HE TRIED TO GET OUT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4527, 30 April 1889, Page 3

HE TRIED TO GET OUT.

_ — __* An amusing incident has just taken place m Cheshire. A young yeoman had pledged his troth to a charming lady living m the neighbourhood, and tho two were to have been united m wedlock, when tho 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 be found tho door locked and the window securely fastened. ' Meantime, the rustic Juliet proceeded to the altar, only to discover that Romeo was not there. Love, however, laughs at locksmiths, and next day the imprisoned farmer made his escape ; but the ceremony had of necessity to bo postponed for a week owing to the bumps and bruises received by tho wretched man m his efforts to rseapo from his prison. And although not m whut may be described as a condition of actual fitness at the end of that time, still, thanks to tho wonderful virtues of the world-renowned St. Jacob's oil, he was sufficiently presentable to put a termination to tho suspense and wrotchedr.es which was eating into the hearts of both. Another victory for the universal saint. THE PBOB ABILITY OF WAR is happily a remote one. Tho reason is obvious. The Waterbury Watches tho world. The Waterbury is a triumph of peace.