The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-04-02

"MARK TWAIN" MARRIED AND SET-
TLED.-By the last mail we received .
delicate pink envelope containing still
more delicate cards Of still more deli.
cate pink, one bearing the words "Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Clemens, Delaware Ave-
nue." and the other, aOlivia L. Lang
dou, and note announcing the mar
riage on the Sd of February, in New
York So Mark and Miss Jlangdon have
been made "Twain" according to the
statute in such cases made and provided,
and his host of friends will wish him Joy
at his good fortune, for the lady is spoken
of as being beautiful, accomplished and
amiable. And Mark has prospered 6nan-
cialIy, for his book yields him hand
some income, ard his lecturing receipts
should make any ordinary mortal happy.
It seems Marks father-in-law played
an elaborate practical joke on him on the
night of the wedding. The bridegroom,
being busy with his lectures, and not
finding house for sale that suited his
purse and taste, instructed Mr.. Langdon's
agent in Buffalo to secure him rooms and
board in some nice family, where there
would be but o few other boarders and
though the commission was executed
Mark could not learn the name of the
family or the street where they lived
and he privately determined to caution
his father-in-law, as soon as admitted
into the family, against continuing such
stupid agent in the management Of his
business Finally, dozen particular
friends escorted the bridal party from
Elmira to Buffalo, in palace car, and
on arriving proposed to call on the newly
married pair in the morning. By some
more stupidity on the part Of the agent,
the bride and groom were the last to
leave the car, on account of the carriages
being blocked in, and when Mark reached
his aboarding house," he fouHd all h1
friends awaiting him in splendid man
sion, (S40, ,00O) elegantly furnished, sta
BILE, horses, coach, liveries for servants,
check on the bank for a handsome
/ amount and all a present from the
father-in-law. He said it only needed .
drop curtain and prompter to place
the characters In position to mako it
:. seem ike scene in sensation drama.
: In his letter he says: "I have read these
s absurd fairy tales, in my time, but
!. never, never, never, expected to be the
hero of a romance in real life as unlocked
e for and unexpected as the widest Of
q them" In the postscript to his letter he
: says: "In the good old fashioned fairy
! tale, the hero would infallibly hap.
pen to notice an opal hued mother Of
: pear box on the centre table, and would
: Leedlessly open it and find in it q deed fol
i all the newly acquired property. But
g bless you, never had any experience
in playing hefo in a tale, aud 80 no mat
: ter who showed that box toward me, OF
J limited darkly at its contents, my calm
e unrufled stupidity was victorious every
/. time, and at last they had to shove ths
q box under my nose in the most unro
| mantle way, md open it and display the
= deed and insurance papers. All handl
I laughed at and abused me, but I told
theIo it was all so new to me-taekle me
p again with another house, and see how
d would sail through my part. The checl
a on the bank, accompanying the gift, VA
). not necessary, for my book and lecturinl
= keep me equal to minor emergencies r.
:, Alta