HE TRIED TO GET OUT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4559, 7 June 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 the two wera to have been united m wedlock, when the young gentleman's mother was apprised of the arrangement. Expostulations being uselesF, • Bho determined to try a practical remedy, and when the expectant bridegroom essayed to leave his bedroom on what Bhou'.d huve been his wedding morning he found tho door lockod and tho window Becurelj fastened. Meantime, the rustic Juliet proceoded to tho altar, only to discover that Borneo was not there. Love, however, laughs at locksmiths, and next day the imprisoned farmer mado his escape ; but the ceremony hnd of necessity to be poßtponed for a week owing to thu bumps and bruises received by tbo wretched man m his efforts to escape from his prison. And although not m what may be described as a condition of actual fitness at tho end of that time, still, thanks to the wonderful virtues of the world-renowned St. Jacob's oil, ho was sufficiently presentable to put a termination to tlie suspense and wretchednos which was eating into tho hearts of both. Another victory for the universal eaint. THE PROBABILITY OF WAR is happily a remoto one. Tbe reason is obvious. The Waterbury Wn.tcb.es the world. The Wnterbury is a triumph of per.co.