Show r I MEXICAN BR GROOMS f foin 00 at or the 1 Pe Ps Peculiar culiar cutlar Customs that tha Ul There Thoro Tho The peculiar of an engaged young man buying is future wife's outfit Is not likely to to-i to tobe bo 0 to the United States It It would certainly cor- cor be unpopular there and would tend to make mako marrIage exceedingly I infrequent It prevails here however to tho the distress of man many worthy but impecunious impecunious im ins- young men ment Young men come up to the city of Mexico from interior to says tho Boston Herald J iq hi a n. stock of ot finery for their l o Ji who and anda a short time ago n a most most lamentable affair o occurred n loss less than a n provincial bridegroom to bo be who with ith plenty of money in his pocket visited tho the gay ny capital to J purchase dresses bonnets gloves c c. c Whilo en engaged In this delightful ho solaced solace himself himself him him- self e evenings js by visiting tho the theatres and alack ho lie found in mono ono one o of the dra dra- matio matte companies a n pretty retty find and nd fascinating fascinating soubrette who beguiled him to io the tho extent that the tho young young oung countryman fell head bead o over or r heels in n love lovo with h her r and forgot about Iho 1110 bride brido do expectant far fal away Such Is the he perfidy of the malo male se sex r It is a touching sight to seo see a young man armed with all the measurements of his Inamorata going about from flOm shop to shop assisted bv by obliging ing lady put purchasIng chasing the wedding A man maa shopping u-shopping Is always a a. pitiful but a u young follow with no experience in shopping trying to do his a momentous moment moment- ous occasion is enough to make the tho gods on Olympus w weep op Sometimes as J In 10 a n recent case tho the parents will not allow v the young ou g man manto manto manto to buy moro mora than thana a a. few articles such as the tho wedding dress press and ana slippers But then such is tho swains swain's ardor and superheated generosity sity that ho he a almost most ruins himself in an endeavor or to di display even in these restricted gifts his taste and liberality i A case I havo have heard beerd ot 6 occurred od hero sometime ago oco o. o A toung oung man from tho the United States had fallen desperately in iii inlove love with a tt most charming and estimable able young joung lady re resident ident in a large in interior interior in- in tenor city Ho lie learned of the custom of purchasing g tho brides bride's outfit from froma a sympathizing friend Yankee like he determined to have havo ve every thing go goo off in the finest possible shape shapo So ho purchased o of thousand dollars' dollars worth of dresses Presses o 0 all according according ac an cording to t the fa fascinating i dimensions of his beloved He secured the prom prom- Iso of a very s swell stroll ell wedding in the tho fashionable church engaging the most roost expensive musicians ns ordering rare flowers Cowers in profusion c Ac The Tho weddin wedding went off of like a charm and captivated the fancy of tho the elite pOlton of tho the female pOi population of ot tho the city Noth ing lug so regally splendid had haa ever been seen been before and the tho Yankee caballero was voted a pc perfect c gentleman and a aman aman man manof of taste and wealth The enthusiastic young oung bridegroom in order to put th the tho finishing touch on his display boug bought t ft n and four lour fine fino horses hones engaged coachmen and outriders rind and amid the tho enthusiastic Cl Clastic acclamations of pf f his acquaintances started off otT with his wife vile for a city away mile w away bey were vere to to live The rho pretty br brido do was enchanted A Ayoung Ayoung Ayoung young prince had Imd descended Irons somo some unknown height to be he her lover and anti husband and she departed In a blazo blaze of ot glory On th the tho wedding Journey a asad asad s sad l misadventure befell beroll the lovin loving pair the tho broke broko down at a n point whore it co could d not be repaired fo for the road led led a desolate country and so 80 improvising ng saddles the tho young couple rode on tho the backs of their horses somo some fifty miles to their futuro future homo home I am nm glad t to say that this mishap was Wn J no evil augury and that the T wedded pair lived happy ever after |