A HOVEL MARRIAGE PROCESSION.
A droll marriage procession was seen in Paris the other day. The happy coople and their friends west ottt on velocipedes. Each gentleman had a lady m erwp* Behind htxß. The party occupied fifteen velocipedes, and was led by an active fellow who worked his way with his feet, and used Ms hands with an astonishing amount of cqmlibritxm in playing lively aim en a, -minx Next to (the fiddler came the bride and bridegroom, then the bridesmaids behind the best men, and the elderly folk* putting op the rear. Bat every male- of the party seemed to be a more or less accomplished velocipedist. They made the toaar of the lakes to th« park, and alighted at the chalet restaorant of the cascade, where an excellent dinner waa served- In the evening the happy party remoanted their velocipedes,, and delighted the wanderers in the* great avenue of the Champs Elyaees on their return to Paris, the only difference in the Umm of the procession being that the man on the leading; velocipede bore a l»rap>— the torch of Hprnva, probably—instead *>f a fiddle, in the evening.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 221, 6 January 1877, Page 4
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191A HOVEL MARRIAGE PROCESSION. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 221, 6 January 1877, Page 4
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