guest paying fOr his entertainment as he would at hotel, the euro thus go through previous to their union." The ture she had purchased for the parlor, and he had said that lie would do it m Farm and Isolated mown Property , and thus exogamy, or a raised constituting the bride's dowry. Romans had three kinds of mar- riage, "in Only Insured. Horsesho#jr and General Blacksmith riage without the tribe,"' became an In order to prevent secret weddings, a marriage by eonfarreatio, or eating together; marriage by' empties, a jiffy." " You just get me the cord and a pic- Albert Street, North, Clinton. established custom. Exogam}c mar- � church door marriages have been prac- riage vvas first, of courses, by capture, ticed in several countries, particular- and marriage by usus, and tihe bride's cake of to -day is a relic of t.be Roman tura-hook," he said to his wife, "and tell the servant-gi.rl to run down cel- OFFICERS: and in its rudest. guise still to be ly in France, Germny and England, Germany the purpose being, of course, to marriage by confarreati,o, when the I lar and bring up the step -ladder and George Watt, President,HarlockP.O.: J Broadfoott,, vice- free., Searorth P.O.: W. al. JOBBING A SPECIA.I.TV, seen among the Australian savages. No se-brid cure the -ideat publicity to the mar- •room and ,his friends partook OUcarry I a feast prepared in part at least by Lhe I it into the parlor; and where's those two little screw thing -a -ma -jigs Shannon,SedyTreas. Seaton h, P.O.; Michael Mnrdie, Inspector of losses, Sealorth. P.O. Woodwork ironed and first-class material other form of marriage prevails am- riage. By fudal laws differences were I bands of the bride. Among both,Greeks I that go into the back of the frame at DIRECTORS: and work gnarantsed. Farm implements and ong them. The woman is captnredV by sometimes made in the marriage core- g I and Romans flowers were used in great the sides to put the cord through? James Broadfoot, Seaforth; Michael Mor- machines rebuilt and repaired. force, and so brutally treated that, ac-: monios as performed for persons of different classes or ranks in life. in abundance at. weddings; the Roman I bride was dressed her Look them up for me, and I'll need the die, beaforth' Geroge Dale. Soaforth • George ;Thomas E.• Garb cordial to Eyre, the Troches of the w•o- g 3 mein frequently Cranbrook, Fn land, one of the most t in wivite, and ; hair braided in six lot-ks to denote the gimlet to trate a little hole for the screws. Somebody get the gimlet, or hoya, ,Alex. Gardiner, Leadbrary ; Thomas Garbutt, Alex.G arms Garbutt, I Clinton ; John McLean, Kippen. TO THE FARMERS! are covered with peculiar of these customs was to adapt 'six qualifies -obedience, chastity, Indus- maybe I can drive thein in with abam- AGENTS: Study your own Interest and go where scars from the beatings they receiv- ed when stolen from their Lathers' I tiler ceremony to the craft of the groom, and to provide at the marriage em- blems try, domesticity, kindness, patience- -$rich she must fofot, I mer. Johnny, you run down 'i:el lar and get the hammer. I Thomas Netlana. Harlo,k; Robert, McMillan, Soaforth and Jamey Cummings, Egmondville. your can got }woes. !!'hila of course, marriage by of his calling. Icor exam le, g' p vvhen m Carp1QIILP,i' was married, the orange blossoms, formerly common, Ment forgotten. was revived and I " 1 don't know but a chair will be better than the step -ladder for me to Parties deall'ane to asset IIIAUCanCe or tram RELIABLE -HARNESS capture is the lowest form of nlatri-, mony, it can not bei denied that it has! church walk was strewn with shavings; I broughrt to the West by the Crusaders; w -hen a smith was the happy person, • in all Oriegtal countries t!he orange stand on. Somebody go out into the kitchen and me a chair. I don't sactother bnsinese will be promptly attended to onapplieation to any of the above ofticore addressed to their respective post offices. filings and coal dust answered I blossom is the emblem of a ; its advantages, for the get to the " - - - "" I manufacture none but the best of stock. prosper- savage who fie captures his wife separates her. cone-' 7 urpoee; a farmer walked an sous marriage. In several countries of !chairs. ,want stand on one of parlor ARS' are tshops Beware 1 ve, Oat tlselllncheap, astheypleely get �' from !Ler people; he has no mo- i straw, a cobbler on leather scrapings '.Europe rosemary is ov bridal flower, i Cher a butcher on sheepskin:. used to " Got. that cord? Just measure off ENCE Orders by mail promptly s.ttende to -in-law, that terror of civilized g s y, while Strengthen Lbe manor matridnony, nor ,has Ilei u swarm o[ re- I The Hindoo ceremony is exceedingly I in England oast Scotland a spray of j nc about the, ri ht len th and fasten it g g in those little things at the aide. John Bele, i and the first sig of lu inglong manyo(lays.laa!'he 9follow ng ometimes g/ Russia the bwound r idal.11 pa tyto the bridal = (,eai h.l family to move bard w shal,e�u nil( nore all hunghup iunow, goodthere's fuss PEGXER / unlit the cation y tee condensed account o[ it is presented ; at the church door b It is y the Priest, Tal- I by a writer on OrientaL topics: "The about it. The difference between us Harness Emporium, Blytb, Out not strange, therefore, that, in: certain I ers are given them, and the officiat- , quarters of the world, other than Aus-I father makes the proposal. On behalf , ing clergyman seals them with the, men and you women is that wben we have anything to do we go right ahead -'---"--� - A LONDON POLICE COURT. fraise marriage by capture should still of his son, which is always done on sign Of the cross three times nn the 'enc} a thre favorite method of providing a a lucky day; reply }s given, forehead: A procession is formed to I do it, and no Calk About it." MARKSIN GNB — her p s spouse. Among the Turcomans of Cen- the bride's father pays a similar visit, the altar, -here two rings are placed tral Asia and the Abyssinians of Af- after which, with great pomp, the of h- I u,pon the hands of the pair, and then I ---r-------�- COPvgIGHTS &C. etch an free whethermnn kly Picture of Lower Lire in the Hreat seseo- rice the practice still prevails, and even iter parent accompanies his son, veno ,exchanged, the bride's ring going to the makes gifts to the bride, one of which the I OUT OF l'HE QUESTION. qnf neoe�din our mvenct°n to probably vatontuble Communlca- tions strietl confident fa1. Handbook an Patents Great amusement was afforded at the where , hairband does notlrtcuuulin i `sa p}ace of silk to be worn on the are groom, nnled forward to a carpet pet plao- steal his -wife the formf is kept p, weddingda his Lather then day; fth�e question eti n Pdran of Turkey, Y ib is meditatedout me q s Patents taken witgeneythout o n17lteninthe¢`oarece ve �' Marylebone Court, London, hist week,the some tribes being carried so fax that; presents ! ed before the altar, and the moment four or six guineas with some betel ;, they approach it is a critical time, for his wife Y y thafor wears to become a Lhris,tian. I have been the obseirvanue of Easter. Sdenffic Rmeriran by an eccentric and voluble elderl Y woman who sought Mr. Plowden's ad- s ea a saying: whoever steps p I after his marria e, to t1Le bride's father, sa in The i ps first u on the car ret is money is thine, and the girl. is mine.' certain to have supremacy in the hones - In New Zealand the most important readin of g Just 'think of my having to provide fur harem the e A handsomely illustrated weekly. Lnrxest eir. vice respecting he•r husband. Mr. Plow- I a part of the marriage ceremony is a I minanswer is I held, Crowns of silver are placed upr- i mine tOgg�y a yearr: fourfmonthe, $I. SSold byall nTerms. sole lere den -What is the matter with him Z terrific mock souffle. Yates sag y "There was a little opposition to the repeats ac certain farm lary, y ' on their heads, and the cup of blessing which closes the betrothment. A hut- ; is first taken h g l y the priest, who drink: size oEaster And he ordered another massacre. . MUNN & Co 3618-21, y, New York llrwleh pales, art, If tit Washington, D. C. Applicant -Oh, he calves in all times, wedding, but not till it was over, as is tics -work bower is now built in the of it himself, then hands it to the . and he's almost obstreperous. Mr. Plow- the custom here. The bride's mother to courtyard, and from ten to thirty days newly wedded pair. A benediction is festivities are carried on, and friends _-__ __ den -Almost, not quite. "And no's qsaid came me the preceding afternoon I pronounced, the tapers are extinguish- call, and the interval so spent is aqui- ed and taken from their hands, and ��e Clinton News-B880Pd quite unbearable." Mr. Plowden-Quite unbearable unbearable and almost, obstreperous. daughter daughterswasvgoingltolbe mar�iedhto but that she must a angry valent to our reading of the bans in , ,greetings complete the ceremony. church. Offerings are made to pro- Among Illyrians (Laughter.) "Well, it's just this, I'm I al-vout. it, with, her mouth, in the pres-ouple the god of marr}age,pand 4he the the guests at- tend the veremany armed to theteeth, baa a st.atE of experinced Wawa afeerd of him,' cause he breaks up, the I ease of strangers, last the natives g come and take her ride on elephants int e re- taunt their turn their Friends' visits in the even- And the festivities continue during reporters, who cover the ground furniture and threatens to set, fire to away all posseasione and destroy her crofts. To prevent Ings, when fireworks and illuminations several days. R,ach guest is furnished, I if willr a separate room, in well, and give "All the News the house. Last; week he put lighted this the fromi possible, qdd to the pomp kept up in all con- , I oeivatile ways. For fear any evil eye a tub o by tcabWtion obride IMiat's Fit. to Print.^ paper under the bed, and puts the g chuch�with the bride and bridegroom the , . Presents tthe should have turned upon the lover reed u clothes in the fire." Air. Plowden- What next? " Why, I calls in a bobby she mot procession and Regan to assail us all furipusly. She the during those processions, rt and groom are lett in the tab upon the pile of cloth is torn in two in their departr,ire of the guests, and -hen the to reject him out from dping more vio- put on most ter -,presence, and the pieces thrown away j party assemble in the yard in frontof tibia countenance, threw her gar- in in !,be houace for purpose of taking their The Nevus -Record is the largest In Westq lend, and he hap with a poker and tongs to knock me brains out, (Great opposite directions; and on the,,,v'ed- ments about and tore Ler hair like A i ding (layyBfralimins arrange themselves leave, the bride throws a specially pre - fury, then said std me: 'Har, you white u pared cake over her husband's house, newsiraper publlshed H:uraM2, 871(1 bits special features laughter.) Then I wilfully rushed at him to pertect meself, and 1 threw him missionary; you are worse than tale dev- it ; you first snake a slave lad a raised platform, surrounded by ; and the higher she throws and the jars jars o[ water, the two largest being mrA possessed by a number of down as I might just there in that j corner.' (More laughter.) Mr. Plow- our sun b • redeeming Y 3 g shim from his mast. then ,further the cake placed by the lovers, and prayers are goes the greater bi offered u to brio down the deity into supposed to be her future happiness. P g ,ppm don -What., poker and tongs And all? or, marry him to my daughter, w.ho is a lady. 1 will tear your eyes one of them. The Sacrificial In Holland the groom receives his fire i I friends for several days before the mar - then kindled, y ' I took the tongs from him and lock- ed him in a room and left him thane. out.' The ala nonan, suiting the ac- tion to the word, feigned to and oil, butler, rice, in- tr cense, etc., are thrown into it. The riage, providing them with a peculiar Every Car7aP�Tv itltlVe . I stood by the door over three -quart- scratch at my face, at the same time sayingnupti-ils are performed by a Brahmin, kind of wine known as the bride's who, at the conclusion, breaks a cocoa- tears, and as a sort of announcement i5laowpd be a Subscriber. ers n an hour and they alt cried shame. Then I unlocks it and otitis, 'Sir, are in an undertone that it was all mouth, and that she did not intend what she nut in two, and then blesses the tali, I of the approaching ceremony square I boxes filled with sweetmeats are sent you better?"' (Great laughter.) tilt. Plowden-That tvns after you heel said. I told her I would atop her mouth with a blanket. She or piece of gold, wrorn by all married -Omen, which is placed round the to all friends of both. parties. y � p Clinton tjumped upon him, " I didn't, do noth- replied, '-!'hat is all 1 wanted; 1 wanted t.o get bride's neck by the bridegroom, who I alarriage among our Saxon fore- before take Lathers was quite a formal perform- 1\�wt�-ilO�Pd ing of the kind." (Laughter). He had- a blanket, and so i , ma.de. all this swears the fire to care I ansa and attended by many technical of his wife. All sprinkle rice n't the slightest mark, and i only put him down and took the tongs and pok- noise.' The whole affair went. off re- markably well after this, all seemed present mixed affron over the shoulders proceedings. The consentof the mund- [)oro OI' w'OlIlan'a guardian. was asses- •---------------••----- -- er from hila." Mr, Plowden-Yes, he was a nit- hi 1-- • 't h 2 d t LO PnjoY themselves, and every One 1 at' f• d " of the newly married, and repeat pray- newly ers as they do so, whirr, is their mode .-__-:_ -•- - _ - - - g y y, warn , e (area? vas s as ie of Ieslovcing a benediction on a un- Ages laughter.) And what do you want now? In Arabin, a recollection of marriage "To know whist, you're going to oto by capture is kept up by the flight ion'' with him." Mr. Plowden-You your- of the bride .from her husband's tentIn China, overtures to the marriage self have disarmed him and locked him to Lhat of ber father, these evening mi- are, begun by the "go-between' or up. " No, I ain't." (Laughter.) Mr.Plow- gratiens being continued sometimes for I matchmaker, who presents to i be mem- den-Well, you locked him in. " But he months after her marriage. Even in ers of the bride's family an account came out on his oven very well again, Spain a relic may be seen of the cafe- of the bridegroom, and a ropy of his What am I to do with him 8" Mr. Plow- tore marriage in some of Lhe bridal "eight chs-ra( ers," the symbols de- r den -.lust as you did before -disarm ceremonies. After the wooing is over, noting his birth and the supposed tu\ rn .1h Is .! ma - him: and lock him in. (More laughter,) the groom goes on the night of the ing points in his life. If the overtures "But. I can't," Mr. Plowden-But you wedding to the house of the bride, at- be favorably received, there is an ex- curc have. Applicant., indignantly and with tended by friends and. musicians, all change of cards, the bride's eight char- emphasia-Then .I'll have to use rough armed to the teeth. The house is illum- acters being sent to the bridegroom's violence. Mr. Plowden-No, don't inated, music, gun -firing, races and oth- family, together with such paraoral de- . harm him. Applicant, vehemently- or amusements, enliven, the occasion, tails as may be interesting or likely I better known as Ayer's Cherry Petr Well, if ,you don't give it him, I'll do and at midnight, the groom carries off is promote done the match an, Thecourting ur ting toral, has made a record for its it, swop me bob. (Great laughter.) Mr, the bride in his arms, surrounded by y. Plowden-Do wbaf. "Why, give h m his friends wtih drawn swords, and groomdoes notsee the bride until he I remarkable cures of asthma. Cases rough violence. (Excitedly banging the pursued by the friends of the bride, has withdrawn the veil from her Love I that have been considered beyond wit near box) I will. You give me no also with their weapons drawn, parry- after the ceremo%v. On the all -import- I hope or help have been cured by authority, but I will, I will by mewelf. ing and fencing and shouting as though ant day the bride is placed in a sedan this reined We give two examples By Jove I will, too take that," And say- the buttle were real instead of fieti- chair with four bearers, men with I y p ing this the applicant stamped her foot tious. Indeed some writers believe, or huge umbrellas precede and bands of I of such cures out of the many on and hurriedly left the court. claim to believe, that the honeymoon music. follow. The bride is borne to record: is a relic of the time when thei groom the house of her future husband, there I "My mother baa been a great sufferer _.--_---__ _ - _ . - .. hid himself for weeks after the mar- the twain worship heaven and earth, from asthma for the past ten years, and her riage to evade the, wrath of t.he, bride's and offer incense together, to the frmm almost without s ars, anel. her family. spirits of. their departed antes- recount recovery [)almoster it a e --over seventy- PILES. that. indicate the sub,joc_ tors. It is worthy of note that ac had but little hopesot ever seeingnor tion of the bride are common. in, Java, the bride is expected to weep profusely as a part of t}le wedding service, the at stated intervals for the en Pell again; but we are sincerely grateful to bride washes the feet of the groom, days Preceding her marriage, and at. I inform you that sho }bas bion entirely cured while among certain Indian tribes the every stage in the ceremony. including i by the use of Avers Cberry Pectoral. groom steps on a ;raw egg and the bbe "evenings of weeping," there is a I fA)' • INGLIS BANKS, Tar Brook, N.S. ' bride wipeR his foot. Among some profuse discharge o8 firecrackers. The I "I was a sufferer for a long thne from South Sea islanders the groom walks night of the marriages the houses of luthma, vainly endeavoring, to procure relief CUPEDover the bodies of his wife's kinfolks, loth the interested parties are illumin- It%the useof ordinary rethidies. AtlangthI a ceremony emblematic of the victory ated with lanterns and candles, and a was induced to try a bottle of Ayer's Cherry - formerly won over them ere he carried great feast is maule for Troth families,, Pectoral. The first bottle afforded Inc so rte5 "T5off his spouse, Among the Slays it art which the bride and groom eat to- mach benefit that 1 continued the use of the vvas tbrInerly the practice for the together, though out. Qf sight. of the romedyuntil etttirelyeurod." groom to give the bride a kick as a rest of the guests. The co➢atraeting JQS17Pii KL1 Cbarlottta, N.0. and of her inferiority, while in Servia parties drink teat oat, of the same cup, ' uc-l*W', I . 1 P116i, wh61Eh6r fthingo blind etc and Buglaria to -day it is customary a lwriediction is Irronounced by the b168dittig, wrN rallevod by ami for (lie groom to tap the brides lightly priest:, and trhe wedding feast and re- ' aippllotlttloh 6f with his own shoe, as it gentle hint that joicings are prolonged during several �,,+ irA ri��lr�$Ointlrtent ho possomea the right to tap her more days, while ceremonial calls between �i forcibly if he chooses to exercise his the families complete the marriage fes - as CIENT91. privilege. The shoe is an emblem of livities. It may bre noted that in China And cured to 9 to 5 frights. authority and is prominent {ri the wed- widows are at. a disadroantage, frnr t+he �� , �1 I. . Dr. M. Barkman, Dinglintnton, N. Y., ding ceremonies of many nations. In wedding fengt of a wldo,oS may be con- t writes Sterid we 12 dollen more Of Ati `R6rnn pilrts of Spain the bride's slipper tinued during only three daya, her sed- sew'r Olntruent. I proscl'lbe targe quart- is carried before her ; in Hungary the, an chair bas but two bearers. while Best modieal advice free. All dlseaw. tities of it. It it r wonder wotkor let skin father of the bride formally palls off t,bat of the maid has four; only the usu- Addrage Medical Dept., J. 0. AYM CO., dfernace and a great our* for Vilest. -23, her shoo and given it to her husband al numbeT of isAbrumants are allowed Lowell, Mars. - ; ., - - ILL t " LL n -- , _n _ r -m.... N M A