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At the gates two dolphins of ice poured forth fountains of flame: vessels filled with frosty flowers, trees with foliage and birds, and a life sized elephant with a frozen Persian on its back adorned the yard. AT THE GATES TWO DOLPHINS OF ICE POURED FORTH FOUNTAINS OF FLAME VESSELS FILLED WITH FROSTY FLOWERS TREES WITH FOLIAGE AND BIRDS AND A LIFE SIZED ELEPHANT WITH A FROZEN PERSIAN ON HIS BACK ADORNED THE YARD
n and fired it, scattering them to the four winds. One of the empresses of Russia became enraged at one of the princes whose wife had died and she compelled him to marry an old ugly woman whose nickname was "Pickled Pork." One historian says: "The marriage festival was celebrated with great pomp: representatives of every tribe and nation in the Empire took part, with native costumes and musical instruments: some rode on camels, some on deer, others were drawn by oxen, dogs and swine. The bridal couple were borne in a cage on an elephant's back. A palace was built entirely of ice for their reception. It was ornamented with ice pillars and statues, and lighted by panes of thin ice. The door and window posts were painted to represent green marble: droll pictures on linen were placed in ice frames. All the furniture, the chairs, the mirrors, even the bridal couch, were ice. By an ingenious use of naphtha the ice chandeliers were lighted and the ice logs on the ice grates were made to burn! ASHES LOADED THEM IN A CANNON AND FIRED IT SCATTERING THEM TO THE FOUR WINDS ONE OF THE EMPRESSES OF RUSSIA BECAME ENRAGED AT ONE OF THE PRINCES WHOSE WIFE HAD DIED AND SHE COMPELLED HIM TO MARRY AN OLD UGLY WOMAN WHOSE NICKNAME WAS PICKLED PORK ONE HISTORIAN SAYS THE MARRIAGE FESTIVAL WAS CELEBRATED WITH GREAT POMP REPRESENTATIVES OF EVERY TRIBE AND NATION IN THE EMPIRE TOOK PART WITH NATIVE COSTUMES AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SOME RODE ON CAMELS SOME ON DEER OTHERS WERE DRAWN BY OXEN DOGS AND SWINE THE BRIDAL COUPLE WERE BORNE IN A CAGE ON AN ELEPHANT'S BACK A PALACE WAS BUILT ENTIRELY OF ICE FOR THEIR RECEPTION IT WAS ORNAMENTED WITH ICE PILLARS AND STATUES AND LIGHTED BY PANES OF THIN ICE THE DOOR AND WINDOWPOST WERE PAINTED TO REPRESENT GREEN MARBLE DROLL PICTURES ON LINEN WERE PLACED IN ICE FRAMES ALL THE FURNITURE THE CHAIRS THE MIRRORS EVEN THE BRIDAL COUCH WERE ICE BY AN INGENIOUS USE OF NAPHTHA THE ICE CHANDELIERS WERE LIGHTED AND THE ICE LOGS ON THE ICE GRATES WERE MADE TO BURN
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