A WEDDING TRIP IN THE AIR.
Tub greatest novelty at the Rhode Island State fail' at Narragansett park wus the marriage of a young Providence couple in the balloon Commonwealth. The New York Times says they were Edward J. Davis and his intended, Miss Margaret Buckley. Davis is a shipping clerk for S. IT. 'fillinghast and Co., dealers in plumbers' supplies, and for a long time he had been engaged to Miss Buckley. They taiked over the matter of the public tuarriago and a balloon ascension at leisure, and made all preparations for the event. The wedding was fixed for the previous day, but the storm prevented the bvlloon from going then, and the event wan postponed. All day long the big Common wealth swayed in a lively wind, bumped against the ground, and drove tho immense multitude back. Almost everyone on the grounds expressed their fears that the couple would finally back out. The crowd had been gathering all day, and at four o'clock, the time set for the marriage and ascension, there , were 30,000 people present. An hour later, when the Rev. E. D. Hall, of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, came upon the scene, followed by the bridal couple, there were S,OOO more. There was intense excitement as the young couple stood before the clergyman, who proceeded.to make them man and wife after the usual form. Tho bride bore herself with becoming modest}', and blushed when the groom kissed her lips. She was dressed iu white satin, and her face beamed with eagerness for her roui mlic wedding trip. Prof. James K. Allen, the aeronaut, entered the car and the lines were cast off amid great excitement. The balloon rose rapidly, anil the great crowd cheered lustily. The bride responded by waving her handkerchief and the groom waved his hat. The balloon sailed off far to the north-east and was soon lost iu the darkness. Tho couple, it is said, mi.de the asceut for a money consideration. In tho evening Mr and Mrs Edward T. Davis landed iu it cedar swamp near North Easton, Mass. The balloon dragged two miles across the swamp, and the young couple had to cling to tho ropes to escape drowning. They were finally rescued, and will make the rest of their wedding journey by rail.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2570, 29 December 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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384A WEDDING TRIP IN THE AIR. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2570, 29 December 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)
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