A CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1662, 5 February 1886, Page 2

A CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.

♦ T.»is mpinin^ at the R^wtrar's «»n1 •". took [ihttf tiw tu;\vri>*>if of Am Clm', u':*!"'!' iwr. Mechanic's Bay, to Ritiii See, of Canton, tii»* h-cl uid •»iitih'g;(>«>m were ancomp-inied ny n («ifiv of fri<-inU. The bridegroom is well k »i»w.ii«i Auckttiitil, Wut the >«ri<le is almost a SMitnger to the city, baring only iM-in^in the colony about a mouth, tiud having collie lipre for the purpose of being mnrried. Tiieceiemotiy took ' f»|ao>- Ht the Re^ifctr^r's office, in die i Post offi'v building inFort sinvt. The i (if-ide who preßented an • > xlirnv > ly | iiji.MpKtinj,' and prcUy appearance, was ' dressed in Chi ■>»**« costmne, and niaut* ft'Hti-d c«»tisiMe,a'»le shyiiens dnriug tin* im«I« al. She had a flt*ar complexion, ami looked abont 18 or 19 yeai*sold; iiHtl « delicate muud face, with a pair of tin k eyes which she kept fixed on the floor the most of the time. H<t hair was gathered on the top of her \wh'\ in Chinese style, and fasten, d with artificial Chinefce flower.-*. <!i va-> di.'<s«-d in a dark tiliip underskirt, r; !iU < inhroid'-nd, cnt just short < m !i iot to (Miciitiiliei- her in walki •_' ; a I'^'lif bliiH j uket of some deli .-.(:♦• .n it«" in I tiimmed with light green silk. T.t«' jackot liuitg loo>e and bad wide nii'fvfs Ri<-h, and npjn»reittly yolil, 'mi.-rii'ts were on her wrists, and hri fiiii»'' 8 m-ret Hiicircl«-d with two or th.cc gitid linus. She also wore gold earrings. O i lief f«»et sh** wore white nik Chi >< s- liops with H<>wt*nt emItioidt i> d v-, i ! id ;t rout id them. Tie *•»'-•( !uo':> w.i-. Hinple, coiisifling in the hriile,'i<Oi!i • d *«ride alternately repe<iMn^ tii* f'liuwiiig sentences:— •• I, Ah Ctit-H (or Rim See) solemnly declare I <f» not know of any lawful reason why I »hon'<l not l>e united in marriHge with Rain See (or Ah Che.)." h!ho " I, Ah Clme (or Rain S< ♦•) c.i II npou those ptM-*ou« present to hour' witnusH that I tak- Rain Sew (or Ah Ghee) to Ik my I iwtii! wedded wife U>y hns'«rtnil».'' After. rhe+ •*cute'«ces Wt'n- if|HMh^, the bridegroom pl»c«-d :*«■■ riiig on tin- nride's finder, and '. ;•■ <;--:• ni< my w»h ended.