The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-02-04
A Romance in Thorburr's Life: or. Loves
Strategems at Eighty-one,

A Romance in Thorburn's Life; or, Love.
Strategems at Eighty-one.
Grant Thorlnrn. or Laurie Todd. as he i
sometimes called. communicates the t,Iowiu,
sketch of his recent matrimonial adventure +,
the Hartford (Ct. Courant:
Mr. PRINTER On the 2jth Of .tuyust
1852, call Of business led me to Wolco,yiIIc
iItchil'id County, Connccticut I was vr
seven miles short of nv destination. With ,
guide ard iyht wagon, went forward. i
was dark :: We cot lost IN the woods. Sc,inc
house Hy The wav-s'lc. saws ! to tle driver.
Hold Me rcins. & Twill inquire All was dark
II III" house. i,nockel At the door. In :,
to". a minu:e. 4 window opened in the see.
onl story, an1 fa,a t voice n1triryl-
Who's there"
y stranger, says !. lost in the woods.
Let ne lie on the CARPET or sofa; will nav
yon for rour tronh!c. and thank Won besides
:! am in led she replied
just where all honest folks should be a,
ten o'clo X at night. replied.
But am alone she continued.
80 much the better saws | f: I'll! keep vou
company,
w nO ar? YOU ::
Laurie Todd. from New York. Ircplied
She smotc her hands the one arain,t the
other: Nay the Lord preserve mr" s,lc cx.
claimed. "Stop-I'll place liz: in the pas
sage. and unlock the ',oa~. Y0r Sit in the
par!or: Ill be with YOU in ten minutes
in five minutes. she entered the par.
ior when We ,lrst saw one another face :,
face. Iva, hungry and she gave me to cat
stranger, and she took NE in. There VA.
neither sleep 10 oUr eyes. nor slumbcr to GU
evc!id>; ana ere the morning sun had streak
ed with cod the eastern skv We had asrecd
on the prelminaries Of treaty matrimo
niaI.
Obstacles, apparently in>urmountahlc. soor
Intervcned: but. ike ether kings princes
empcror>. and potcnatcs. we courted h,
proxy. by 90 betwecn>. by letters. and sicnS
by TIE arrangements of Prov .dcncc. h,
mountains were removed, without NV inter
vcntion. | Immediately wrote the tollow;no
which may serve As a pattern to others il
like case, made and provided.
NEW YORK. Nav 80. 1868.
DEAR MARIA: The difficulties arc r.,
moved. God willing. will be in thv hons,
on Friday, the 10th. tell thee all abcu !, y,
Saturday, marry thee on Sunday and H.
as the Lord may direct on Monday.
ny t'"e .,co;chman GRANT
~ B-s,cnd for Your brother. and max
Proclamation at . \. NJ, in the church. an.
get married at 8 T. NJ.
1t was done in order. left Peck Sin fo
Bridgeport at 10 A. NJ, on Friday the 1otl
"f June, iv steamboat. railroad and Yank,
wagons. reached her dwelling at lOP NJ
told her all about it on SATURDAY.. was mar
RED and pad the minister at =. NJ, O,
Sunday, the 18th, which closed the concern
LETT her at IL y. NJ. to gather up the corn
stalks and make other arrangements. q,
Tuesday, the 18th, while went forward f.
prepare roost for my bonnv bird. I ar
rived in New York at II z. NJ, on Wcdnes
day, the 18th, having travelled stem an,
stern, hlthcr and thithcr. near seven hunlrc,
miles; and hence we NAV infer that low,
walks on the wings Of the wind from cich
teen to e ghtv-one.
My partner is a comcly matron of fort,
(thus meeting me half way,) was five year
married, twoy years a widow. no family. tw,
inches taller and five pounds heavier tha,
|: thus think have got the best Of III,
bargain; lady by birth. education and re
finemcnt daughter of the Prritans. with
mind as pure as was the heart of oar ro.he
Eve on the day before Lucfer PLAYED til,
devil with her: in everything but the Scnq
she Is second edition OF Jenny Lnd.
Beautiful is old age, beautiful as the SLOW
dropping mellow autumn of a rich cloriou
summer. In the old man, nature has fulfill
Cd her work; she loads him with the fruits of
awell spent life; and surrounded by his chill
dren and bis children's children, she rock.
him away softly to the grave, 70 which he i
followed h, blessings.