Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-11-12


his saddle, the laughingfaced Kate sprang
through the shrubbery to save him the trou-
bic.
Cant you accept my fathers terms 7"
"Yes, by George, l will, if you say So"
was the instantaneous response.
"Then come over tomorrow morning, be-
fore ten O'clock and tell HIM so," and the
girl vanished like fairy among the leaves.
The young man rode slowly home, bat he
was en- hand next morning. according to
bidding, and married the fair Kate in two
months after.
AS specimen of the absurd We cannot
do better than cite @ case that occurred
within our own jurisdiction, in country
village of Massachusetts. There was 2 GER
tain zachariah Peehles, stout, Industrious
sober and bashful farm hand, q resident. of
that locality. Zach was celebrated, not for
what he did say, but for what he did not,
bis silence being matter of marvel through
all that chattering neighborhood. Zach,
with all his tacturnity, was not proof against
the shafts of love, and one day was smitten
with the wholesome charms of the only
child of Widow Brown, a bright-eyed, good
looking girl, possessing the same trait of ST.
lence as Zach, though not in so eminent q
degree.
The frs. time that Zach showed his ad-
miration for the fair Sally was by seizing up
large bucket of COW feed she was about to
carry info the stables and hu-rying thither
in frightened way, much as though he
was taking it from burning house, After
that Zach seemed to be perpetNally on the
watch for opportunities to save the fair Sally
from her heavier work. These delicate at
tentions could not fail to attract tho atteh
ir,, ~ . h. ,l,A ll,-
pecting the young man, invited him into the
house to spend the evening, and from that
time Zach was fixity. he would sit In the
scarcely ever speaking, dividing his atteh
his eyes on Sally.
For two years this quiet alteration wens
on, and the neighbors wondered why, as
there was nothing to prevent it, they did
not marry. 1t never has been known whe
ther the idea arose out of Zachs own brain
or whether it was hint from friend, but
It last he did find courage to pop the ques.
ton. 1t was done in this way. The time
was New i-car's Eve, and the fair Sally had
been preparing stout jug of mulled cider,
that She might have something to cheer
Zachs heart when he came in. Zach came,
he drank and took his accustomed seat in
the chimney corner, where he sat quietly as
usual for few minutes, and then, without
any previous symptoms, he rose up to his
full height, six feet and two inches, putting
his head up the chimney so that but little
of him was seen above the waist, and delly-
cred the following Grafton
"If somebody loved somebody ms well as
somebody loves somebody somebody would
marry somebolyr
Zach remained with his head up the
chimney, after this speech, silent as death,
for some minutes, until he came forth from
his place of refuge at the earnest solicitation
of the Widow Brown, with face glowing
like the setting sun. The thing was done,
however, and Zach and Sally were married
in few weeks after, and We are convinced
that if either of them could be indnced to
talk, now, after trial of a dozen years, they
wGald say that they were entirely satisfied
with that mode of popping the question.
Among the oddities of the mystery. the
one oyer which Ne have personally wonder
| ed much, occurred in shs city of Philadel-
phia under our own knowledge.
A lady and gentleman who had been ac-
quainted out one week, and who moved in
the very first circles, were walking upon the
street, the lady showing the lions OF the city
to the gentleman, who was stranger III
Philadelphia. In the course of their ram
ble they were stopped 10y wedding. party
who were alighting from thsir carriage at
a church door. The lady proposed to 60
in and see the affair through. The gentle
man consented, and together they stood I'll
the ceremony was over. At the instant, tht
gentleman, taking the lady's hand in his
led her INTERESTINGLY to the altar, without
a single word spoken, and presented hei
before the astonished minister, with the re-
quest that they should be made one. IL
ten minutes the knot was tied, and we have
no reason to believe that either have, in th
ten years they have been joined, seen caus
to regret the suddeness of the idea.