Announcement
WEDDINGS IN BELGIUM
Tha
N a c ata arjr C iv i l C a ra m a n y
f j r m t d In t h * T o w n H a ll.
P *r-
I f toil wulit to get married in
Belgium von miint go lo the town
I.... of ilu* purlieu In r rily m which
you tinp|leu to rende mid Ink« one
I desire to announee to the
I of the chief purl* in h brief eere-
inniiv, whieh alone legalize* your
people o f Kedmond and v i
limi ri moli ni I union. You can go to
cinity that I have opened a
church Udore or after the little hit
of em e binine»*, m you chooae,
store on South tit It street
hut mithi iir that priest or minuter
and will carry a stock o f
■ mi do for you, however toothing to
your feeling* or your ronsrience,
nu give miy recognized binding to
vour wedding vow» n* fur n* the Inw
of tin» country goe*. In mont of
the ancient and wonderfully inter-
e-ting tomi hall* of Belgium there
i* u “ iodic den manage*,’’ a »pa
rimi» chamber »|ie< ially reserved for
nuptial cerenioniea. At Antwerp
the town hall i» more to lie admired
for it» interior tlmn for it* exterior.
The facade i* in the renaissance
•lite by Cornelia do Vriendt and
dule» from I M I .
The Antwerp town hall occupici
the whole of the we<-t *ide of the
»<|tiare of old guild I ioukci and in
it» center ri“i‘ * to a height o f 183
and solicit a share o f your
feet
A »latue of the Virgin Mary
i» in a inelie in the renter of the top
patronage.
ntorv.
I la I f a dozen wedding partici
await the advent, of the deputy
mayor each morning. The prooes-
*ion of linde* and their frienda
lead» into the marriage chamber,
the wall* of which are appropriate
ly covered with five freno oca.
The »eversi wedding parties ap
proach (tie mayor’» table in turn,
the unmarried partir» remaining
vented in the laxly of the hall,
watching their predecessors. The
proceeding» are very brief.
The
deputy mayor examine* a few jw-
|a*r» put forward by the father or
other representative of the bride,
n«k* one or two low voiced ques
tion*. »mile* at the bride, nod» to
the groom, signs a certificate and
inform* them that they are man
I will sell at Publie Auction at
and wife. Then he touche* a but
ton on In» desk, and from an adja
cent apartment an organ sdunds a
few lair* of a wedding march, dur
ing which the married pair and
eom|ainy file out of tho chamlier,
and the deputy mayor murmur* the
French equivalent o f “ next” to one
of the two little page* attending
him— handsome youngster* in court
dress.
Another
wedding
party
stand* la'fore a desk; a repetition
of the short proceeding»; once
at 10 o’clock a. m. sharp, the following property:
more the tap on the button and the
wedding inarch on the organ. Out
1 matched team o f Bays, 8 years 1 Extra Fine Bay Horse, 8 years
they go, blushing and smiling, and
old. weight 2750.
old, weight 1550.
No. 3 marriage begin».
In lea*
1 matchi-d team of Bays. 8 and 9
1 Bay Mare. 6 yrs. old wt. 1550. than half an hour the six marriages
had l>cen made. Nothing more and
years old. weight 2900.
1 Gray Mare, 9 yrs. old. wt. 1500. nothing less happens, no matter
1 matched team o f Gray Horses,
Three 31-inch Schutller Wagons. what the rank or position of the
weight 2960.
contracting parties may be, except
1 Buckskin Horse, 8 years old. One 31-inch Weber Wagon.
that the mayor's («ages ran be em
weight 1325.
ployed to carry the bride's train if
One 31-inch Winona Wagon.
she happens to be wearing one.—
1 Dapple Gray Horse, 7 years
Wagons all in good repair, Washington Star
old. weight 1350.
ANCIENT VESSELS.
Tha Eva. in* Fi*ur*haad and OtHae
D *vic«s on Thair Bow*.
“The Palace”
On the boat* of the ancient
Egyptiani the sacred ibi*, the lotus
and the phemx were fuvorite de
signs for figureheads, sometimes
placed on the rai»e<l up prow itself
and at others rather behind it. A
huge eye painted on the bow just
below the figure illustrated the gen
eral feeling that a ship was endow
ed with a |x:r»onulity of ita own.
Iri one form or another ttie eye ha*
maintained ita |x>»ition on the bowi
century after century up to the
pre*«nt day, in which it ia often
seen on the bows of Maltese “ dy-
sos” and other gaudily painted
European craft, to say nothing of
its almost universal use in China.
“ I f no have eye how can see?”
a»k* the Chinese »uilor, and the ex
Cor. 7th and E Sts., RED M O ND , ORE.
pression “ Right in the eyes of her”
ia »till uatial alloat among seamen,
F. M. BUNKER, Prop’r.
meaning a» far forward iri the ship
as [MiMaihle. The thipa of the
Greeks and ItoiriHn* preserved the
eye on their hows and carried a
distinguishing emblem or figure
head at the bow, while their tute
lary deities were generally given a
billet at the stern. All these vex-
sels had their distinguishing de
The line is open for passenger and freight busi
vices and figurehead*, in addition
ness at Metolius, Madras and points north.
to which those named after moun
Daily passenger train leaves Metolius 8:30 a.m.
tain* ami rivers had a lion or croco
Madras 8:47 a. m. stopping at intermediate
dile respectively painted or carved
points, connecting at Fallbridge with the Inland
in relief on either bow. Numbers
Empiae Express on the “ North Bank Road” ,
of representations of the»« may he
arriving Portland 8:15 p. m.
seen on old coins.
Leaving Portland 9 a. m., arrives Madras 7:15
A special class of Phoenician
p. m., Metolius 7:30 p. m."
vessels had a figurehead represent
Trains carry parlor cars, first-class coaches and
ing a I orse and were therefore
smokers.
known as “ luppi,” the idea of riding
over the sea as on horseback being
LOW FARES March 10th to April 10th
evidently the origin of the adorn
ment. in the year 112 B. C. one
During this period Low Colonist fares will be in
of the figurehead* was found
effect from the middle west to all points on the
thrown up on the east coast of A f
Oregon Trunk Ry. From Chicago ¿33. S t Louis
rica and taken to Egypt, strong
$32, St. Paul $25, Kansas City $25, Omaha $25.
circumstantial evidence that some
Other points in proportion, via Burlington route. Great
early Phoenician manners had al
Northern or Northern Pacific Rys., the "N orth Bank Road”
ready doubled the Ca|>e of Good
and Oregon Trunk Ry.
This is a good chance for your
Hope.
Hamming being the most
friends to come to Oregon on about half fare.
usual form of attack among the an
cients in their sea engagements,
R ound Trip F o res
the how decoration often took the
form of the head of a ram or of a
Homeseekers’ reduced round trip fares are in effect to
wild hoar, the well known butting
all Oregon Trunk Railway points the first and third
tactics of these animals rendering
Tuesday o f each month from all points in the middle
the figure very appropriate.
west.
When Rome in the days of her
decadence lost the command of the
Freight received from and forwarded to Port
sea the most formidable navies
land, Spokane and other points.
were those of the Scandinavian sea
robbers, the vikings.
Their ves
sel*— the famous long ships— were
R. Budd, Chief Engineer, Portland, Ore.
sdomed with figureheads. But the
J. H. Corbett, Madras, Ore.
T. A. Graham, Metolius. Ore.
vikings’ conception of this form of
ship ornamentation started from
a standpoint quite different from
that of the ancients. It was not so
much a distinctive design as a re
ligious emblem. It* intention was
to strike terror into an enemy.
The figurehead of a warship, ac
cording to S. Baring-Gould, was
designed in like manner to strike
terror into the opponents and scare
away their guardian spirits.
An
with
stake
nick
bed.
1 Iron Gray Horse, 0 years old,
Icelandic law forbade a vessel com
H i* N o m For Nows.
8 sets of Heavy Team Harness.
weight 1460.
A cub reporter on a Pennsylva ing within sight of the island with
I f you have
nia paper wus sent out by the city out first, removing its figurehead,
editor to get a story on the mar lest it should frighten away the
something to sell.
riage of a young society girl and a guardian spirits of the land.— Chi
I f you want
cago News.
man well known in the city.
to buy something
The “ cub" was gone about an
use the
H o w A n im a l * L a a m .
All m u tun of $2.) and under, rash. Over that amount hour and then returned and went
Dr.
T.
Zell,
an
eminent
German
Want Columns
over to his desk, by which
a credit of ti months will be given on approved bankable aimlessly
of
he sat down. Shortly afterward the naturalist, has collected many in
city editor noticed his presence and stances to prove that animals learn
paper bearing 10 per cent interest.
The Spokesman.
by experience and thus become
hi* evident idleness.
The Price
“ Here, kid!" shouted the supe wiser than their uninstructed par
is reasonable
ent*. Game animals of all kinds,
rior. “ Why aren’t you at work on
he avers, have learned the range of
and results
that wedding?"
modern rifles. Greyhounds quickly
are obtained.
“ Nothin’ doing," replied the boy.
learn to let rabbits alone, and fox
C. F. Bartlett, Auctioneer
G. M. Slocum, Clerk
"Nothin g doing! What do you
Try’ it
mean?
Didn’t the wedding take hounds pay no attention to either
rahhits or hares. Killer whales and
place ?"
gulls follow whaling vessels, just
“ Nope.
The bridegroom never
as vultures follow an army. Crows
showed up, »o there ain't nothin’ to
begin to aecomjwny the chamois
write."
hunter as soon as they have seen
the result of his first successful shot,
D*s*rt*d.
“ Do you say your husband de and rough legged buzzard* follow
serted you?” said the judge to a the sportsmen after winged game.
lady applying for a separation or The number of birds that kill or in
I f you are going
jure themselves by flying against
der from her husband.
to prove up
telegraph wires is much smaller
"Yes. my lord.”
on your land
The 4-year old Chestnut Sorrel, weight 1950, Belgian
“ Please tell the court as concisely than it used to be. Dr. Zell also re
come in and
fers to the fact that birds and
Stallion, sired by W'alther No. 3G53t>. dam, Olga de la Hail
as you can how lie deserted you.”
see us.
quadruped*
have
learned
to
disre
“ Two months after we had com
Sainte No. 41881, will make the season at the following places:
The Spokesman
pleted our honeymoon he scolded gard passing rnilway tiains, as
Monday and Tuesday at Woods’ barn, Redmond
me because he thought I was ex horses quickly cease to be frighten
will make out
travagant
in the matter of getting ed by motorcars.
your application
Wednesday and Thursday at S. 1). Mustard’s
clothes, and I went home to my
and
attend to
A
Million
Ancastors.
place, Powell Butte.
people.”
other
necessary
It
may
1«
a
little
surprising
and
“ Yes. Proceed.”
Friday and Saturday at Allen Willcoxen’s place
details FREE.
“ Well, 1 waited and waited and of interest to learn that a person
at I'owell Butte.
waited for him to come and beg ine may have had more than a million
to
return to him, and he never ancestors within comparatively re
Will make regular stands after April 1st.
cent years, and that without taking
did!” — London Telegraph.
into account uncles Rtid aunt*
TERM S OF SERVICE Season. $15.00, payable at time
The Spokesman has recently
W h *l “ M r ," "M rs." and "M u * " M*an. Starting with one’» parents, each
FOR SALE
o f service. Insurance, $20.00, payable when mare is known
“ Mr.,” the common form of pre person, of course, ha* two, a father
The choicest vacant corner 50x added to its equipment material
to lie with foal. Insurance o f colt to stand up and suck $25.
fix bv courtesy to the name of an and a mother. The father had his 100 on Sixth street, only one
for A L L kinds o f printing. I f you
untitled male, whether married or two parent*, and the mother hail
block from Hotel Redmond, this
71. H. R O H D E M anager
want Stair cards, large or small
single, is a contraction of the word hers. Thus each person ha* four
One step farther, is a snap for a quick buy, $1800
“ master." “ Mis*” and “ Mrs.” arc grandparents.
Powell Butte Belgian Horse Co., Owners.
or any kind o f cards printed, we
similarly contractions o f the word and we have eight great-grandpar takes it. See Jones Land Com
can do it. and do it right. Let us
A simple calculation gives pany for terms.
“ mistress,” and as late as the reign ents.
of George II. unmarried ladies used the astonishing result that our
Job Printing
Seed Oats for Sale
do your next order o f printing.
lineal ancestors during twenty gen
The Home Bakery and Restau
I have good clean white oats to lie styled “ Mrs.” Then it be
We have A L L KIND S OF T Y P E
I.et us do your next order of for sale at 2 cents a pound at the came convenient to distinguish be erations number no fewer than rant for good meals.
27tf
1,048,676, or sullicient people, if all
for A L L K IN D S OF WORK, all
tween
the
inHfned
and
unmarried
commercial job printing.
High granary.
woman. hih I “ Miss” was the original living, to populate the whole of
reports to the contrary notwith
Alliert Horn bock.
grade work and prices satisfac
Spokesman for job printing.
Wales.— Dundee Advertiser.
spelling of the new label.
LIGHT and IIKAVY HARDWARE
FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS
HARNESS and HORSE GOODS
SASH, DOORS, and
BUILDING PAPER, ALL KIND
OPEN DAY and NIGHT
Special Attention Given to
Automobile Parties.
Come and see me When Hungry,
OREGON TRUNK RAILWAY
E. MAHER
AUCTION SALE
REDMOND
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1911
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