Litchfield enquirer., 1854-01-12

Remnnco im Grant Thurbnrnss E.ifes on. LOvEis sTRATAOsMs AT kieHTY ONE | Afr. Priaesr :--On the 25th of Au. gust. 1852, call of business led me to Wolcottville. Litchfeld County. Conn. was yet seven miles short of my des- linatioD. With guide and light wa- gon. I went forward. It was dalk we got lost in the wooda. Seeing a house by the way-side. says l to the driver, Hold the reins, and | will Inquire. ''
 All Was dark in the house. I Iknoeked at the door. In about . minute. win. dow opened in the second story, and . female voice inquired- ~ s sss l Whoss these ?'s @e ass.sS sghaL 1 <" A stranger." says I. s.loss in ths woods. Let me lie on the carpet or sofa will psy you for jour trouble. and thank you besides. = e @
 2" I am tn bed" she replied.
 Just where all honest folks should be at ten o'clock at night" I replied.
 Bat I am alone" she continued.
 ''So much the better, says "I'll keep you company. a asA #s
 s. Who are you 2''! s sa a.s, s,et :" Laurie Todd, from New Yo,k," l replied. ,saasl8 s ssss re.1
 She smote her hands the. one against the other: < 's May the Lord preserve me Y she exclaimed. Stop- Illplace . light in the passage. and unlock the door. You sit in the parlor; I'll be with you in ten minules.'' In five minutes ske entered the par- lor, when we first saw one another face to face. was hungry. and she gave me 10 eat; thirsty. and she gave me to d,ink; a stranger. and she took me in. There was neither sleep to our eyes. nor slum- Der to our eye lids; and ere the morning sun Lad streaked with gold the eastern say, we had agreed on the prelimina,ies of treaty matrimonial.
 Obstacles, apparently insurmountablc, sooR inlervened; but, like other kings, princes. empesors. and potcnlales. we cour,ed by proxy. by go betweens, by letters and dumb signs. By the arrange. men.s of Providence. the mountains were removed, without any intervention. l immediately wrote the following, which may serve as paltern to olhers in like cases. made and provided {:
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 DEAR MARIA: The difficulties are remoyed.-- God willing, will be in thy house on Friday, the 10th, tell lhee all about tt on Saturday, snar vy thee cn Sunday. and do a the Lord may di- 1ess og .rNu sr,.s ' ys .fs,.,r N. B.-Send for your brother, and make pro- clamaiion ei 9 4. M., in the church, and ge. married at M.
 Itwas done in order. I left Peck Slip for Bridgeport. at 10 A. M.. on Friday, the 10th of June, by steamboat, railroad and Yankee wagons. I reached her dwelling at 10 P. M., told her all about 1t on Saturday, was married and paid the minister at 0 P. M., on Sunday, tue 18th. which closed the concern. I left her ai II A. M., to gather up the cornstalks and make other arrangements. on Tnss> day, the 18th. while | went forward to prepare roost for my bonny bird. I arrived in New York at l2 F.. M, On Wednesday. the 18th, having travelled stem and stern, hilher and thi,her, near seven hundred miles; and hence we may infer that Love walks on the wings of the wint. from eighteen to eighty.one. My partner is comely matron of forty (thus meeting me half way.) was five years married. two years . widow, no family. two inches taller. aad five pounds heavier than l.; thus think have got the best of the bargain lady by birth. education and refinement; daughter of the Puriians, with . mind as pure as was the heart of ouS Mother Eve on the day before LueifeF played the devil wi,h her {: in every thing but the seag. she is . se- cond edition of yenny Find. ss.s