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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1909

Page

9

Matrimonial Gambit at Gretna Green Style Nuptials

In a bustling morning gathering, Joy and Athlyne proceed with a Scots law wedding witnessed by family. The Sheriff, Colonel Ogilvie, and attendants arrange seating while the staff cheerfully adapt to a festive union. The bride and groom share a private vow as preparations and travel plans unfold.

Joy Barry Colonel Ogilvie Athlyne Sherif Calvins Patrick Richard Western Mowbray Hardy Fitzgerald Earl of Roscommon Cesanda Joy Pitsgerald Or Ogilvie Aalhville Kentucky United States of America Scotland Alexander Fenwick Gale Joway Lucius Ogilvie Batary Hayes Ogilvie Bedelia Ann O'Brien Judith Hayes Sheriff Mise Hayes Lord Athlyne O'Brien Judy Mrs. O'Brien Duta Ali Jandy Ambleside Nauke Judy Wes Tonneau Miss Hayes Gretna Green Galloway Shay Dumfries Annan Carlisle Patterdale Erin Delis Ireland Giant's Causeway Cane

Fragmented tale of a bride and comic proverbs

The text threads a torn vignette of a wedding day and a sharp wage lore joke. A bride objectes with tears in her eyes as others discuss fate and marriage. Interspersed are notes on medical terms and a repeated anecdote about Tom the bookkeeper facing a paradox of meals and sleep.

Athlyne

Pearl drilling secret and lunar rainbow notes

A Pearl drillers tale describes a gloved worker skimming a pearl clean and explains a bottle shaking trick to extract a broken drill point. Lunar rainbows are rare in temperate zones and more common in tropics with strong moonlight, first observed by Aristotle. The dot over the letter i was introduced in the fourteenth century to distinguish it from e.

Tropics Scientific American Reunion Island Victoria Falls Yguassu Brasil

Blue laws of New Haven era named after blue cover

The first collection of New Haven colony laws earned the nickname blue laws from their blue-covered volume published in 1650. A dialogue shows a notary asking a witness to swear to tell the truth, while a witty interruption prompts a playful aside about talking all afternoon.

New Haven

Short and Ugly For Him

A brief, colorfully phrased exchange features Plodding Pete denying time to talk with others and noting he was given a short and ugly word meaning Work. The dialogue reflects everyday speech as quoted in the Washington Star, with a separate literary aside about flattery and parasitism attributed to Shenstone.

Pete Washington Star

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