The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-10-29
HYMEN AND M0RS.
A Young Lady Welded and Widowed
on the Same Day.

Between three and four years ago
Miss Emma Hulsizer, then girl OF
about sixteen years of age, went to De
troit to perfect herself in painting and
music, for both OF which arts she
evinced decided talent. She is the
fourth daughter of William Hulsizer,
of Rochester, Oakland county, Mich,
a gentleman as noted for his Hberality
and hospitality as he is for his social
and political influence.
While in the city Miss Hulsizer met
many persons who became her warm
and personal friends. After several
months of intense application to her
studies she was sent TO the Convent OF
Villa Maria, in Montreal, where she
remained for two years as a pupil, dis
tinguished alike for talents and atten-
tion to her studies, and where she
graduated this summer with great
honor, after which she returned to her
home. During one of her vacations
she visited a friend, Miss Moyes, OF
New York, and was introduced to DR..
S. E. Moyes, the brother of her hostess.
The result was an acquaintance which
eliminated in betrothal, with the con
sent and appreciation of the relatives of
both of the parties most interested,
and it was decided that the wedding
should take place as soon after Miss
Emma's graduation as possible. Ac-
cordingly this entire summer has seen
active preparations in progress for the
event, and an elegant trouSSeau has
been prepared for the bride elect, moth
ing which could contribute either to
her comfort or adornment having been
omitted, and everything being chosen
with view OF the bridal tour to Eu-
rope, which was expected to consume
at least year.
The wedding was to have taken place
and cards of invitation were issued in
time to permit friends from all parts of
the country to be present at the home
stead on that occasion the prepara-
tions wero of ssthe most perfect and
elaborate description, and it was in
tended that the happy event should
eckpse anything Of the kind ever known
in that part of the State. Friends were
procuring their presents, and itseemed
as though more auspicious beginning
of life OF married happiness would
be impossible but fate decreed a sad
cup OF Joy should be replaced by the
chalice of sorrow. At late hour a
telegram was received announcing the
sudden and dangerous illness of the
groom and calling for the immediate
presence OF his intended bride. Wild
with anxiety, yet hoping against hope,
Miss Emma complied with the request,
and Immediately started for Buffalo,
where she found her worst fears were
confirmed, council of physicians hay
ing pronounced the patient as beyond
al hope of recovery.
The meeting between the almost
dying man and his heartbroken be-
throthed was too sacred to be made the
subject OF newspaper paragraph but
the sequel is one which so nearly re-
sembles romance IS to be almost in
credible.
The groom expectant insisted that
before his death he should be united
with the woman of his choice, and, ac-
oordingly, a clergyman having been
summoned, that most solemn of all
rites, death-b marriage, was oele-
brated. The scene as described by one
OF those present was never to be for
gotten. The groom, supported in the
arms of his devoted mother, feebly re-
sponded to the questions OF the off,
ciating minister the bride, kneeling
beside the bedside, with true womanly
heroism repressed the anguish with
which her heart was rent an only sis
ter watched with agony by her brother,
and a few fond friends knelt in silent
grief as the words were said which
made one of those two so soon to be
parted by the hand of death.
The doctor bequeathed his wife as a
sacred legacy to his mother and sister,
with whom she will henceforth reside,
and to whom she is now bound by ties
of love. He survived until one o'clock
on the morning of the fourth day, when
he sank into quiet slumber, from which
he never awoke.
Dr. Moyes was wealthy man, and it
is said he has left his bride handsome
fortune.