Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-01
STRANGE MESAILLANCE.
Efopement Of n Captivating Heirsss with q

Country Clown.
Two youthful candidates for matrimony, from
Bourbon county, Kentucky, made their debut
at the Spencer House yesterday and as soon as
they had breakfasted-they were not poetized
above the reach OF appetite by their passion
made known their connubial wants Mr. France
one Of the clerks Of the hotel to whom they ap-
piled, asked where the prospective bridegroom
was, seeing no one but a very large, ruddy-
'eneeked, awkward and entirely rural individu-
al, who looked as if he had just left the plov.
n. am that feller, Mister, and want To
mazry this gal right of, quick !" was the re.
<qpnss of the predestined Benedict, while the
-, barely seventeen, and as unlike him as
cytherea was unlike Vulcan, smiled at what
QPsAred to her, in her blind partiality, an
-np1n expression Of manly regard
e.ssNo wonder the clerk did not conjecture the
fede Bourbonite to be her lover. No one who
, bslieves that like seeks like would have
dreamed Of the possibility of such compact.
a. The girl was very fair, delicate and symmet-
rical-quite love of a creature, with blue
, eyes and golden hair, and the most darling
little rosebud Of a mouth that ever pouted
kisses above the enchanting dimples of a beau
hful chin She was 1.-the as a lilly on its stalk,
and every motion Of her form, and eycry ges-
ture, was grace itself. Her conversation was
ingenious but elegant, easy but intellectual.
and 1t was evident she added, to a naturally
refined mind, superior education combined
with various accomplishments
We thought Of Titania and Bottom and
Blanche and Quasimode, and Beauty and the
Beast, and We know not what other creations
Of fction, as we gazed at the pair that were 10
wed, and wondered whether the crop of hus-
oands had not been /" short" last season in Old
Bourbon: We are aware, Of course, that oppo
sites attract each other, but culture generally
seeks culture, and refinement refinement. how
ever temperament and organization differ.
This instance, however was an execution. for
here an accomplished young lady was on the
point Of mating with a clown not only in man.
ners but in person and character. Miranda's
love for Caliban would not have been more
unnatural. Still, the fair Kentuckian was
violently enamored Of her bucolic lover, it was
evident, and had doubtless idealiIed him into
q sort Of Apollo. His defects she Supplied with
the romance Of her own nature, and covered
his faults and awkwardness with the gorgeous
vestments Of her Imagination, until be sbone
forth, in her eyes at least, an incarnation of
her poetic dreams
They were married in less than an hour. and
as they retired from the reception room in
which they had been united, she seemed as
mach pleased with his gauehsries, as be with
her elegant and engaging department We
thought of the familiar lines Of the play, and
felt how thoroughly they were verified in the
example before US
In joining contrast lleth loves delights.
Hence, hands Of snow In palms of russell lie:
The form Of Hercules and Of the sylph's,
And breasts that case the lions fire. proof heart
Find their loy'd lodge in arms where tremors
dwell.
This marriage was, as may be supposed, the
result Of an elopement. The bridegroom had
been employed by the brides father in a me-
nial capacity, and as soon as she returned from
a New England school, where every pains had
been taken to give her an excellent education,
she "fell in love" with the 'rude, unlettered
hind" and herself proposed the runaway.
The devil Is in some women, and no mistake.
and this was a case in point
Whether the father, who is wealthy, will nc.
cept his plebeian son-in-law is a question we
cannot determine. Perhaps, as he is extraya-
gantly fond Of his daughter, he will forget her
DleS9IIfGRee Tor the great love he bears his
child.-CIneiMnGti paper.