Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-27
ACT SECOND


Me C"mmiti, e Of the Coumc,i-ihe LADY
V Fh.eltng- Fr.end X Louis me
iorer and Mr. J.
Chairman Of the Commitice-We are
now ready I" hear what the respec,i, par
lies have 10 say, to. ching ibc matter now
before W..
L'uis-My obi CT in appearing before
you, Is To ask permission To pas thr upb
your 'ei rliory, in order TO c"nsumma,c a
matt imo"iul engagement, entered INTO be-
tween myself and Paikersburg, one OF
Your fair daughters.
LAZY Of Wheeiing-And my ohicc: in
being here, !. to r'sls, ;hls application, "n
The ground that he Ipoin,ing to Louis.l is
bound by solemn engagement to mary
ne; aud thu there exists no q ,od reason
why he sh' uld not comply vi h his pro-
mise.
IL uis-lt is true iha, vas once, nnd
perhaps still may be considered IN some
-ort. as engaged 10 the Lady Wheeling.
but she rs much mistsken in suppos ing
there are no reasons why The engagement
shoul be broken of. in favor of another
In tho first place. when made that en-
gagement, ii was with the expectation that
would be per,uf'~d To pass through the
gr' unds Of your sister Pennsylvania, on
my way Ia marry the lady Of Wheeling,
but have since found that p, nnsylvania
VIII moi consent to my gong, and there.
tore am freed from my engagement to
Lady Wheeling
LAZY Of Whecling About YOUR sister
Pennsylvan have nothing TO soy. Her
name was not mentioned to me by MIR
LOUIS when we signed the marriage con-
tract. and u he failed 10 ascertain Width, r
he could obtain such permission before he
agreed TO marry me, it was certainly not
my fault, but only his own folly. This
argument is ab' ut as rational as that Of
the man who refused to pay Tor some c..
gars he had bought because he was not
permitted TO smoke them in the streets.
But b. obvinte this shallow reason, we
point ont 10 him new route which does
not touch the territory Of Pennsylvania nj
all, and invite HIM To come that way II
you cannot smoke our cigars in the street
sir, why then, 60 somewhere else and
smoke the IN.
Louis Well then, let me te the Lady
Wheeling, that ] was no, bound by the
words OF my contract to marry her frs, |;
but had it in my power TO 60 down and
marry Parkersburg, and then 90 up the
river and marry her.
Ltdy Of Wheeling. This might be
considered pretty good argument in a
land where polygamy was tolerated, but
in This land if monogamy, it must be con.
slrued into another c. nrcmptible suhter.
luge intended to conceal tie slrensth Of
your obligations TO me.
Louis IL the truth must be toll, MIR
Chairman, do MT v an, to many Wheels
ing at all. was en- rely deceived IN the
route through Pennsy lvania. it was sur.
veyed by the principal Engineer OF the
company who owns a farm within five
miles OF the then contemplated route.
Friend K.-Frend Louis, friend Lo,,is.
thou onghes. before making that remark,
to have considered we'll the cd ada ore "a
liar should possess.a good memory" II
thou hhdst well pondered The matter, thou
highest, perchance. have remembered
tina, the survey was made, by some CT the
servants OF Uncle Sam, and that the pria-
cipal engineer Of the company was absent
IN Europe at the time, on the business Of
the company. Friend Louis, thou hadst
better stick To the truth.
(tlcre Louis gave a wink to Mr.. J. 10
intIm ate that I he hour Of his extremity had
come. whereupon MIR. Jumped up with
Jury IN his lace.(
Mr.. MIR Chairman-h is useless
to talk about q - matter any longer. MIR.
Louis shall marry my darling Parkers.
burg and Wheeling, the Huzzy shall not
prevent it. Who is Wheeling that she
should come here and try To raise her head
above every body ese' Why she is no,h
ing but dirty, III ok creature, vi b mon
grel blood running Though her veins,
and -
Friend X Hold, friend j. thou oue hit
est not thus TO give way TO thy temper.
Thou ough'esi before indulgng in such
remarks TO ponder well The old adage,
ale that liveth in a glass house, should
not throw stones" Thou oughres, to re-
member hat this talking about mongrel
blool may OCCASION unpleasant remlnis-
cences. or verify, friend J. lhou ought.
est 10 preserve curb upon thy temper.
(Here Dir. j. made his crit at a side
d0oF) h.'ntS SoiHoqniStng 1t will not d.
this lady {" Wheeling and her friends
seem 10 know every thing about me.
lbcy meet me at every point, and that
dear sophis'ry which has served me so
well through lite, is, at last, most fully
exposed. W hat can be done!- what shall
dol shall
Friend K.-Frend louis, ihou lhinkes,
more loudly than was thy intention.
Thou o0ghtes', before making thine ap-
plIcatlon, TO have well considered the old
proverb, Honesty is the best policy"
liadsl thou done so, il would have proved
better Ter thee in the end AS il is, thou
hadst IL ttcr take Thy course to Wheeling
IN the way pointed out, and when thou
hast married her, 1t may TO much to re
lieve Thy troubled conscience. Verify,
friend Louis, "llonesry is tie best noiicy
EXEUNT OMNES.