Article Title |
Marriages under Difficulties |
Type |
article |
Date |
1881-04-06 |
Paper |
Territorial Enquirer |
Page |
4 |
Contributors |
The Inverness courier, and general advertiser for the counties of Inverness, Ross, Cromarty, Nairn, Moray, Sutherland & Caithness. |
OCR Text |
Show marriages under difficulties list last week thure wore three marriages at all of them attended owing to the severity of 0 the snow storm with circumstances of au u inte c character har acter A marriage was wa arranged for wednesday last at a house in strath dearn clearn about twenty miles from inver no nessa a spot high lying anil and unprotected tho the bridegroom reached the tha house on horseback anil and tho the clergymen and aad some guests also reached it although with difficulty and much labor the happy couple after the ceremony were to go to boat of gotten garten It hallway allway sta sin tiou tion but how was tho the journey to bo be to tile the bouth the road was wag blocked and to the north tho ilia road was waa blocked everywhere thoro there was snow no BO deep that no vehicle could 1 be ba dragged through it at length the bride brida volunteered to take tabo tho the nu lillo and to face tho the storm and the road on horseback hono lacki aud abd on horseback accordingly the couple set bet out on their honeymoon tho rite journey journie to boat beat ol of flatten carton crovea a long wild ono but it was waa accomplished in safety ond and ill alio llio 0 bride and bridegroom were wera none ilia hie worse for or their and doubtless anxious undertaking another marriage r took place on friday liri ilay in the same s imo locality tho file I 1 ride wits was thero there but the bridegroom live I 1 in Inver inverness noso por for days it may 1 presumed ho he had bad his own lears fears about tile tha that lay before lim him in ilia his contemplated journey from froia inverness to 8 tho the bridegroom however was waa not to bo be kept at home or to bo be stuck bluck in the snow ha hired two sleighs well yoked joked one dogcart dog cart well yoked joked anil ana one oca horse and with these lie he pet out ont determined that should ono one or other of i these means prove unequal to tho the 3 journey bourney he wool d go on his wy way with such tell as remained ile ho reached tile the brides house the took place bed and tho ilia bride brida and bridegroom arrived in inverness tho the same bamo night in a sleigh Ble igli there w was 1 yet another marriage itriago mi in Str athae a r n attended with similar biffi callias calli cs the weather was so BO threatening that there wore were negotiations for the postponement of the wedding but these fell through the bridegroom bridegroom and a company of twelve carthe carca from tho the west c of f loss shire and in spite of snow blocked roads roada aad stormy weather r reached cached tho the brides consid liriand twenty milca from inverness thus in a all these cases cne aiu in aupito upito of difficulties tho the parties were united inverness scotland courier |
Reference URL |
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z57h0/1421315 |