The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1854-06-02
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rending events has recently occurred i'm the
neighborhood of Bethel, Bethel township,
Delaware co, Pa, near the Delaware line, that
we ever recollect having heard, or read of
either it the pages of romance or the
more startling incidents of real life. The con-
sequence has been that young and lovely wo-
man, a bride Of only FIVE months, died few,
weeks ago of broken heart
A Mr. c., a highly respectable farmer liy-
ing in the neighborhood, comted and mar
ried the daughter of another highly respected
and wealthy farmer living, rs we stated above
it Bethel townships. He took her to his home
where his cousin, who kept house for him,
received her with smiles, and bade her wei
come. But she soon found that some other
tie was drawing her husbands affections from
her. lie left her 70 sleep alone at night,
which so often passed in tears. Shesoon saw
enough to confirm her suspicious that his
cousin had withdrawn her husbands affec-
tions, and that with him she engaged in the
enjoyment of Illicit love. She Immediately
addressed him, telling him she would leave
the house for week---that during that time
he must send his cousin away, and that she
would then come back and live with him,
and forget all. lie made her promise that
he would. She went home. The first, sec
ond and third week elapsed, and still no hus-
band came. She then told her sister that it
was time for her to go home. The carriage
came, and hersister accompanied her. When
she arrived at her husbands residence he was
absent, engaged in the woods. She was cold
| ly received by the cousin, who maden no eff
fort to get refreshments She was placing a
pie in the stove when she remarked rather
insultiDgly, "this is for Tom" The wife re-
piled that there was enough for him and
others too, but the cousin reiterated that none
| else could haye any. Up to this time she
had not told her grief to any member of her
family. The sister soon after departed, and
the husband arriving, she reminded him of
his promise ofsending the cousin away, when
she was startled by his absolute refusal. She
Immediately walked up stairs, put few
things in band box, and startled for her
fathers house on foot. She had not gone
far before her husband overlook her in
carriage, and offered to take her home, but
she refused and went the whole distance on
foot She then unburdened her grief to her
family. The next day her father ordered his
wagon, and went to the husbands residence
for hepurpose of taking away the furniture
he had supplied his daughter with on her
marriage. Upon arriving at the house, the
husband was absent, the cousin alone being
there She had locked up all the doors and
drawers, and refused them admittance. The
father then addressed his daughter, telling
her she was mistress, and to give orders, to
break open the doors. She did so. The doors
were accordingly forced, and most of the fur
niture and clothes belonging to the deserted
bride, were taken oher fathers where, upon
her arrival, she took to her bed an died, of a
broken heart. ~
Thus was young and lovely being, whom
"none knew but to love-" or, named her but
to praise, only five months a bride
through crushed and sighted affection, hur-
ried to her tomb. The tiolator of the holy
marriage vow, will suffer the stings of gull
ty conscience for the murder of which he
has been Instrumental. The funeral was at
tended by an unusual concourse of the people
ofthe neighborhood.
well We should not weep in wishing, nor
sully felicity with tears. But we do weep,
because evil lies lurking in wait over all the
earth for the innocent and the good, the
happy and the beautiful, and when guard
ed no more by our eyes, it seems as If the
demon would leap out upon his prey. Or
it is because we are so selfish that we cannot
bear the thought of loosing the sight Of the
happiness of one we dearly love, and are
troubled with strange jealously and envy
Bofbeings unknown to us,and for ever to beun-
known, about to be taken into the very heart,
perhaps, of the friend from whom we part, and
to whom we breathe sad, almost sullen,
yet still a sweet farewell Or does the sha-
dow of death pass over as while we stand for
the last time together on the sea-shore, and
see the ship with all her sails about to yoy-
age away to the uttermost parts Of the eartha
Or do we shudder at the thought of mutabil-
ity in all created things, insensate or with
soul land know that ere few hours shall
have frightened the path Of the swift vessel
on the far-off sea, we shall be dimly remem-
bered alas at last Forgotten and all those
days, months, and years, that once seemed
as If they would never die, swallowed up in
everlasting oblivion
To divert at any time a troublesome fan
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