New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-09
IFrom the Galena (Illinois) Gazette !

[From the Galena Illinois) Gazette
Last Tuesday evening, just as the attaches
of one of our fashionable millinery esta biish
ments had finished replacing in their proper
places the numberless little articles OF fnery
that had accumulated on the showcases and
in the door, preparatory to retiring tor the
night a gentle knock at the front door
greeted the ears of the tired milliners. Upon
opening the door, a. little lady, apparently
about fifteen years Of age, stepped up to the
counter, and, without Offering any explana-
ton for the unseasonableness of the hour,
placed q parcel on the counter and
opened it, displaying a quantity of
silks, satins and ribbons, from which
shelselected material for wedding outfit,
and said it must be made up within three
hours. The milliner offered the usual objec-
tons, all OF which the young lady over
ruled, and finally left the store with the
understanding that the wedding outfi would
be completed at one o'clock that night. At
the hour appointed for the completion of
her order she drove up to the door, jumped
out of her buggy, paid literally for her
work, and departed. Yesterday morning
an aged couple. the father and mother of
theyOung lady, came to the city in hot haste
in search of their missing daughter, and fur
nished us with the following information,
which explains the singular conduct of the
would-be bride the night before:
It appears that the young lady's father is
q rich farmer, who resides within twenty
miles OF this city. A few months since he
sent his daughter to boarding school,
situated a short distance from Chicago
During the few months she remained at
this school she formed the acquaintance of a
young man, whose parents resided near the
school. This acquaintance soon grew into
an old fashioned romantic school girl attach
ment Her parents, receiving Information
of the affair, brought their daughter home.
but Notwithstanding the most careful watch
ing she succeeded in carrying on CORES.
pondence with the young man by means of
which she perfected her plans for an elope-
ment. The young man was to have taken
the train which leaves Chicago on Tuesday
evening, and meet his lady love at Council
Hill Station: but, alas. 'The best laid
schemes O. mice an men gang after
a.gey.' just as the young gentleman was
about to step upon the train that was to
bear him TO the arms of his baby bride,
pate,Jdmilias laid a strong hand upon the
wouldbe bridegroom's shoulder, and by
thus exerting his parental authority pre-
vented the young man from taking part in
the interesting ceremonies that was to have
taken place at Council Hill. The young
lady, although two years younger than the
gentleman, appears to have been far more
successful in executing her part Of the pro-
posed plas. She drove into Galena late on
Tuesday afternoon, made her purchases. and
waited until after dark in order to avoid
meeting any of her relatives, before she pro-
ceeded to the milliner's. She then drove to
Council Hill Station, to await the arrival of
the morning train. She is, no doubt, ere
this safely at home, under the protecting
care Of her parents.