The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-07-10
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A Singular Case of Breach Of Promise in Canada.
A rather singular case Of breach of promise
OF marriage was tried before Judge Smith, in
Montreal on the 18th inst The plaintiff was
n Miss LYDIA Flaeg, and the defendant, Mr..
Francis Ewing Both parties lived in the
Parish of Henrysyile Lower Canada The
defendant is farmer of considerable wealth
aud responsibility. The plaintiff is a farmers
daughter, and is also respectfully Connected
They commenced their courtship in Novem-
Der, 1854, and after two months spent in max
ing love, the LIST of January, 1885, was fixed
upon as the wedding day. Great preparations
were made for the important event, by the
young lady and her family. A sumptuous
dinner was provided, and numbers Of friends
of both parties were invited. The license was
purchased the clergyman was engaged and in
short, every arrangement was considered com
plete.
On the appointed day Miss Flagg and her
friends proceeded to the church where the
ceremony was to be performed, but Mr.. Ewing
had not yet arrived They waited for two
hours, and he still came not. Messengers
were dispatched in search Of him. and in due
time they returned with intelligence that he
was no where to be found-in fact, that he had
left for parts unknown. No cause was as
signed for this strange proceeding. The girls
character was unimpeachable, and no conjec-
ture could be made as to what had induced
him so suddenly to change his intentions OF
course the young lady was deeply affected by
such ungenerous conduct. But nothing was
heard Of her truant lover for several months.
At length it was stated that he hal gone TO
the United States. This was the substance
of the case for the plaintiff, stated by her
counsel.
The defence was a singular one. The de-
fendant's counsel denied that he had ever been
guilty of breach of promise; that he loved the
young lady intensely, and that his love had
never changed that he had engaged to marry
her, and was still prepared to carry his engage.
ment into effect. He avoided alluson MS much
as possible to the vagary which seized him on
the day named for the marriage, but stated
that any time subsequently he was ready and
willing to take her as his welded wife, if he
had only been asked to do so; but he had
never been asked, and consequently he did not
think fit to offer. He was inpatient to be
asked all the time to name the happy day, and
he thought it strange that the present action
should be brought against him for not doing
that which he had never been asked to do
Such was his defence, and L was urged with a
pathetic air OF injured innocence; but it had
little weight with either judge or jury, and he
was finally cast in $3.50 dana yes being exact
ly half the sum the young lady claimed.
A You've BORDER RUFFIAN."-The Boston
Herald states that an urchin in one Of our pub
lie schools, scarcely ten years old, was discov-
cred, one day last week, with pistol in his
pocket loaded with ball. and capped! In re-
ply to a question from the principal of the
school as to what he intended to do with the
wenDOO the Iittla chovar caid-oue Of thu
boys called me names yesterday, and if he calls
me names again I'll sboot hiDl!"
Or An innocent little child being asked by
her mother, after she had said the Lord.
Prayer what she supposed was the meaning