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the groom was supported on his left by the same number 

 of gentlemen. The invited guests now faced the bride 

 and groom. At this moment there appeared before them 

 an old gentleman wearing the official robes of an Epis- 

 copal clergyman, holding in his hand a book. The cere- 

 mony is quickly performed, congratulations are in order; 

 many voices are heard on every side, but there was no 

 formal wedding reception. Baskets are brought forward, 

 their contents quickly arranged on the linen which had 

 been spread for this purpose on the green moss, and all 

 this joyous party now partake of the refreshments, giving 

 to the assemblage the appearance of a grand picnic in 

 nature's grandest forest. All things must end, and so did 

 this grand festival. Night was approaching, and the in- 

 vited guests must return ; but we must look a little further 

 after the newly-wedded couple. Before the steamer took 

 her departure from the island the deck-hands had been 

 observed to bring on shore a beautiful Peterborough 

 canoe, and others soon followed who carried two leather 

 valises, two camp-stools, and several bundles. All these 

 various articles had been temporarily deposited on the rock 

 near the water's edge. 



The remnants of the refreshments having been gath- 

 ered up and replaced in the baskets, a party of men are 

 seen to go down to the canoe, seize hold of the bundles, 

 valises, camp-stools, etc., and bring them forward to the 

 arch, beneath which was quickly erected a new, beautiful, 

 and commodious tent. A balsam bed was quickly made 

 within it, and the other household goods properly ar-' 

 ranged. The invited guests soon take their leave of the 



