The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-03-27
A Love Story.
MONTGOMERY, or BEERS CORNER, !
Cecil county. March 90, 1869.

coIlleE III Soul papCi II s"u i's'S,
will furnish you with an item of inter-
est. know you have press of mat
ter from willing and able correspond
ents in every part of the county; so
numerous and interesting are your let
tiers that my modest pen quietly retlres
from competition for which l feel my
self unequal no doubt your readers
are abundantly thankful there for!
The subjects of Crops, Love, Court
ships, Marriages, Deaths, Funerals,
Improvements and other kindred topics
which form the staple of newspaper
communications, are so much alike that
with little change of names and places,
a letter from one district might answer
for all; vet it certainly reflects no little
credit on writers thus to be able to
dress up tale so often told, so rs to
give it fresh and new appearance
From an undertaking so difficult l
instinctively shrink back, and never
take my pen in hand until some I'M
usual or startling occurrence becomes
nv inspiration then, in such style and
in such words as may come to hand, |
pitch in and tell my tale, leaving it to
your discretion to print or burn.
The occasion for this epistlc was one
to challenge my retiring pen, and to
call forth all its latent powers. There
has been in this usually quiet commu-
nifty perfect hubbub, perfect parox-
ysm of excitement, altogether beyond
NV powers to describe. Now, hold on !
don't worry no one was killed, though
there might have been! nor any body
married, though there had like to have
been! l pause for name for the oc-
currence, but it is nameless it was not
a Tragedy, for no life was lost it was
not Comedy, though there was in and
about it much to laugh at; nor was it
Farce, althoug h it contained many of
it's leading and characteristic clements.
Having no name at hand, | will give
the facts in the case, and you and your
readers MAJ call the circumstance by
what name you think best.
Here, l confess my want of ability to
keep up the already excited interest of
the reader, and at the same time to do
Justice to the details of my somewhat
lengthy subject.
For months the notes of preparation
indicated that something unusual was
in the wind night and day, Saturday
and SUNDAY, hurry and hustle were
the order of the day and night. At
length it leaked out that q wedding
was on the tapis, and it was to be kept
quiet. Ike injunction of secrecy was
so we'll observed, that everybody, far
and near, was fully intrusted with it.
The doting sire purchased farm, on
which to plant his hopeful scion; stock,
tools and furniture were duly procured,
and as the nuptial day approached the
embryo bridegroom, bewildered with
ecstacv and frantic with joy, seemed
utterly beside himself Finally, the
eventful moving commenced, and the
goods and chattels, personal, were
safely transported to the new planta-
ton quietly to wait the advent of their
lord. The necessary preparations hav-
ing been completed, the blissful day
was named: Thursday, March IS,
1869. o, never-to-be-forgotten day !.
The Parson was engaged, the friends
invited, and waited the slow motion of
the sluggish sun to usher in the aus
picious morn when the twain should be
made one flesh.
The plan was, to have the hymenial
knot tied, and then partake of an early
breakfast, when the happy pair were to
start for their new home but "thcre is
many slip 'twi1t the cup and the lip
or, as Burns says:
The best laid schemes of mice and men
Gang aft a-gley,
And leue us nought but grief and pain
For promised joy.
Everything else being ready, the happy
swain proceeded to the County Seat to
secure the license and here our lover
first realized the truth of the aphorism
that "the course of true love never did
run smooth" l think | can see him
with downcast look and fearful eye, as
he contemplates the momentous VEN
ture he is about to make. Hitherto all
had passed smoothly along; soft words
and tender looks, though powerful,
were cheap, but he was now called to
invest the ready "rhino," in a bit of
paper. Four dollars and fifty cents
gone! Clean lost forever! The thought
was too much for him, and overcome
with the magnitude of the risk, he
repented at the clerks Office, and turned
back, grasping the imperiled greenback
all the more fondly for the danger es-
capped. Lucky man! For not only
has he saved the price of the license,
but also the parsons fee, which, by the
liberal advice of friend, had been run
up r,m two (his original sunny to FIVE
dollars, making net saving of $3.50
by the operation. Nor is that all. |
forgot to say (who could remember all
of such tale) that he procured cake
and three lemons, on condition that he
could return themi if he saw proper
Then followed the countermanding of
orders and invitations, after which the
prudently-procured cake and lemons
were duly returned to the baker uncut
and untasted, making further saving
of, perhaps, another dollar As for the
expectant bride" Poor thing!' you
say. "She tainted, no doubt ~ Not a
bit of it. She just gathered herself up
and went off-not in sWoon, but on a
visit as if nothing had happened; and
when her lord saw his mistake, which
he soon did, and offered yet to consum-
mate the match, she said NO" with
most becoming pluck.
Now follows the awkward task of
explaining his conduct; for who will
not try to excuse himself, and throw the
blame on others: Prudent men, when
they buy horse, sometimes take him
awhile on trial. And is not the choice
of a partner for life of more Importance
than the choice of a horse? The latter
the bots may kill, or he may break his
neck, or he can be sold or traded off,
but in the case of wife there is no
remedy. So thought our hero, and he
resolved to test her fitness for the POSI-