Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15
Love Among Thorns. l


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q The realistic age, which hiss ex-
plotlesl ancie,lt legends, disproyed
tradit ions and reversed the oldest
caprfccs OF hfstory,. has destroyed
nearly an tile romance Of cOuftslilpl
by dragging IL Into court. Judge
Ncilson Of brooklyn. New York, de-
liyercd the most extraordinary aud
uhhearL Ot opinion III a receut case
OF breach-of- f-marriage-promise which
was tried before him. s 80 ..5la
A merchant named Alexander
Earle was sued for. breach of promise
by Miss Roxciepsa 1ioinsi,, aud Jndge
Nelson, finding that the lady offered
no other proof OF the contract Of
atrimony except the fact that she
had been kissed by the aforesaid
E,rle, decided that no Words were
necessary 10 constitute hm engage-
fneni !; that s.the gieaiii Of the eye, and
the sonjunctiUii of the. lips, are over
lures, " here they become frequent
aud proiracied." The jury, thus In
structed as tO tile law. gave Miss
Ho,nsIi $l5,O ZOO dauiagrs the, lease
was appesled,, and the Court OF APP
peas sustained the decision Of the
court below. 5a4s':s-sss,.s--.as.''l,s-ss x = = 2
Yfie flinty-heartcd Judge, compared
with whom Judge JCarirs was rs
mild as the moonlight dream Of o
maid of sweet sixteen Oh midsunl-
fncr night, added, with all tlie scrid
Partially of fcxaspcraiing detail: ''ii'
au enlargement to marry, the cont raci
can be entered into between lover.
and without his asking in words the
hat hst l,
and without llef answering ini words
that, shC will do SO. - This
contract or engagement can be made
without such words. II the iacis
| and circumstances are sufficiently
full and significant to amount to the
Engagement, were they Or could the,
be articulaie, the, spirit Of the laN
supplies the lacking speech"
| And 50 Tor luxuriating in Roxclc
nu's '.cye-glcains" aud ''lip conjunc
lio,,s,'' sandy Earle IL doomed. I.
pay the enormous price Of $l5 900
Miserable lover! lie had better hav,
bought SIS, 900 worth of Pacific Mai
stock at 2jO. aud seen il drop 10 fit,
the day following. than pafI 50 dea
IL pr ce for .;eye-glea,us," which ar
trnusitOry, and lip conjuuctiOiI'
and whose sweetness, though fraugll
with cntranciug bliss, fade away iik
, dream of the morning. a Grecia
; philosopher once remarked ofa littl
, Intrigue, that threatened 10 cost hiI
!. thousand talents in gold, that il
Ind hot care to buy repentance at 3
,ie,r n n-ilri.i.a,->..-& -sA.o 1,rOuNIYUt the
/. chant will probably conclude to siril
/ from his price list in future thos
, high priced commodities as "..y
{ gieanis" cn! zip copjuuctious." III
} tiecislsi, of the Brooklynseourt wi
b: d death-blow To all The romanc'
, OF lovc-n,;.king III New York. ..
. lyoung man with any regard for h
(, purse would us soon think of gettiil
!. into piraie-ship rs into n courtshi
L in the iace Of SD terrible decisio
+ Moonlight screl,aries mus, go by Il
board, and Pchhsylvania "buu'tlins
! is no longer 10 be thought of. y,
L dead line of couriship which {
Il bachelor dare touch Ill the future i
e cludcs buggy-drives, ,sleigh-ridcs, ,iiai
squeezing, eye-glauces AZ church, al
: lip-cOnjuuciiOns behind the hall doc
: Cupid is literally kicked gu. Of cou
AMI his bow and darts have be,
e whitfield Into ignonlinlous toot
Is picks. -a' =' aI-riti.t