BRIDE AND GROOM A CENTURY AGO.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2637, 21 June 1877, Page 3

BRIDE AND GROOM A CENTURY AGO.

To begin with tha.iady^^KerS^ocks were strained, .upward over; an immense : pushion tbatsat; like an incjilius-bn her head, and plastered over wi't^rTßpniatuin »nd then sprinkled over with a snow, of ■white powder. The height of theHower was Something, over a foot. One single white rosebud lay on top, like an eagle on a hay stack. Over her neck and bosom was folded a lace handkerchief, fastened in front with a bosom pin containing her grandfather's minature* set in virgin gold. Her airy form was braced up in a satin dress, the sleeves as tight as the natural -skin of her arm, with a waist formed by a bodice worn outside, whence the skirt flowed off, and was distended at" the top by an ample hoop. Shoes of white kid with peaked toes and heels of two or three

inches elevation, inclosed her feet and glittered with spangles, as her little pedal members peeped, curiously out. Now for the swain. . His hair was sleeked back and plentifully befloured, while his queue projected like the handle of a skillet. His cost was a sky blue silk, lined with yellow ; his lont' vest of white satin, embroidered with gold lace;-his breeches of the same material, and tied at the knees with piuk ribbon. White silk stockings and pumps, with laces and ties of the same hue, completed' the habiliments of his nether limbs. Lace ruffles clustered around hia wrists, and a portentous frill, worked . iv, correspondence, and bearing the miniature of his belovedj -finished his truly . genteel ap- : pearance.—Exchange. j