St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-05
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\ ROMANCE or TIE CONSTITUTIONS As III
WAS.

| \ I'phAN' !. bt TIE CpNSilll Hos ~ IL
WAS.
About thirty yeas ago there came It
tins city stranger, youn" "irl in hrl
teens, who gave her name as Lizzie Carl.
ton Nothing more was known of hrl
than that she was accompanied l.ithcr 10y
Il young man, who was, or pretended tu
be, deaf and dumb, and who left al once
after aiding her in securing Il situation
III the establishment of 4 Mrs. Williams.
mllliner AMI drcsS-maicr, on fourth
street, nearly opposite the spot where
l;arkcr'S New York store now stands.
Lizzie was Il handsome brunette, with Il
wealth Of raven hair, which swept the
floor, with bright, expressive eyes, and,
altogether, "cntcrl and di"nilird in her
general appearance From her iady-likr
department AMI close attention to the
interests Of her employer, She was soon
made superintendent OF the establishment
The social lines were not SO strongly
marked and -crupulou-ly guarded then
as now, and hence the youmg and beau
titul stranger was soon received into the
best cumpany-loIminy number Of
iiicnd~ outside Of her Lu.incsS circle,
anon" others Il Mrs. f. n prominent
member OF the Baptist church, at whose
house Lizli" waS Il frequent visitor
She, in time, attached herself TO that
church, and h,camr Il most exemplary
member.
Daring her Visits to AI., f. -he met
Phillip Slaughter, himself one of the pill
lars "I the church, who, after living in
single brs-cJnr>, Tor wears, rnioy im2 hi,
wealth and family station all alone, ~uon
con, ,riyrl a tender e,utimrm. for the
your" and lovely -s;cr O.d bachelors
are considered public property. in 81 tar
that Il lively public interest i always
manifested in thyir matrimonial welfare.
and hrnc2 il Wa not lnL after tie
mAtchmakcr' put their heads together
until the twain were madr one. The
marriage ceremony wI~ pcriormcI at the
Baptist church, then standing ON the
southwest corner "t Fifth and Green
streets, Rev. Mr.. Buck officiating. The
happy bride and groom, arc rmpani,I hy
Il number uf their brothers AMI sisters,
repaired to tie residence OF Mr. $lau.h-
ter, about ten miles from the city, on the
liarlstown pike, to partakc of the usual
festivities. The honeymoon witnessed Il
mutual growth OF admiration between
the two, and not only the honeymoon.
but several other moons, waX.d aid
wancl ana dripped with honey ..Swectcr
than the hourycomb." Ala-. that mans
avarice AMI brutality -hoIid break in to
mar AMI destroy scene of happiness
like tins
About sunset one evening the door-bcll
rang. LiZzie-upw Mrs. ~ Iughtci-
left her husbands bedside Che was con-
fined 20 lis room 10y 4 III -ht illness at
the timc). arranged her toilet and de-
sccnlcl to the parlor One picrciur
scream. that startled the crhoc, rnI
shook the rattcr<, aroused Mr.. Slaughter.
who rushed down stairs. What WAS his
astonishmcnt and di,may when he found
his bride faintna on the floor, and a
$trange gentleman, attended by Il police
man, bending over her Sir" SAID the
stranger. ''thi| woman is my slave. Her
name is MIalimda Cas- am a AIis-is-
Sippian-hrrc IS the bill of sale. | Lnurht
her Il few months before she. csr,nrJ
from INV home. have bccr cn Lcr
track for a lone time and now she mu.t
return with me" The distress of Ills
unfortunate couple drew. at once. = I,r,,,
concourse of their friends. who were as
much at loss what TO advise in the midst
of these STRANGE relations rs were those
most decplv concerned The husband
after the first paroxysm of his grief had
subsiIeJ. vowed ctcrn,I fdeIitv tn lis
w;C. h,rJ ~. rroo AL iii, H.,
t,ucr nr D.ac,n L'II;ott po,, NJ Ill.
and others il v,s orr,nncJ ,Iot :, ,,n;,.
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tird far ,hc los. ,T IL, ,I,,.,, AL I;,,I.
nortv ur friends mot -, tLn CaI, La,,,a
whcrc the AI;s.;s.;,,n;,,, rooo;,,I S-nn
for comncns,,i,n ,nh r,,rrnoJ hor,n
Rut Mr. SI,urht.r Loinr r,,ho,.
feoLIo.mirJoJ ,n1 o,-;I,. ;.H,'o..I ,',,
was sn hoso, H., H.. y,In,;,,'' 49,, '"'
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tnIcr,tc nno IN s".h ,.In,; ,,., ',,"
had one dron nC ACr;.an I,In,I =; L',.
veins hny.var .,n.o,Io,I ro,a,,,I. ,,;,
extcrior II, tu,,.J ,Lo ,,,,,,. ,,,,,,,,,,
into the street. and She LriL.n- -bn,r,nJ
went from place TO place in fine canarity