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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1490, 22 September 1883, Page 2

A young couple, possessing more>< /.', nerve than common sensed it appears'to me, were married in s balloon lately 1 The day was fearfulljr; windy, and it\,C was feared they would come to grief, "" but, as it happened, the trip turned out all right. Infthe Baloon wasthe ; «ronaut—or rather he;was hanging on-;-to a trapeze outside—a-parsonj and the happy lovers, He was brave, .-. but she was timid. The knot' Was' tied up in the clouds, and herein comes a question. Is it legal 1 Would such a marriage hold good in case of inheritance, being completed in cloudland? However,, they were married, and : partook of a fine repast up in the air, while the balloonist himsolf performed on. the. trapezo till he was out of sight. After, sailing about in the wind for fgur. hours, and rushing madly among.trpes and chimney pots in the descent.; |he I venturesome people landed safely, ajnd . .the trembling bride declared that was her first and last trip "up in a ballocjn." —Silver Pen.

To the Editor,

Sir, -Wc beg to call the attention o! bur readers to (his important facf: That we have just received, per mail steamer, a large assortment of Gentlf- \ men's Shirts, Hats, and Hosiery; also, ' direct from the Kaiapoi Woolen Factory 1 , ' 100 Bummer Suits, latest style and' , .fashion, and made expressly to 6ur'6>Var ■ ■ r 'ordAr.' We are also, in receipt Ironi.' Ward and Payne and Burgoii and BaU # 118 doz. Sheep Bhesrg. We have no time' nor money to spare in lengthy advertisements, but can assure the public of this; That we can sell Grocery, Ironmongery, and Men's and Youths' Clothing Ceeapbb than any ether House in the trade. Don't forget that our Great Brnkrupt Sale of Bolria still on for Que Week Longer,;,'» ', Your Obedient Servants,, 1490 V-'"' Emporium.