, 1873-12-13
ILLINOIS TO 0REG0N-..GREETlNG.
4 CO1onn Girl Makes nm Oregon Mnn
Happy.

cohoNA, ILL.,, Dcc.1.
Inclosod I ao1d you all account Of q weldlng,
clipped from Portland, Oro., papor. Tho aG-
count o. givon ia substantially true hllBs White.
tho horoino Of the story, has becn. acitizen Of
Colonea most Of her lifo., uar mother. VINO is
worthy widow, mud has a lnrgo family Of chill
tlren, which sIle il striving to bring up In re-
spectacle and Christian manner.
AlisB Jennio loft Colona on tho goth OF Octo-
vc,nber, and was married tho next day.
Letters since received by hnr mother doolaro
both particH we'll satisfied with their bargain.
Whle wo know nothing Of Mr.. Kramos pcrson-
Industrious. sopslblo young. Indy; and tint she
haB pluck no QUO will doubt who roatts tliB nc.
count. We sincerely hope hor husband will ap-
prcciate her good qnnlltios md consider the Hac-
liaco hlo bus made IN leaving homo and fronda
One word more III this connection. Although
we worc always aware that Ooona girls were
hard to beat, yet wo dltn't expect to bo ealled
upon to furnish wives for Oregon. Ygn'; re
The following ls tho art,c,o from tin Oregon
paper referred to in tho above ottor:
"1lat truth ia often stranger thnn fiction Ia
demonstrated by tho story Of couple who wero
united iu the hoy bonds OF natrimony yesterday
this city. Tho nn1no Of tho bridegroom is viii.
INN i. Kramer, who is man Of about DO years. Of
ago, we'll Off al regards this worlds goods, and
Of good family. He has long boom resident Of
s1fSg0n s benz h dSn9 for many fo Sgds gd5 S'nf b M II
as Miss 1onnio White. sho arrived BY tho
steamship Ajax on Tuesday evening from ILL.,
uoiH, whittier she came alone, leaving her friends
marrying hor lover. rhe circumstances by
which tlloso two persons became acgiainted, and
whose acquaintance noon rapenoa into love, mud
finally ended III marriage, nre quite ronlantic-so
much 30 that 80 will giso brief history OF tlo
affair
It appears Tint some monthsa 80. Mr.. Ed
ward o. Marsh all--wlo has been living noar
Monmouth. and who "a = watn personal friend
Of hIr. Kramer-left TINT place md went East on
quafnsea with Miss donnie White, who was stop
ping It bis mothers house, and for whom llo
aoon began to entortain fcolinga OF warm friond-
ship. 11o oorrosponded With his friend, Mr..
Kramer, living hore iii Oregon, WHO was
s1sst sasA'eF pfase ns Ct ris Mss " %s sef1i nsf
beauty, intelligence, etc.. to MIR. Kramer,
hoping to bring about marriage botweon the
rnrtiea. Obtaining photograph Of tho Indy, he
forwarded 1t to Oregon, whom 1t was seen BY tho
hB photograph to tho lady, aud correspondence
sprang up between tho two on tho strength OF it.
At first tho lottors sent by either party contained
only tho most commonplace clyilitios duo each
other l8 6tfahGera boon Inc letIcre contained
warm prolosta..:nns OF friendship, each from the
writings Of the other discovering traits Of char
actor Which wero much admired. At lust express
sions OF lovo took tho place Of those Of friend
ship, and utter tho correspondence had coutin-
ued for abont six months tho parties bocnulc
| engugcds At the request of Mr.. Kramer,
tho lady concluded to loayo Illinols
aud como to Portland, he furnishing
| money for the VOYAGE, whore she would be mot
BY hor lover and marriago consumnatod.
Learning that Miss White was passenger by
the steamship Ajax, AIr. Kramer left Monmouth
and ca.ne to this city. As aoon aa tho steamer
landed at the wharf Tuesday night ho made in
auiries about tho Indy. uo Ind her picture In
Ills brcast-poc!sot, but, rs Bho had changet
somewhat since bor photograph WAS takon. ht
did not recognize hoc among the numerous pas
sengers. But his oft-repeatod inquiries at las
| succeeded in discovering her whom he was &c
anxiousls seeking, and the twain went immedi
atoly to tho American Exchange Hotel, whore, ri
stated above, tho marriugo took place yosterda!
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