The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-06-24
A Bridegroom Gets License to Marry a
Girl and Marries Her Sister.

An extraordinary exempifcation of fe-
male fckleness occurred in our neighboring
County of Jones on Saturday last. A cou-
ple the gentleman being named Leppcr and
the lady Caroline Stuttsman, had loved each
other long and WE'LL and were engaged to be
married on that day at the fashionable hour of
twelve. NJ. Lepper had procured his license,
invited his friends and engaged the officer.
But, alas "there's many a slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" especially when "a LASS is in the
question. Saturday Miss Caroline went from
her country home to Anamosa to complete her
wedding outfit: Mr.. Lcpper went there to
meet her; but not finding her where he an
ticipated after considerable inquiry he learn
cd beyond doubt that she had taken the
| train for Monticello. What did this mean !?
With breaking heart and reason lettering on
its throne the victim of this cruel trcachery
waited, hoping against hope, for the afternoon
train. His consolation was, odd as it may
seem, his afianced's sister Betsy. She as
sured him that Caroline would,bc back and
| marry him; if she didn't, sooner than see
him left to droop in bachelor loneliness any
longer she would marry him herself. The
afternoon train arrived-and so did Caroline.
Oh, the JOY of hope rekindled Oh, the
bliss of contaminated love! Now they would
be united in holy bonds, never more to part
| till death Not much For when he step
ped aboard the afternoon train, on which, IS
he had wildly hoped, his Caroline came, and
presented himself to escort her off, she got
her back up and held her head up, and turn
ed her nose up, and refused to be escorted off.
Nay, more; she declared that her railroad
ride was not ended yet and she was going
where she pleased. While the conversation
was going on the train started with MIR. Lep-
per on board. Mr.. Lepper rode as far as
Viola, where he got off, while the recusant
bride went on as far as Springvile Return
ing to Anamosa Lepper looked up Miss Bet
sy Stuttslnan, and informed her that as his
arrangements with Miss Carrie had miscar-
ricd he would accept her offer. He proceed
cd to the country office again, had the name
'sCaroline" scratched out of his license and
the name "Bctsy" scratched in, recalled the
marrying man and they were united in sacred
wedlock before midnight Without follow
ing their fortunes further let us turn our at
tention to Miss Carrie Stuttsman. Proceed
| ing to Springville she brought up with a;
young man whose name and lot she on Sec
ond thought preferred rather than become a
Lepper. Runor bath it that he offered her
five dollars to break" with Lepper and mar
ry Him. That is what VIC call getting wife
cheap; even if the woman herself should
turn out utterly worthless, her wedding
clothes must be worth more than that. IL
he is satisfied both brides certainly ought to
be; aud Lepper has made the best bargain of
all for while Miss Carrie has no children
Miss Betsy had two. This however, may be
owing more to luck than shrewdness on Lcp-
per's part, for it is not certain whether he
knew of it when he married hcr.-Dubuqe
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