The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-12-09
beauty. and proposed

her beauty, and proposed for
her hand lin marriage. Inc
lady at first seemed favorable 10 his suit
and gave him sufficient announcement 10
insure success, and finally promised to be-
come his wife. The day that the ceremo-
nv OF the marriage was TO take place was
apuoiuted, which was TO lie on the 10Th oil
Nav. ls36. Early on the morning OF that
day Mr.. Canton, accompanied by a suite oil
his friends. set out from his native village
in the direction OF Cohccs, with the inten-
ton OF getting married and bringing back
his blooming wife TO his home in the coun-
try village where he was long regarded by
the fair sex as the beau ideal of young
man. When the party reached the home
CT his affianced they were astonished at
seeing NO preparations made Tor their re-
ception. and Mr. Canton inquired the cause
from his mother-in-law that was to be.
That lady informed him that on the night
previous her daughter, his expected wife,
departed for the city Of New York, making
no excuse for her departure, but left a note
for him which read rs follows:
Mr.. CANTON consequence of the
stories damaging 10 your character, that
have heard, | hereby cancel my engage
ment TO become your wife, and at the same
time request you to forget me as soon a.
| possible. With nv best wishes Tor your
| future welfare, remain YOUR, etc,
EMILY.
The disappointed groom made the best
of the inevitable for the time being, and
| entreated his friends 10 return home,
making some excuse why the ceremony
could not come of that day. They all re-
turned home, and Mr.. Canion's mother, on
hearing OF the disappointment, sympa-
thized with her ron, and advised him TO go
to bed and sleep off the effects OF 1t, and
when be got up in the morning he would
| feel better. The Inundated son took her
advice and retired TO his room, taking with
him some carpenters tools which he pos
1 sessed. He carefully locked his bedroom
| door "a soon as he had entered IL, and then
commenced to cut a small one-foot square
window in the wooden partition that divided
his bedroom from the parlor. He then
| fixed his bed so that he could reach fine
window with his hand without leaving his
bed. and then called his mother and told
her TO pass his food through that window
| to him, to admit no visitors to
see him, and finally, if she knew what was
safe, not 10 make any effort to enter his
room herself Notwithstanding this warn
ing, she was'nearly every hour of the fol.
lowing DAYS begging of her son to get up
but il was Of no avail. She then thought
to starve him out, and refrained from Civ.
ing him food for thirty-six hour, but that
had no effect, and finally she sent Tor
neighboring man, and with his assistance
broke in the bedroom door and entered
But the son was stili refractory, and re
fused to speak one word or leave the bed
We have not time nor space TO mention all
the ruses that were made TO get him to
leave the room, all OF which failed, and to
make long story short, he never left his
bedroom from that May morning in 1885,
until he was taken from il for his coffin on
last Sunday afternoon. During the thirty
six years that be remained in bed he never
spoke 10 but four men and his mother, and
never inqdired for anyone or anything ir
the outside world His life is shrsuded in
mystery, and probably will remain so. Hi
lost his reason when he left his bride.-Iro,
IN " Press Non. 18Th.