A ROMANTIC WEDDING.

Temuka Leader, Issue 374, 12 April 1881, Page 2

A ROMANTIC WEDDING.

On the occasion of the r,ecent snow-. "Storm there was a romantic and weU/iigh. tragic adventure at a farm on the tSSKK shire Downs, near Warminster. ding party was caught in the snow, ands 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 some--how or other got back to the desertedfarm to breakfast, when the feasting was interrupted by the ominous declaration that the roads were impassable, and that they were all Browed in. To 6epatate> t

that night was impossible, and all looked forward to the morrow. Matters were worse than before, and bride, bridegroom, bridesmaids, best men, sisters, cousins, and aunts had to face the inevitable. For some time provisions held out, but at last the provided marriage feast was utterly CQESi^^, —amusements palled upon the Prisoner?, they were tired of dancing, everyone had told every story he knew to keep up the spirits of the gaests, changes of raiment were deemed imperatively Jiecessary, the space was too confined for flirtation, an ominous depression 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 stalwart pioneer headed as merry a " wedding march " as ever trudged across the snow in search of hope and home.