New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-11
Miss Ellis and Her Uncle Benjamin or,
How Honeymoon Trip Terminated.

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Miss Ellis was formerly a resident of New Hamp.,
shire. She is a very fine looking young woman, and
Il for long while considered of the best look
: ing ladies in New England In August last Mr. Ack-
ernlan, Of Utica, went down to Newport to spend the
summer and indulge in sea breezes. Among the
guests then stopping at that ayorte wateringpace,
4 was ttMiss Ellis Of New HAMPSHIRE y and her Uncle
i Benjamin. Her uncle is q shlewd man of the world
and can see as far into the wants and peelliares of
other people as t the next man. Mr.. Alderman of
tour that he Immediately made up his mind that, if
her beauty rested on golden basis" he would go
In and VIM To ascertain how Miss Ellis stood with
regard to the precious metals Mr.. Alderman to
pump" her Uncle Benjamin To get Uncle Benja-
min under the "pump,' MI. Alderman invited him
IN ms paror, and partook of iced champagne for sew
eral days in succession. During of these sociabe
lowing manner: z5'
g That young lady who sat at the table near you.
this morning, is magnificent creature. Doyou know
4 her name ~
| lets ~ 4 20
I" The same. Are you acquainted with her ?"
-" Certainly Her name is Ellis; she resides in New
!. Hampshiren Co. -
&c An old family, the Ellises, I believe"
q Yes, sir; and they have the rocks, too
Possible and is Miss Ellis worth anything in her
own right?'
:" rather think she is. She owns more land than
can see over from the top of flagstaff In addition
to this, she holds some thirty thousand dollars worth
| of Government securities"
- Is it possible?"
True, every word of it. am her uncle and ought
i to know"
Uncle! l beg ten thousand pardons for my rude
ness. Had supposed that you were in any way re-
lated to the young lady our conversation would have
improperly, Ihope"
/ Uncle Benjamin promised to do So although he
knew that MI. Alderman was dealing in falsehood
and duplicity the whole time. Mr.. Ackernan and
Uncle Benjamin shook hands and parted The latter
walked toward the beach to have a smoke The for
mer went to the harber-shop and ordered Mr. Ponla-
tum to dress his hair la julien. Mr.Ackernan nut
himself On his shape" at the earliest possible mo-
ment. He then sought introduction to Miss Ellis.
He got it through her Uncle Benjamin. The in
PRODUCTION ripened into Irritation, the filtration into
courtstp, and the coutship into marriage. The
latter came off two weeks ago last Monday. Thenext
day they started on their honeymoon. They visited
Boston and remained there till Thursday of last week
They then started for Albany They arrived here on
Friday morning, having spent the previous night at
Springfield, where they laid On their arrival in
this city, they drove to stanwx Hail. where they en-
gageda suite of rooms at the rate of sixty dollars per
week On Monday of this week Mr.. Alderman in
formed his wife that owing to the non-arrival Of funds
he would have to trouble her for a small loan.
How much, dearest 2" sa
No great sum, my duck-a couple of hundred will
do at present"
couple, of hundred Why, my dear, that is
" What becomes of your interest money nv love PIT |
+" What interest money, my soul ?' E@t
" ny, that interest money you derive from those
Government securities" &&
!" Government securities don't know what Won
mean.''
81" Don't know what mean! Why, your Uncle
Benjamin informed me that you owned thirty thou
sand dollars worth"
If he did, he should be written to and made to ey
plain. It is all a riddle to me-" ---.
Mr. Alderman conceded with Mrs. Alderman and
admitted that Uncle Benjamin should be written to-
He dropped him a letter that very hour On Wednes.
day {. he received Uncle Benjamin's answer weannez
" Dear Nephe,v: In answer to yours of Monday
last send you this fear you have put construc-
ton upon my language not warranted by the facts I
the State and that they had lots of rocks This is
literally So Miss Ellis parents live on tifty-acre
farm ninetenths of which is covered with powders of
all possible magnitude If by rocks you imagined
SELF said that bliss Ellis owned more land than
could see over from the top of fag-staf admit
used this language, and the statement is true. As
am very near-sighted the quantity of land can see
from the top Of flagstaff is limited to half an acre
am sorry if you understood me to mean more than
this also mentioned that my niece held some $780,
600 worth of Government securities. This is true,
every word of The securities aforesaid were issued
by the First Congress, and are known as the faramed
Continental money 1t sells in Boston, at the present
tme at the rate Of ten cents peck. Should it bring
more than this in York State, please drop me line
at your earliest convenience. With love to self and
niece, close with best wishes for your prosperity
Yours,
B. S. V. ELLIS"
The first thing Mr. Alderman did when he received
Uncle Benjamn's letter to tear it open. The next
thing he did TO tear his hair and stamp upon the
floor. He asked Mrs. Alderman what it all meant.
Mrs. Alderman replied that she did not know, but
supposed it all from that love of fun which I'm
lie Benjamin inherited from his grandfather, Zerebu-
on Ellis, of Portland. Mr.. Alderman id her Uncle
Benjamin, and paid the compliment to his grand
ather zerebulon Ellis, of Portland. Having done
his he pronounced the whole marriage ga cursed
'windle." Mrs. Alderman retoIted and charged Mr..
Alderman with being a nlercenary adventurer."
sLr. Alderman said he would permit no woman to
question his honor. Mrs. Alderman letorted by say
ng that he " could not help himself" This SO frrita
ed Mr.. Alderman that he walked up and slapped
Mrs. Ackermans face. Mrs. Alderman, not liking
his sort of thing pronounced Der husband brute,
soon after which she repaired to the Police Office and
wore out warrant against him for assault and bat
cry. 1t was issued by Justice Parsons. When the
,fcer went to serve it, however, it was discovered
hat Mr.. Alderman had flown 1t is supposed that he
las gone either to Utica Boston. If to the latter
place, "Uncle Benjamin should expect early visit
rom Maretzek moustache and dueing pistol
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