BARMAIDS AND MATRIMONY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 9, 2 May 1876, Page 4

BARMAIDS AND MATRIMONY.

The Melbourne correspondent of a contemporary writes:—"Ottr barmaids are doing a remarkably extensive business in 1 love's yonngddrearm r jttsfc now, much to their constitutional detriment and pecuniary emolument. A prepossessing young My at a bar in the west end of the city fvad the misfortune to fall head over heels in We with a Sandhurst lawyer a short tinie ag% who to every outward risible ..»%n reciprocated the maiden's genuine affection. An engagement was quickly followed Ivy the wedding day. when all were gaily resplendent in their holiday attire and bridal robes in anticipation of so memorable an event, everything was in readiness, the bride dressed in the draw-ing-room, numerous gushing bridesmaids thronged the hail. Time rolled r|uiek!y on r and the hour appointed for the contraction of the matrimonial bonds approached, but the light of her hop© and affection was most conspicuous for his absence. Two hours waiting gave everyone the- miserafales, and destroyed irremediably the once-enticing breakfast, for during the excitement consequent upon the ttttaeco«i«»taWe absence of the: bridegroom, sundry hungry spirits entered the abetment tnent wfiere the embtes were displayed, and left not a wrack behind. With disappointment and unfeigned disgust the company broke up to seek consolation hi the bos«m» of their homes, leaving the diseotisoi latemafden m tears and bridal array. As aeon, however, as she had gained sufficient f time to enable her to recover her scattered faculties, and consider her forlorn position, she sought the advice of a leading solicitor, and cooaaenced proceedings; for a breach of promise of marriage, demanding as an amelioration the tidy little tritle of £">,000. S The writ is in course of service, and the case will probably come before the next j> matrimonial jurisdiction of the Supreme | Court. The erring lawyer arrived in Metf bourne, it is stated, the night previous to i the uneventful day, but getting in lax I company to such an extent that shame 1 made him oblivions to all obligations and | consequences. Tints lit tie breach of promise episode was quickly followed by the elopement of a pretty barmaid ensconced in a ' favourite hostelry in the centre of the city, i with a traveller in the soft goods line, who, W it known, meets with a good and worthy partner to share' his pleasures, toils, and troubles. Following these in quick succession another more melancholy fate ; befeJ one of Bourke-street's brightest gents behind the bar. Falling in love with a ® squatter, and reputed son of an English | earl, she married him, and for three ! days they lived happily _ together. Find(9 ing occasion to visit his station on the •* Mttrrttmbtdgee, the gay Lothario took his bride several hundred miles into the , country and put up at an hotel, where he , left her on the; pretence of visiting his stall tion to forewarn his partner of her intended visit, and to insure her a reception | becoming her station. Three weeks she , remained a lonely grass-widow in this inhospitable place, when she wrote ■ imploring his immediate return. She received a letter from the high individual, telling her to return to Melbourne and await his return at the ——— Hotel, as * his partner would not receive her, and 1 Consequently he intended selling- otit and taking her to England. In the meant ime ihe *o«W allow her £1 per week. She returned as directed, and after waiting- in iperturbation another fortnight, wrote ; again. Her husband's partner answered (the letter, stating that Mr. ———, a week previously, sold out for £40,000, and had taken his departure in the St. Osyth for Europe. Thunderstruck and amazed she j sought consolation in tears, but found ! tone, for the cruel ungrateful blow struck Iter ly this son of iniquity and shame. She! b endeavouring' to recover tainted tonotxr by legal jtocestr.