Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-27
Courtship OH the Pacific Hallway
An Acquaintance Begun I'm Cali.
fOrnfa Rfpens into Marriage-Tbe
Knot IN Tied I'm Cleveland.

Al Acquahnt8uce beEuM IN ChtI.
fornfa Rfpens into Marriage--The
Knot fs Tied I'm Cleveland.
From the Cleveland Herald, December Is
A singularly romantic sffAir was
brought TO feicitous termination in this
city on Saturday. A brief interview with
the happy husband developed the follow
ing circumstances Some eight years ago
q gentleman named Patton, with his wife
and daughter, the latter being about
fornia from Massachusetts. He was an
industrious, enterprising man, Of limited
means, and sought the golden sheres of
the Pacific in the hope of bettering his
fortunes. Hc went to Sacramento City,
where be found ready employment at his
trade, that of builder. By judicious
Investment of the little means he took
with him, in few years he became the
possessor of nice little property valued
at $4,000 or $4,000. But adversely
came, and fire swept away more than
half of his wealth, without dollar of in
surance. Soon after this, be was killed
by ON accident while at work, aud, by
singular fatality, his wife followed him to
the daughter had grown to comely dam
sci of twenty-one. There was no lack of
admirers, but she found no suitor to suit
her, Left alone among strangers, she
lopged for the home and friends Of her
childhood, but, dreading the perils
of an ocean voyage, she waited
until the Pacific railroad should be COM
pleted. Converting into money what
remained of the property of her father,
amounting to some $4,000, she procured
through ticket to New York, and
started OF her long trip, courageous'y
undertaking the journey alone. Soon
after leaving Sacramento, however. she
met by chance, the usual way on railroad
cars. our informant, young gentleman
of prepossessing appearance, whose fea-
lures bore the impress of virtue and char
scter. His home is in New Jersey. He
had been to California on business con-
nected with the property OF deceased |
relative, and happened to fall in With
Miss Patton upon the train. An &C
quaintance sprang up, usual at first, but
soon ripened into friendship; and she
consented to accept him as protector
and escort. Cupid seems to have been
bent on making mischief from the hour
of their meeting, and with freshflled
culver kept up persistent target-prac-
tice at their hearts. Day after day, as
the train rolled on through the mountain
Businesses and over the great plains OF
the West, the little arrowy god never for
a moment forsook them, and they did
fad it
"-pleasant
Riding on q raj"
Matters were brought to focus in
somewhat shorter space of time than
Mrs. Grundy assigns to wooars; but both
were fully satis fed, and they determined
to take life ticket together. Thinking
it would be neat surprise to their
friends, and having that sublime indif-
ference to the opinions of others which
is such a distinctive popularity of the
American character, they decided to
stop at Cleveland and have the hymenisl
knot tied at once. They arrived by the
afternoon train on Saturday, and having
but few preliminsries to arrange, within
A couple of hours the twain had been
declared one in the most orthodox mau-
ner by one of our squires. The night
express east bore the happy couple on
their way.
We have briefly given the facts as re-
lated to US, and our readers will agree
With us that the affair deserves to take
rank as one of the prettiest romances of
The day. U