The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-11-21

demanded the hand of his daughter
in marriage. For fifteen minutes there
ragged figurative typhOon in the re-
ception room where father and pro
spective son-in-law met. The Young
man was aggressive and persistent,
the old man stern aud insulting; then
came in the Young lady with tragedy
and tears, ending finally in the father
agreeing to give his daughters hand in
marriage at the expiration of three
years, when Miss Ella would be at suit
able age TO epter the matrimonial
state.
The lovers did not meet again after
the father gave his consent, as Miss
Ella was Immediately sent home. For
year the lovers did not exchange
correspondence, but after that period
from one another came gushing love
epistles, which were freighted with
avowals of undying affection, inter
mingled with sweet nOthings. Finally
the day was set apart for the celebra-
ton of the marriage, and the young
bride elects trousseau was procured,
and everything was ready for the bri-
dial day. The bride elects parents
had not yet returned to their city
home, and it was arranged that the
wedding should take place at their
country seat on the Hudson. The day
named for the solemnizatiOn of the
marriage contract was on Wednesday
of last week, and a few days preced-
ing it the bride elect, who resided with
a married sister in Brooklyn, repaired
to her fathers house to await the
bridegroom's coming. On Monday
the happy bride elect received love-
letter from the absent lover saying
that he was on his way to join his af-
fanced and would arrive on the follow
ing morning. Preparations for the
wedding supper were made. The
bride cake was frosted, the presents
from the brides parents were selected
and the services of the clergyman en-
gagged.
The next morning when the train
arrived that was to bring the expected
bridegroom, the expectant bride elect
was at the depot to give greeting to
her lover, but-lo! no bridegroom
came, and with tears the young girl
returned to her fathers house, when
she expressed fears that some mishap
had happened to her lover. Much
anxiety though was not felt for the
welfare of the Bennington boy that
night, as it was supposed he had been
DELAYED on the road and would arrive
in safety the next morning, the day
fixed for the wedding. But the morn
ing came and the train arrived, but
yet no bridegroom put in an appear
ance. Word was sent to the clergy
mans house not to come, rs the we'd
ding had been postponed and his SER
vices were not required. For several
days the fearful bride waited patiently
for her truant lover, when she return
ed to the home of her married sister
in Brooklyn where she is now domi-
ciled.
The most mysterious part of the af-
fair is that no intelligence has been re-
ceived as to the whereabouts of the
absent bridegroom. The friends of
the bride are very reticent about the af-
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and it has given rise to the opinion
that the proud father who thought the
young man unworthy of his daughters
hand has brought some influence to
bear upon the Bennington boy or has
drought him out" giving him con-
slderation to keep away, while the IA
Their, permitting his daughter to be-
lieve that her lover was a scamp, I'M
worthy of her, in his non appearance
on the day fixed for the marriage, has
made a rupture between the lovers
that will never be healed.-Brooklyn
(N. W Eagle.