Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-08-26
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said the father of the famous Sam Wei
Ter. But the elder Weller was man
zone among a thousand" and cannot be
said to have represented a large class.
Widows are always popular, and indeed
there is every reason why they should
be. The world boasts Of no hamlet so
obscure, no city so large, that has not
its 'pretty widow "little widow,
young widow" and "smart widow"
There is 20 printing Office that does
not keep these expressions stereotyped
with coppcr-taced type ready for USE
and very properly copper-faced, for
copper is q metal which outlasts all 9th
ers, ergo a widow is female who out
lasts all other females.
Richmond can now claim q sensation,
the heroine of which is pretty wild
ow," and hero a Widower-a gentleman
well known and highly respected-in
fact, an official. but whether a city Off
cial, State official, or a Custom House
official, it is not the purpose Of this re-
porter to say. The gosSps have gotten
hold Of some Of the facts in this affair,
and have been retailing them on the
street corners and in parlors, always
adding to them and distorting the truth,
with marvellous success Therefore, 1t
is only right that justice should be
done and a true history Of the sensation
be given.
Some months since the official before
alluded to, and who is an elderly gentle
man, met with widow who lives in
the upper part Of the city. The ac-
qnaintarce soon ripened into friendship
and the friends Of the gentleman soon
surprised to see him riding the young
widow in his buggy. The next intelIi-
gence that reached them was an invita-
ton to be present at his wedding,which
would be quite private, and would take
place at the lady's house. The day fix
ed for the ceremony was last Wednes-
day
1t seems that the gentleman thus con,
templatiDg matrimouy is the father OF a
young lady who, until few days be
fore the time. fixed for the wedding,
had been kept in ignorance of the whole
affair. Her father told her that he in
tended to marry again, and went on to
praise the lady who would be her step
mother. The intelligenccr shocked the
young lady. She had not dreamed of
such thing She at once protested
against the proposed match; would not
hear of it. She did more than this she
sent tor several of the intimate friends
other father, and then,in their presence.
earnestly appealed to him to break oil
the match. The gentleman is very
much attached to his daughter, but for
a time he resisted all her pleadiugs.
The young lady declared she would
leave the house the instant the widow
entered it, Her grief at the resistance
of her father was great, and she tainted
several times. Her screams soon
brought in the whole neighborhCod
Finally, she succeeded in making him
promise that he would not marry the
widow, and made him give her the as
surance in the presence OF several of his
friends. Although the minister had
been spoken to, the time fixed and the
arrangements made for the wedding
"Wednesday night, it did not come off.
Some OF the invited guests assembled
at the house, but there was nothing
about it to indicate that wedding
would take place, and after maryeIling
much they left 1t is to be presumed
now that the ceremony will not come
off,-Rich. Uhig.