Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-06-18
From New York.


a To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times.
1t happens now and then that prett
a American girl in Paris or London or otht
}. great city of the Old World with or withou
: dowry - which the prudent papas an
! mammas there so steadily look ont for
espoused by some resident there in 80 pur
love match " on both s:.es When the new
comes back, how often do the wise one
shake their heads over the folly of - ou
| girls" who nowadays can be content witt
nothing less than " title" forsooth Ant
how other stately souls preach thereirOn
about the tendency of democratic institu
tions and society towards that aristocracl
and its forms and ways which is, or ough
to be, the normal and proper condition o
human life The homely proyerb of-Somer
setshire, is it p" better wed over the mixer
as over the moor, is quoted with approval
and if in some case, where there may perhaps
be some ground for suspicion of " tuft hunt
ing the girl and her friends presently
find out that their French son-in-law count
is only billiardmarker, there arises fresh
crop Of sapient reflections and warnings TO
the young. Cases do happen, however, of
happy marriages of this sort
Last winter there came over to the United
States, for visit of some months, an Eng
lish family, consisting of widowed mother
and two daughters, of standing and wealth
not distantly related to the Brights and
Garneys, and with Il right of heirship in
property estimated at fifteen million dollars
Having already some acquaintance in good
society here, they also and naturally made
ether friends during their stay; and every
where they were valued for their own good
qualities. The young ladies', (of Is to y
years. were handsome enough, witty and
good tempered, and found many admirers
Amongst those whom they met at the house
of friepd was a young man. the son
of well-known clergyman Of the
Methodist denomination, and himself,
a graduate OF a leading Theological Semin-
ary, young man of talent and a universal
iayorite amongst his friends. The elder of
the young ladies and he found themselves
frequently thrown into each others society.
strange to say and when IN the course Of
six weeks the family went to Philadelphia
for time, a correspondence was opened
with mammals consent, which made them
better friends than ever. In due time the
family returned to New York preparations
were made for returning home TO England, |
and passage engaged for the 18th of May. |
The young man, though much taken with |
the grace and beauty Of person and charac- |
ter Of the English girl, had not the courage |
to think that an alliance between them /
would be thought of by her family-he 4
young man Just out of the Seminary with |
his parish to seek and reputation to make, |
and she Of high though not noble birth, and |
an heireSS in right Of millions, with unccs
and cousins in Parliament and relatives in
station, of honor and trust on every side
But expressing to her his regret that their
pleasant friendship must he brought to an
end for the present, as of course she might
not correspond with him from the other
side, she innocently and wonderingly asked,
why not? upon this hint he spake
- And she, responsive, owned the electric
fire Need quotations be multiplied ?
Mamma was called in. and saw but one Oh
lection to the match-her daughter could
not leave England, and to gain the inherit
ance her husband must reside in England,
too. Could the young man give up his home
this side the water? An yes As saith
the words of Holy Writ. - " for for
this cause a man shall iorsake father
The twenty-four hours, that was all the
s1igency Of the case allowed, We're sui-
icient for his decision, and he abandoned
MS professional purposes and prospects here,
ms family and country, engaged passage on
-he same steamer and sailed in two weeks,
with the family Of his lady-loye and bride
o-be.
Some wonder may be felt at such result,
Is between an English girl, of Quaker orr
in, and Methodist clergyman, who should
how either surrender of religious views, or
rreconciable difference with or without the
agreement to differ. Upon comparison of
-iews, however, it appeared that while
he young lady, an earnest Christian, had
ong felt inclined to enter the established
hurch the young man had actually been con-
emplating a course in an Episcopal Semin
ry and orders in that church here. There
vas thus sympathy instead of disagreement,
nd the two received confirmation the Sun
lay before they sailed, in St Georges
'hurch, at the hands of Rev. DR.. Tying. As
art Of the plans of life so suddenly changed,
he young American will spend yearat Cam
ridge ; and the marriage cannot take place !
Or some eighteen months to came. Doubt
ess, should he still pursue the clerical pro
ession, the influence of the family he is to
1in viii soon find him a parish in Eng
and
So he has gone. in less than three months
ime from the day his eyes first saw his
ldy-oye, to seek an English bride and make
n English home. And who shall say that it
not likely to be a home Of lifelong hap
ines?
The facts | have given you, are facts and :
OF romance, and were the names of the par
es printed, they would he recognized in y =
lanv circle where the actors themselves
lay he personally unknown.
Yours, STEFANo.