The Republican journal., 1876-11-09
A Little Centennial Romance.
INcw York Letter to Chicago Tribune.

[Ncw York Letter to Chicago tribune
1t is privately announced that Il wedding
will take place this winter which will be
the fitting sequel ot 4 romance of two cities
this is in real lite. The parties are Nh
Ben IL and Miss Sadie Il, both
residents of the Murray Hill section; and
the romance of the affair consists in their
novel introduction. Miss t went to
Philadelphia about two weeks ago, with Il
party OF Young friends, So visit the centcn-
nial; and rs she wished TO stay Il little
longer than the rest, it was arranged, or
thought to be arranged. that her brother
in-law was to meet her at the depot in
Philadel phia, and escort her to New \ Ork.
By some mischance. he meant the Penn
sylvania depot. at the grounds, while She
meant the North PENNSYLVANIA depot
down town. near her boarding house 1t
was evening, and rs she started tor the
depot, she missed her pocket-book, but as
it only contained few dollars, she did
not mind the loss, and hurried to the
depot in time for the Z IS train from Phil
adelphia She failed to meet her relative
and was more disconsolate than ever. AS
time wore on she began to realize that
she was in Il strange city without Il cent
OF money. JuSl III lllC llSlS Vi ucI UtS)diG
she chanced to see a gentleman whom she
had often seen on the street near her own
| home, but whose name was unknown.
Emboldened by despair, she spoke to him.
and explained the situation. He offered
assistance, and as he was en- route to this
city his escort was accepted. The acquant-
ance thus commenced ripened into some
thing stronger than friendship, and as
| they walked home from church last Sun
| day, an intimate friend of the lady told the
story as above, and added that the we'd
ding would be a brilliant one.
A WATERMELON ON THE STAGE. This
is from the San Francisco News Letter.
and must be looked upon with suspicion: j:
An enthusiastic resident Of Petaluma was
so much delighted by a performance of
Booths he had witnessed during that ac-
tors first week here. that upon revisiting
the city, yesterday, he brought with him
a gigantic prize watermelon rs modest
testimonial to the star He presented
| himself at the stage door last evening.
The play was "Othello" and the dusky
Moor was listening, with bated breath, to
the crafty promptings OF Iago, when our
rustic friend arrived at The side scenes.
Suddenly the horrible thought crossed his
mind that he had neglected to tie his
team, He gently placed his gift on the
floor and sent it slowly rolling toward
the actors The watermelon solemnly
waddled to the centre Of the stage, then
turning, rolled down the incline with
great velocity After upsetting lago in a
frantic attempt to head it off, 1t bounded
over the tootlights into the orchestra,
knocking down the clarinet player and
landing in the bass viol with 4 terrible
crash. Amid the general yell that fol
lowed, the curtain was rung savagely
down, and the shrieks of the Petaluma
agriculturalist were heard rs the supers
fired him out. There was no music aftel
that between the acts nothing but the
tantalizing, slobbery, slushy sound of the
musicians thoughtiully munching that
watermelon.