A ROMANTIC WEDDING.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2510, 6 April 1881, Page 4

A ROMANTIC WEDDING.

On the occasion of the iecent snowstorm there was a romantic and wellnigh tragic adventure at a farm on the Wiltshire Downs, near Warminster. A wedding party was caught in the snow, and imprisoned for almost a week. Friends had come from far and near, all in their Sunday best and not too warmly clad ; the ceremony had been performed at a distant church, and the party had somehow or other got back to the deserted farm to breakfast, when the feasting was interrupted by the ominous declaration that the roads were impassable, and that they were all snowed in. To separate that night was impossible, and all looked forward to the morrow. Matters were worse than before, and bride, bride groom, bridesmaids, best men, sisters, cousins, and aunts had to face inevitable capacity. For some time provisions held out, but at last the provided marriage feast was utterly consumed, amusements palled upon the prisoners, they were tired of dancing, everyone had told every story he knew to keep up the spirits of the guests, changes of raiment were deemed imperatively necessary, the space was too confined for flirtation, an ominous pression induced by daily and scanty rations of bread and bacon supervened; and just as starvation was staring them in the face a thaw set in, and a stalwat pioneer headed as. merry a “wedding march” as ever trudged across the snow in search of hope and home.