Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-05-07

A day behind the fair.-A somewhat ludicrous
scene occurred yesterday morning, about o.
clock at boarding house in the BoweTy. Two
young men arrived there the day previous Zone
of whom was the nephew of the lady who keeps
the house, and engaged private sitting room
and bed room for two or three weeks. The
nephew introduced his companion as fellow
clerk with him in mercantile house at Hart
ford, Conn, (Which since turns out to be the
fact) and stated that they had come to New
York merely for the purpose OF seeing the place
and paying their respects to the aunt. The old
lady, pleased with this mark of affection on the
part of the nephew, prepared the best bed room
in the house for their reception, set before them
the best fare she had, and did all in her power
to make them comfortable Being fatigued, as
they said, with their journey, they retired to
rest very early, and did not rise till near next
morning. They had but just set down to break
fast. when a hasty knock was heard at the door,
at which the youngest of the two was observed
to betray no slight degree of uneasinness. In
minute or two afterwards the room door was
entered somewhat abruptly by an elderly gen
teman, evidently in violent passion, who ad-
vanced towards the eldest Of the two, and af-
ter applying divers undigniied epithets to him,
was about to try the effects ofhis cane upon the
shoulders of the young man, when the noise
brought up the aunt, who flew at the old gentle
man like tigress defending one of her cubs.
On the arrival Of three or four of the board
ers, something like order was restored; when
the youngest of the two strangers was discover
ed to have tainted away. The youth was lift
ed on to sofa, his stock was removed and the
collar of his shirt unbuttoned to facilitate his
breathing-when (oh shade Of chaste Diana!
tell 1t not in GathD there was revealed to sight
the snowy bosom of as pretty a lass as e'er
4" brush'd dew from lawn"
"The lovely stranger lay confessed,
A WIFE, in all her charms"
1t seems that the young lady was the daugh-
ter of the old gentleman, who, with a view to
economy, had caused her to assist his clerk in
keeping his books; the young couple, thus
thrown, nothing 10th, into each others way
made such good use of their time, that the old
gentleman, on entering the counting room IA
ther unexpectedly in the morning, found them
keeping tally with their lips instead of their
pens; upon which he sent his daughter to reside
with her grandmother, at Wethersfeld.
She contrived, however, to send to and re-
ceive letters from her lover, in which they
planned the elopement How successful it was
put in execution, our readers are already aware.
They left Hartford so as to get several hours
start Of the father, who did not reach New Y ork
until o'clock yesterday morning and suspect
ing that they would put up at the aunt's house,
made his way there Immediately on arriving in
the city. He was, however, too late-the young
couple had contrived to have the hymenial knot
tied in the afternoon of their arrival. We pre-
sumo this step was taken to avoid the risk in
CURED in publishing their intention to marry
which mode of procedure is required by the
laws of the State of Connecticut How the af
fair will terminate, we know not, as the parties
all left New York for Hartford yesterday after
noon; but as the father was, in double sense,
"a day behind the fair" we would advise him
to pocket the affront, and put the best face that
he can on the matter-M Y Transcript