Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-22
How a Honey moon rrip Terminated.

Hampshire. She is a very hne looking young
Womsn, and for long while was considered
one OF the best looking ladies in New Eng.
n, Iand. In August last Mr.. Ackerman, Of
Utica, went down to Newport 10 spend the
| summer and indulge in sea breezes Among
| the guests then stopping at that fayorite wa.
| oetins place, was Miss Ellis Of New Hamp-
| shire, and her Uncle Beniapip. Her uncle
shrewd man Of the world, and can see ss
Tar Into the wants and pecuiiarities of Other
people as the next man. Mr. Ackermau. OF
Utica, saw Miss Ellis, and vas' so tstan -,,h
her contour that he imme ately mads n, ~,
mind that, If her beauty rested on a " golden
basis, he would ego In and win /" fo as
certain how Miss Ellis stood with reeara 20
the precious metals, Mr.. Ackerman same 10
the conclusion that the best thing he could do
was to pump her Uncle Benjamin. To get
Uncle Benjamin under the " pump" Mr.. Aek-
ermsn invited him into his parior, and par
took of iced champagne for several days IN
| succession. During one of these sociable sit
downs, Ackerman broached the subject In the
following manner:
That young lady who sat at the table near
you, this morning, is a magnificent creature.
Do you know her name? p"
"Do you mean the young lady with the
black riDglets %
The same. Are you acquainted with her91
certainly Her name is Ellis; she resides
in New Hampshire"
"An old family, the EIises, L believe
Yes, sir; and they have the rocks too %
" Possible; and 10 Miss Ellis worth any
thing in her own right?''
Il rather think she is She owns more land
than can see over from the top of 4 aae-
staf: In addition to this she holds some this-
ty thonsand dollars worth Of Governmept
securitis -
as it possible?''
True, every word Of it. 1 am her uncle,
and ought to know
Uncle, beg ten thousand pardops for
my rudeness. Had / supposed that Won vers
in any way related to the young lady. our
conversation would have taken a far different
direction: You will overlook the impropriety,
/ hope 2''
Uncle Benjamin promised to do 90, although
ne knew that Mr.. Ackerman was dealing ia
falsehood and duplicity the whole time. Mr..
Aekerman and Uncle Benjamin shook hands
and parted. The latter walked toward the
beach to have smoke. The former went to
the barber shop and ordered Mr.. Pomstum 10
dress his hair la Julien. Mr. Ackerman
put himself son his shape" at the earIies,
possible monent: He then sought an intro
duetion to Miss Ellis. He got it through her
I" Uncle Benjamin" The introduction ripened
into Irritation, the Irritation into a cou rtsbip-
and the courtship into marriage. The latter
came on two weeks ago last Monday The
next 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 over On their
arrival in this city, they drove to Stanwix
Hall, where they engaged suite of rooms at
the rate OF sixty dollars per week. On Mon
day Of this week, Mr. Ackerman informed his
wife that, owing to the non-a arrival of funds,
he would have to trouble her for q small loan.
How much, dearest 9''
No great sum, my duck-a couple of hun.
dred will do at present"
ga couple Of hundred, Why, my dear,
that is more money than have seen in the
last FIVE years"
"What becomes of your interest money NV
love?''
What interest money, my soulp"
W by, that interest money you derive from
those Government securities
I" Government securities don't know
what you mean.n
Don't know what mean Why. your
Uncle Benjamin informed me that you owned
thirty thousand dollars worth
" 1t he did, he should be written To and
made to explain. 1t is all q riddle to me
MIR. Ackerman conceded with Mrs. Acker-
man, and admitted that Uncle BENJAMIN
should be written to. He dropped him a let
ter that tvery hour. On Wednesday he received
Uncle Benjamin's answer We annex il:
:" Dear Nephsw In answer to yours of
Monday last send you this fear You have
put construction upon my language not war
ranted by the facts. 1 said that Miss Ellis
family was one Of the Oldest in the State, and
that they had lots Of rocks" This is liter
allys Miss Ellis parents live on a fifty acre
farm, nine-tenths of which is covered with
powders of all possible magnitude. If by
rocks you imagine money, you have, am
pained to say, deceived yourself 1 said that
Miss Ellis owned more land that could see
over from the top Of flagstaff admit
used this language, and the statement is true.
am very near-sighted the quantity of
and can see from the top of a hag-staf is
limited to half an acre. am sorry IL Won
me &c mean more than this. L
also mentioned that my niece held some
$50, 600 worth Of Government securities This
S true. every word Of it. The securities
iforesaid were issued by the First Congress
md are known as the far-famed Continental
money. 1t sells in Boston, at the present time
1t the rate OF ten cents a peck Should IL
BRING more than this in York State, please drop
ne line at your earliest convenience With
owe to self and niece, close with best wishes
or your prosperity.
"Yours, BS.V. ELLIS"
The first thing Mr.. Ackerman did when he
eceived Uncle Benjamins letter was to tear
{ open. The next thing was TO tear his hair
Alderman what ii all meant Mrs Ackermsn
eplies that she did not know, but supposed
all came from that love of fun which Uncle
3enjamin inherited from his grandfather
lerebulon Ellis. of Portland. Mr.. Ackerman
Id her Uncle Benjamin, and paid the same
compliment TO his grandfather, Zerebulon
ellis, of Portland. Having done this he pro-
lounced the whole marriage q cursed swim
lle." Mrs Ackermsn retorted and charged
dr. Ackermsn with being "a mercensry ad-
Mr.. Ackerman said he would
permit no woman to question his honor Mrs.
retorted by saying that he could
lot help himself. This 80 irritated Mr..
lckermau that be walked up and slapped
lrs. Ackerman's face. Mrs. Ackerman,
ot liking this sort of thing, pronounced her
husband brute. Soon after which she re-
aired to the Police Office and swore outa
variant against him for assault and battery.
t was Issued by Justice Parsons When
nc ohcer went to serve ii, however, it was
discovered that Mr.. Acksrman had flown. Ii
supposed that he has gone either to Utica