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Among those Hydas who profess Christianity, marriage is solemnized by a ceremony, at which a missionary or Justice of the Peace officiates, the same as among the whites, and other unions are not regarded as binding.
Suddenly a bugle sounds; the judge enters his box; the ever popular old 'Bikram, who officiates as starter, ambles off on his white cob, and after him go half-a-dozen handsome young fellows, their silks rustling and flashing through the fast rising mist. A hundred field-glasses scan the start; all is silent for a moment. 'They're off! shout a dozen lungs. 'False start! echo a dozen more.
Astor, the founder of the association, had retired from busy life, and the concerns of the company were ably managed by Mr. Ramsay Crooks, of Snake River renown, who still officiates as its president. A competition immediately ensued between the two companies for the trade with the mountain tribes and the trapping of the head-waters of the Columbia and the other great tributaries of the Pacific.
King, once more embarks for Georgia in one of his vessels A new captain is appointed They sail, and steer a new course Three remarkable dreams The vessel is shipwrecked on the Bahama bank, but the crew are preserved, principally by means of the author He sets out from the island with the captain, in a small boat, in quest of a ship Their distress Meet with a wrecker Sail for Providence Are overtaken again by a terrible storm, and are all near perishing Arrive at New Providence The author, after some time, sails from thence to Georgia Meets with another storm, and is obliged to put back and refit Arrives at Georgia Meets new impositions Two white men attempt to kidnap him Officiates as a parson at a funeral ceremony Bids adieu to Georgia, and sails for Martinico.
Men whose fathers arrived in Argentina without a shilling are today worth millions. Their estancia houses display all the comforts of an American or English home; their hospitality is proverbial; and most of them have built on their land fine schools and beautiful little chapels, in which the nearest Irish priest officiates.
Passing the market we come upon the engineer's yard, which a hand-bill sternly forbids us to enter. It contains a chapel, where the Rev. Mr. Nicol officiates: this loose box is more hideous than anything I have yet seen, a perfect study of architectural deformity. The cracked bell and the nasal chant, at times rising to a howl as of anguish, were completely in character.
How worthy of emulation the helpful ministries and charities of one Gotham heiress, proceeds of whose inherited millions are finding distribution in these and kindred lines! Passing along Park Street to Mott intersection, Oswald meets the priest who officiates at the church near there.
Father J. Walker, the principal priest, superintends the female guilds, and visits the soldiers at the Barracks; Father R. Brindle attends to the male guilds; Father Boardman hangs out an educational banner, and has the management of the various schools; the fourth priest officiates as auxiliary. Wonders used to be worked in this district by the Rev.
He then returned to his home and family at Guillestre, where he now officiates as Regent of the Vaudois church, reading the prayers and conducting the service in the absence of the stated minister. We spent a Sunday in the comfortable parsonage at Guillestre.
However, the person who officiates in taking the auspices, if he makes a false report, draws on his own head the evil portended; but to the Roman people and their army, the favourable omen reported to me is an excellent auspice." He then commanded the centurions to place the keepers of the chickens in the front of the line.
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