Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-01-15
Breach or Promise of Marriage.

says the Poughkeepsie N. Y. Press, common
ced in this city on the 9th Of December,
Judge John A. Lott and Associate Aosher
and Sherman presiding. - .-....
ssssSarah G. Doyle agt VIM E. Clark-Action
for breach of promise of marriage.-The de-
fendant, Clark, who is Methodist Dominic,
went to take charge of a congregation in Es-
opus, Ulster county, in June, 1855. He board
ed with the mother of the plaintiff, and the
plaintiff went to keep house for his mother.
Clark remained in Esopus two years, and then
went to Glenham, in this county, where he
now holds forth.
Sarah, the plaintiff, lived in Milan, and af
ter two years of communion with the DOmin-
lie, returned again to Milan, where she now
lives. Under the faithful ministrations of
Clark, Sarah was taken into the Methodist
church. The Dominic used to take her to
church in his wagon, and ride her round to
visit the neighbors. The Dominic wrote ser
mons in bis study, and Sarah took care of it.
She testified that he invited her to sit on his
lap, and said, as he put his arms around her
neck and kissed her. SARAH, would like to
make you my wife, A contract of marriage
was entered into. He wished to be married
in the church, end she agreed to that. He
loved her as he had never loved a woman
before. He told Sarah and her mother that
be had tried to keep out of love, but when he
got in, he came down like a child She testi-
fed to great many affectionate kisses and
hugs and embraces on the part of his minis
terial reverence land some Of them, willnot be
substantiated by outward circumstances, as
they are strictly under cover. He wanted to
,,,,,,,,, 1,o, l,f Tho Moda,o to, of no Gnpfor
ence would not allow it, and he was going to
make him come up to the scratch. She pro-
duced several letters written by him, breath
ing considerable share of temporal as well
as eternal love. Finally he wrote to her in
November, 1857, and said that he was poor
and she was poor that he was sick and she
was sick and as she hadn't good education,
and he couldn't support asswiie, therefore he
couldn't marry her. s.....--.. .-..
The next month he married Miss Van
Ambul,gh, of Peekskill In the meantime
Sarah had the Dominie's likeness, and the
Dominic had hers. She says the Dominic
urged her to write to him, and that
he sobbed two or three hours when in
1857 he came to her house in Milan and said
he was too poor to marry her. Sarahs broth
or says he heard Clark say once that he could
not preach unless Sarah was there to hear
him.
The defendant, Mr.. Clark contradicted the
entire statement of plaintiff, except little
hugging and kissing, and a few other things of
that description, ''or little more So"
Mr.. Wells of Esopus, came down here to
to telrwhat Sarah had said about dancing
jack" as compared with her man. Hyatt, Of
Esopus, had kissed Sarah little, and rolled
on the floor Jacob Frost had gone in for
Sarah pretty steep, but he got the mitten,
and didn't, as was natural, think great deal
of Sarah. Dave Feran courted Sarah for
couple of years, but after a while they didn't
hitch, and all the Ferans in court came down
on Sarah pretty bad. They proved that she
set her night cap for Methodist exhorter,
had tried the Bible trick, and asked one Of
her old lady friends to pray that she might
succeed in her suit.
The Dominic didn't know that Sarah was
in love with him, until he "heard her heavc
long deep sigh" and saw her run out of the
room one day, and then every time he saw
her he wanted to know what that strange
noise, that "deep sigh meant. Clark wrote
rather sentimental letters, but gentleman,
who sat at the table complained that he did
did mt spell according to best photography >
that in speaking oftwopersons, he used the
word "to," instead of two" as he should
have done. The Domino had some green
spots in the desert, and some cool springs
by the wayside." He wrote to Sarah, also, to
know if couple Of girls in Esopus were as
kissablcas ever.
Five witnesses said that Sarah could fib
little, and five more said she could not fib at
ALL
Dominic didn't want Sarah to write to him,
but asked her in every letter to write soon,
&C., and to tell him her whole heart. Mr..
Clark burned Sarah's letters ; but Sarah kept
his, for she had been anxious to ''sit by his
sweet side"
Mr.. Elseffer opened his case very ably for
the prosecution, and read Clark's letters with
good effect He thought it wrong that Clark
should "sp sweet nectar from Sarah's lips"
and then back out. s''d ."f
The jury, we regret to say, We're convinced
by each side, and therefore failed to agree
But, with true American chivalry, they stood
nine for the lady, (Sarah's charms were not
Intellectual and three for the Domino.
The court room was crowded throughout
the whole trial.