He Tried to Get Out.
An amusing incident has just taken place in Cheshire. A young yeoman had pledged his troth to a charming lady living in the neighbourhood, and tho two were to have been united in wedlock, when the young gentleman’s mother was apprised of the arrangement. Expostulations being useless, she determined to try a practical remedy, and when tho expectant bridegroom essayed to leave his bedroom on what should have been his wedding morning he found the door locked and the window securely fastened. Meantime, the rustic Juliet proceeded to tho altar, only to discover that Romeo was not there. Love, however, laughs at locksmiths, and next day the imprisoned farmer made his escape ; but tho ceremony had of necessity to bo postponed for a week owing to the bumps and bruises received by the wretched man in his efforts to escape from his prison. And although not in what may be described as a condition of actual fitness at the end of that time, still, thanks to the wonderful virtues of the world-renowned St. Jacob’s oil, he was sufficiently presentable to put a termination to the suspense and wretebednes which was eating into tho hearts of both. Another victory for the universal saint. THE PROBABILITY OF WAR is happily a remote one. The. reason is obvious. The Wuterbury Watches the world. The Waterbury is a triumph of peace.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4997, 3 May 1889, Page 3
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