Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-01-10

ROMANCE IN REAL LFE,-A clergy |
man living not thousand miles from
Proctorsville, having attended a watch
meeting, returned to his home about one
o'clock on New Years morning and |
found team hitched In front of his |
door and q young couple in his house.
The object of their visit was soon made |
known by the young man, who informed |
the clergyman that he wished to be mar
ried to the young lady who was in the
other room arranging her toilet,
The clergyman suggested that it was
an unreasonable hour for a wedding, aud
proposed that they postpone the nuptial
ceremony till the next day In reply
to this the young man said that they
were not intending to be married until
the next day, but had concluded the
evening previous to take trip to his
home in Jeffrey, n. H., and were going
down to WinChendou on tho night train.
The story was so plausible that the cler.
gyman married them. They left and
went to the hotel in the village where
they spent the remainder of the night.
In the morning they went to the depot
to take the train for Ludlow, ncgloCting
to pay their bill at the hotel or for their
team hired at the livery stable. The
landlord followed them and demanded
his bill Of the bridegroom, which he
paid, The livery stable keeper also went
and presented his bill of three dollars
for the use Of the team. This bill, was
also paid and the man returned 10 his
stable and discovered that the whip he
had furnished the young couple was
missing He went back Immediately to
the depot and demanded pay for the lost
whip, which the happy bridegroom
handed over. On returning to the sta
BILE he found the runners Of the sleigh
were broken, and fearing the train might
leave before he could reach the depot.
FASTENED thither and presented a bill for
the third time to the happy but unlucky
man, who paid five dollars for the dam
age done TO the runners of the sleigh
The Gals soon arrived and took the
young couple to Ludlow, and the livery
stable keeper returned to his stable
On examining his sleigh more critically
he found the beams Of the sleigh were
also broken. Hitching up 4 team he
soon started for Ludlow and found the
young bridegroom, and for the fourth
time presented a bill, which was this
time Cancelled with q five dollar green
back. Nothing more occurred to mar
the pleasures Of their honeymoon till the
up mail train arrived at Ludlow, when
off stepped q young man in search Orthe
runaway couple. This man had a bill to
present to the young bridegroom, who
had proved his rival in this love affair,
the facts Of which were that the two
young gentlemen then confronting each
other had both been counting the same
girl; but lover No I (whe had Just ar
rived on the train in search OF the fugi-
tives) got the girl to promise to marry
him, and after they had appointed the
wedding day, invited lover No. , to at.
tend the festivities. The invited lover
however stole a march on his rival, and
on the evening alluded to procured a
team and went 10 see the lady, when
after few minutes conversation. they
agreed to proceed to the minister's resi-.
denCe as above, and become twain Of
one flesh" The truant girl, however
/ did not fail to array herself in the mar
riage garments furnished her by lover
No. /, who, when learning Of the pro
ceedings, was greatly incensed thereat
and upon meeting his rival at Ludlow,
claimed that the naughty girl had prom
lsed to marry him, and that he had
bought the nice clothes that she had on
her at thattime-her wedding suit. The
Bridegroom demonstrated in vain with
the rejected lover, whose fndigna-
| slOh "o"IN NC NC quieIeu Win nOJ0lO9
short of full payment for the nice clothes
that he had furnished the treacherous
girl. But here the bridegroom was in
bad situation; such inroads had been
made upon his financial resources, that
this last bill (the unkindest cut OF ALL
diversified them, and he was unable to
pay it, how much soever he might have
desired TO- But his relentless opponent
was uncompromising in his demands,
and nothing short of all the bride
groom's money and watch would satisfy
his wounded heart and depleted pocket
book.
At last the bridegroom yielded to these
stern demands, and gave up his watch
and last dollar, and doubtless feels rich
in the possession of one who has for
saken another and agreed to cling unto
him alone through life. H.
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