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Rh to the bride. Just as the lady was going down stairs to be married, a servant rushed up and said that her guardian was there. For a moment she appeared quite alarmed to hear of his arrival. She trembled, and the color forsook her cheeks; but soon recovering herself, she said, "He will not dare say anything to me, and if he does I will pay no attention to him." She went down and when they were pronounced man and wife the groom was perfectly delighted, as all New England men are when they think they have made a good "spec."

The house was very handsome and was beautifully furnished; it reminded me of the palace of beauty and the beast; the palace was perfectly elegant, all it wanted was beauty to grace it.

I remember hearing of a wedding which, although it did not take place in Cincinnati, will be recollected by many here. While in Saratoga I was combing a lady who remarked to me, "I have a school acquaintance who is going to be married to a gentleman from the neighborhood of your city. Her mother was at first very much opposed to the marriage but is now somewhat reconciled to it." She mentioned his name. I told her "I had heard of such a gentleman, but did not know him, as he did not visit in the circle that I worked for." She laughed and told me the circumstances.

"He courted the young lady in the Queen City, and determined on following her home and asking her mother for her. The old lady did not like this gentleman, and her daughter being already engaged to a gentleman, though not so wealthy as this one professed to be, decided on opposing the match; but the young