Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-11-26
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EI0PEMENr AND \. MARRTAGE.

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The guppertten" society Of Troy,N. u,
have new and startling gsubjestfof gossip.
A wealthy uptown merchant In the dry
goods line has O daughter, who, like Jeph-
| tha'g OF sacnad writ was ''passing fair. u
The young lady is, and for . long time has
been, one Of tlie leading bellies Of the city,
and has freqdented River street pleasant
afternoonss illustrating the rGfecian bend'
! to perfection. She s'fond lof dancing and
| attends all the fashionable balls, those Of
the b. B. sinot excepted. She was. in the
habit of visiting O we'll known haif!dressing
saloon TO have her bair dressed for balls
and parties, and the young mana
worthy and industrious, but impeouniOus,
tensorial artist who curled and puffed the
| lpdysrayen ringlets, was an Adonis and
"fair to look upon" He wears splendid
inOusthehe has curly hair and eyes black
and. cunning. While manipulating the
curling tongues for his, fair customer his
fingers unconsciously perhaps toyed with
her curls, and owing tosome electrical or
niAgnetcal influence, no, doubt, there grew
between the young man and woman mu-
tual attachment Notwithstanding the
great difference in their social positions,
this attachment, which at first was small
flame, kpdled to o consuming fire.
While "eyes to eyes were gazing
soft, the parents Of the young lady
were in blisaiil inconsistencies of the
girls fancy for the poor barber. They
labored under the mistaken apprehension
that she intended to marry the son Of a
rich. influential Trojan iron manufacturer.
But the Estimation" finally reached crisis.
1t was night. The pale moon shone down
through the cool November air, lighting
up the landscape. The tin and pebble
roofs of wooden Troy gG3tened in pale
Luna's rays end not o sound was to be
heard, excepting the tramp Of policemen,
the watch dogs bay, and the moving OF
Thomas cats, who were fighting 1t out
on Grants or some, other lipe. The guy
and festive, but poor, barber might have
been seen at this dead hour of night, with
overeoaB buttSned up TO his chin, vending
his way up the sidewalk Of the north side
of Twelfth street., in the vicinity OF
Fulton. He passed into the back yard
Of a fine residence q lady in a travelling
dress and vel. emerged from Q back door,
the two went out of o rear gate into the al
ley, whero'a carriage was waiting. The
pair drove to Wllliamstown, were married
at m early hour by pastor. always ready
and willing to do such jobs, and returned
before noon the next day to inform their
astonished friends of their Wedding OF
course the fatherof the girl raved and
swore on account of such a barbarous pro-
ceeding, and the mother wept ut the way
wardness Of her daughter; but what was
done could not be undone. The father
says he would give ten thousand dollars to
have his daughter free once more from the
barber. His friends, however, are consol-
ing him by advising him to fit up an ele-
giant harber-shop and present the same to
his new and affGctionate son.in-law Vefil
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