A WEDDING PARTY DISTURBED.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2400, 26 November 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

A WEDDING PARTY DISTURBED.

A wkmum; party which wa«j ravelling in a iiirant, at St. M mdc, near Paris, had a terrible fright. The bride and bridegroom, tradespeople of the neighbourhoo ivtn'-. after a n'x>d dinner* waltzuiL; in 1 polkaing with their relal lives and friend.'. Midnight wa- fast approaching. and th** fmi, as is tiMial, at th:s .s irt of * nt'-rtain’ivnt, was of a most In-ely. ii f *t ?■> 'ay kind, when suddenly a H -c.vcr-girl mad** h»*r appearance on th" .-cene, and oflcTvd bouquets lor sale. | !,•- ]-;■]:•/' and e , *ntl*Mneji of the r.tiiji uv, ltk,-u with !i-r winning ways, eaye.dy bmijht up her no-egay*, and at I K iii- L'i:l walk'd up to the hippy t * nt tie m, :t« e\*ery on.- imi<: : ned. who the pi.-tth'-t b-mquet of the lot. \\ hat was the oinKb-rnation ol tin* by-'t itj-i rs, when lhe* voting woman, by a rapid movement, drew a phial rn her I'j'ki t, and threw its contents into the face* *•! the newly-married pair. The ioar.-> ot lighter gave place to shrill seicinis. The bridesmaids fainted, and their attend nr. .swains, with horror and dismay depicted on thedr eountenances, slrovi to bring them around. The bride and bridegroom, surrounded by their parents and the elders of the party, fancied that their fast hoar had come, and believing that they were irretrievably disfigured, opened and -hut their eves to find out if tie y hid been bereft of right. A lew of tii • hangers-on rushing up to the linWer uirl wh-i had converted all their *-i:j jyni'-nl and festivity into anipiidi and moiirninj, in-M h»*r fa-t, pending the arrival of the polio**. In a J.-w mom* ills tiie brid** s fitli-i, coming up, tod: th ■ girl into a corner and learnt lioin her lips tint >ij** hud been for three years the nii'tre-s <d ins new sou-indaw; that their intimacy had been productive of the usual result; and, in short, that ‘-iie iinl liven luscly deserted hy In-r lover. Sneli was h*-r story. In the meantime a doctor, who had lieen hastily summoned, pronounced that the “vitriol was tiie most innocent of liquids. The flower-girl, surprise*! ami much put out, declare*! that -she had liouglit it at a chemist's shop hard hy. A policeman was imint-iiiaU-ly despatched to the shop in question, hut soon ascertained tiiat the girl had merely liven supplied with tinted water, as her manner was so strange that it had aroused suspicion. It is a pity that all the druggists who arc asked for vitriol hy infuriated women do not take similar precautions. As it is, the hnde and bridegroom Slave escaped a shocking fate.