The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-04-29
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JefstlS!s-sNrcut tttOt ana loss Oh Eggs In
Gilcad!!!
Mn EplroR Tho war in Giead, is the pre-
vailiug topic of conversations Gilpad, the hitherto
ordcr-lovug, lawabiding exemplary aaj beau
tiful village, was recently the scene of the most
terrible riot we have heard of for years As
usual Love aud Elopement, MeldIcrs and Money
were the cause Of it,
"Nay. IL she love me not. care not for her;
Shall | look pale because the maiden blooms?
Or sigh because she smiles on others?
Not |. h., heaven hold my peace too dear,
To let it, like the plume upon her hat
Shake at each nod that her caprice shall dicatc.'
1t appears, as the story goes, that pretty young
"schoo marm." had been wooej aud won, by a
very clever good looking Master Baildor Of Gilead.
and that everything was progressing as things, do
sometimes progress, TO very desirable denouc-
ment. But as the poet said,
Three things a wise man will not trust,
The wind, the sunshine OF an April day,
And womans plighted faith"
And so the young carpenter found it for just
when he expected to be the hoppicst of husbands
serpent nestled in his couch, and stung him TO
the heart. A gay young Lothario from Calror
MIA, Oregon, Kansas, or kingdom come, happened
to get all introduction to the afianccd at her board
ing house. and by the seductive arts of friends,
and boastrul pletence of wealth, won her pride,
if not her heart, and the berothcd of the humble
mechanic sold her faith for the gold of the Hitter
ute Jackauapo. He took her to Toledo, bought
her wedding clothes and they fixed upon the next
Sabbath day to be married. But the result
showed that
a mans fool
II not instructed in womans school,"
The first lover hearing of the unfaithulncss of his
uitianced called upon her, aud after congratula,ing
her upon her good fortune, in prospect of obtain
ing amole wealthy husband requested 10 have his
portrait and letters returned, and was about TO
bid her inal farewell
"Farcwcl!-thou hast trampled loves faith in the dust
Thou hast torn from my bosom its hope andts trust
But her fckIc heart again gave way, and bursting
into food OF tears, she fell upon his peck ex.
claiming, 80 dcarast, | love you better than that
rich fellow after all, and If You will hurry aud get
The license, we will be married b. fore he comes"
The young mechanic, after enjoning upon her
the necessity of sober reflection, and utyeldi-g
iutcgrily oi heart and purpose, (and she still i'll
ssting upon their speedy marriage,) procured the
''papcrS" and married tho little elf the Thursday
previous to the Sunday that was to make her the
wife of the long pursed Orcgonian.
| The latter, too, got his papers and went to
her home in all the pomp aud circumstance Of
fashion 10 claim his bride. Bat she was among
the missing. Afraid TO face him, she attempted TO
aec and hide, but he was too close, and she was
forced to tell him that she was the wife of anolh
The young mechanic was full length ahead -
Oh what ndcscribablc spasmoalc groans, were
heard that day in the wildS of Milton. Tears fell
thick and fast--camphor and The vinagarctte were
in constant demand The lathless one went up
in high conAptiO,t fts and the Sunday husband
went of in regular ieIhs cXc!aimng in the anguish
of lis heart,
| 'Oh, ever thus from chillhood's hour,
| I've seen my tondss hopes decay!
The young carpenter, thinking all to be right re.
! lnquished The pleasures Of the bida couch Of his
fair Desdcmona, and went to his work Some Twelve
or fourteen miles or little suspecing, unschooled
US he was in the female heart, that
IF the earth could turn with womiu's tears
! Each drop she falls would prove creckodle."
Certain friends Of our heroine, it is said, favored
the suit oil the Oscgoniaa because Of his rputcl
wealth (although really no one knew that he Was
worth sous,) and sent carriage for the bride,
and conveyed her to Glcad from whence it is sup
posed she intended to clope with the Oregonian
to the flashing river Of his wild woods home. But
Alas what stay is there In human state,
| Or who shun inevitable fate?
The doom written, the decroc past,
Ere the foundations OF the world was cast"
Before the plot could be consummateJ the lawful
husband got wind of it, and fastened to her
place of concealmcnt, for an interview. lie was
denied access 10 her (It is allcdged, this was at
her own request, and the relatives claim that they
only sought to protect her) But be this US it
may the husband soon after made demand for
his wiic. pistol in hand, lie was again dcnied adj
mttance, aud thea came the tug of war Ills
friends came TO his aid. Al!
at was goodly sight
TO see the emhatted pomp. as with tho step
OF statcliness, his gallant friends came On
To see the eggs, and pistols cleaning in the mpou
And high above the banners broad and bright
Tossing their blazOnry."
The city, hamlet, and country for miles around
were aroused, AMI mounting in hot haste as the
Belgium jewellers did. hockcd to the seat of war
by hundreds. Our army sworc terribly in Elan
dcrs, but the Glead Regulators. sworc more than
terribly They came sweeping OF with the war
cry ol Justice or death
"Thsy like the waves when the nares are
stranded
Thsy came like the winds when the forest are rcnl
cd"
Barricadcs and battcFos were erected in the prn
cipal streets and near the tste de pont, aud young
and old biviouackel behind saw logs and cora
cribs beneath the mdnigat moon. guarding the
point of attack. the cas.l1 DE- GJthic. IA
The contest at length bosla, aad war b'oody