The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-21
The Marriage Tie.
THE MAN VINO NEVER WAS MARRIED ~ AND
THE WEDDING THAT DID NOT
TAKE PLACE.

TAKE PIACE.
1t has ever been notorious that the peo-
pie of the Green Mountain State were the
personifcation of all that is honest and
lovely, upright and virtuous-so much so
that when crime or villainy occurs in her
midst, it is matter of wonderment to the
outside world, and when once sifted to the
bottom the blame is generally laid at the
door of an adopted citizen of another coun-
try or state. And we have reason to be-
lieve that the trail of the serpent crawls
oyer our inhabitants when they are not
aware of it. When an humble individual
follows professedly in paths of righteous
ness and peace, who shall Gainsay him
Assuredly no one But when he is found
out--ay, there's the rub
The tale we are about to unfold is one of
the most Narrowing nature that we have
had occasion to speak upon since first we
became an addreSser of the public through
these columns. The circumstances sur
rounding it tend to aggravate the facts in
the case and bring into disrepute the chief
hero of the affair.
A few weeks ago certain individual
came to Rutland from n neighboring town
in neighbOring county for the ostensble
purpose of pursuing his chosen profession
here among lis. lie had previously resid-
ed in bordering state where, as facts
develop themselves, he first became ac-
quainted with a woman of French descent
with the bewitching name Of Elizabeth,
and when he came to Vermont she soon
followed on, and was known in that town
as his wife. during her stay But. her
business finally compelled her to return,
and soon after our hero came to Rutland to
live Here his avocaiion has brought him
INTO contact with some of the best men of
the town, while he has, at the same time.
Ivy professions Of christianity. become
acquainted with the churches. their pastors
md deacons, and lead, upon the outside, Il
sober and dignitcl life. Yet there has, all
this while, been an air of mystery about
the fellow. which has been slowly gather
ing about him, eliminating finally in the
events of the past two or three days. BY a
good address, n smooth tongue. and attract
i've face, he has ingratiatcd himself into
some little notoricty more, perhaps, than
he will care to have in the future. Among
his best strikes he has, in his look for gain,
won the affections Of wcll-to-do German
fraut in, who is possessed Of several hun
lred dollars. and perfectly willing to wed.
20 the wedding is hurried on, and Iothario,
happy in his prize invites his friends and
issues his wedding-cards. He seeks ont
he pastor of lis church to tie the knot and
makes all preparations.
On Wednesday night the midnight train
brought to town certain female, who
| turns out to be the identical Elizabeth men
toned above Here was Il dilemma She
marches to the den of the gay decever and
occupies the ground at once. Constern-
ltion is in the heart Of the would-bc we'd
led couple, but saltpetre won't save them
now, and a wedding is now among the
things that might have been, but are not.
The admissions of this gallant Trojan
would make an interesting. ilrst-class dime
novel story, but we forbcar to give but II
brief outline. lie admits what we have
already stated that he told people in the
neighboring town that Elizabeth was his
| wife, and then rises to explain, saying that
| he went to Elizabeths house one Sunday
| night, and while there was given some
| thing to drink, which he thinks must have
been drugged, for he was taken away help
less in carriage, and when they brought
him back they told him he was married to
| Elizabeth lie remembers nothing about
| the ceremony, but does remember that he
| has lived with her some time since, and
| protests that he was intending to get d.
o0rce from her before he married the tother,
and had been to a lawyer to see about it
as if this was Chicago and divorce lawyers
were plenty. But this story does not 90
| down Further, when questioned, he can
not tell what church he has joined or the
| pastors name, and that profession is as thin
as the rest
| Christian gentlemen are indignant, the
| trdutein is nconsolablc and divorces are
hard to get-especially when thu parties
are not &c tain whether they were even
married. Thus stands the situation at last
adviccs, and still this wicked world wagS
ON apacc