Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-09-02
A RUNAWAY MATCH.
TSs ssI. - ss:aSss. : sss ss =isr Ds sss

Two MfuaIasippf Souls with bnt n
single Thought are Made DouDio
in Memphis.
In DeSolo county, Mississippi, near
Olive Branch, there resides an old settler,
Joe Logan by name, who migrated to
Mississippi when the Chickasaw Indians
roamed in the forest and we're monarchs
Of all they surveyed. Colonel Logan
had charming daughter, aged sixteen,
and named Miss Mary. She was beloved
by a swain named Granville johnson,
who resided in the neiEhborhood, and
she loved Mr.. johnson passing we'll. AT
church, big meetings, reyivals and pic
MICS, these two loving hearts drew near
each other, and their possessors deter
mined to we'd each other at the FIRST favor
able opportunity. Col. Logan determined
that his lovely daughter should not
marry any man, and especially the
scion Of the house Of Johnson. For
weeks has the old gentleman sat on
guard, with shot gun in hand, keeping
watch and ward over maiden Innocence,
and voving that he would perforate with
buck.shot the unfortunate johnson
should he come within range Of his ar
tillery. But love laughs st locks and
bars, so when late last evening the old
gentleman, worn out by incessant vigils,
concluded to lie down and sleep, he
called up his good wife and instructed
her to 20 on guard over Miss Mary, who
had been prisoner Of State for weeks.
Miss Mary concluded to drink of water
from the family well, and her kind
mother agreed to permit her to peram-
bulate in that direction. Reaching the
well, Miss Mary struck for the woods at
rapid pace, and soon reached the
trysting place where Mr.. Johnson had a
buggy hitched up to fast horse. In
few minutes they drove Memphisward,
and reached here early this morning.
Repairing to the grocery and cotton
house of Trantham & Smith, on How
ards Row, they explained to General
Trantham their troubles. The General,
who knows how it is himself, went out
and procured the necessary marriage
license and secured the services OF
ESQUIRE Elliott, who can tie the matri-
monial knot with alacrity and firmnesS.
At ten O clock this morning crowd,
including our sentimental reporter, as
sembled in the private office Of Tran
than & Smith, where in few minutes
Esquire Elliott performed the marriage
ceremony, and the twain were made one.
The young lady, Miss Mary Logan, is
a good looking blonde, aged about six
teen years, and possesses an intelligent
eountenance. She wore blue checked
dress, straw hat, trimmed with white
flowers and pink ribbon, pink necktie
and gold breach. The groom, Granville
johnson, aged about twenty-one years,
wore his hair Ia neglige, black coat
and pants and white vest. Both the
bride anu groom showed signs of travel
and dust.
At the close of the ceremony Baby
Banksmith, a veil known steamboat
man, transformed himself into French
waiter, and handed around, upon an i'm
provised tea.tray, wine ard cake. Mr..
Banksmith did the neat thing in the
most stylish manner, and while waiting
upon the bride and groom, as they par
took of cake and wine, he repeated the
we'll known lines from Lucille:
You may live without wisdom, you may live
without art,
You may live without feeling, you may live
without heart, :.
You may live without learning, you may live
without books,
but civilized man cannot live without COOKS.