The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23
A Bennington bridegroom Missing.


In the summer of 1874, DIR. ", ofihi
city, sent both of his beautiful twil
daughters to rusticatc in the Greer
Mountain district, Vermont. OF cours,
the young ladies, who possessed the 70
iinement and polish generally character
istic of our Brooklyn maidcns, were no
long in the little Green Mountain vii
lage before they had scores of rustic ad
mirers bowing at bcauty's shrine. On,
had already given her heart to another
and the alteration of the Green Noun
tain lovers had no effect on her. Th,
other was petite, bright-eycd brunette
upon whom Nature, in her endowment
of beauty, had not been chary. Mis-.
Ella V. had lovers at every turn. bu
there was tall, sun-burnt, curly-hcad
ed fellow, hailing from Bennington
who outstripped all the other Greer
Mountain boys in his attentions. ani
loves labor was not lost, for when tho
fair Miss Ella left for her Brooklyn
home, after three weeks soiourn OF
the Green Mountain slopes of Vermont
she was the aflianccd wife of the Young
chap from bennington. II was ali done
in an uncommonlv short time. The la.
Wy iiitt w tiiitllNt. lIlt ttStiul WAY.
at the house of the acquaintance will
whom she was sojourning; there were
4 few fete-o-fcteS, few quiet walks
ond one day the potcr fdmiHos at home
was astoundcd by the intelligence that
his beautiful and accomplished daugh.
ter was the betrothcd wife of clean
lanky Bennington boy!" and it became
apparent to the young fiancec that hel
parents did not believe in the adage
that nothing is so sweet as loves Young
dream.
Proud of his wealth. and proudcr OF
OF his patrician ancestry, it was with
unspcakable rage that the father dis
covered that his daughter had dared tc
love a Young man far below her in the
estimation of society. But the Ben.
nington boy was equal 10 the occasion
and went to the father and demanded
the hand of his daughter in marriage
For fifteen minutes there aged figu.
rative typhoon in the reception room
where father and prospective son-in.
law met. The young man was aggrcs-
sive and persistent, the old man stern
and insulting; then came in the young
lady with tragedy and tears, ending fin.
ally in the father agreeing TO give his
daughters hand in marriage at the ex.
piration of three years, when Miss Ella
would be of a suitable age to enter the
matrimonial state.
The lovers did not meet again aitcl
the father gave his consent, as Miss El.
Ia was Immediately sent home. For q
year the lovers did not exchange cores
pondence, but after that period from
one another came gushing love epistlcs
which were treighied with avowals Of
undying affection. intcrmingled with
sweet nothings. Finally the day was
set apart for the celebration of the mar
riagc, and the young bride elects trous-
scau was procured, and everything was
ready for the bridal day The bride
elects parents had not vet 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 solcmnization of the
marriage contract was on "Wednesday
of last week. and few days preceding
it the bride elect, who resided with a
married sister in Brooklyn, repaired to
her fathers house to await the bride
groom's coming. On Monday the hap
py bride elect received n letter from
the absent lover saying that he was on
his way to join his atianccd and would
arrive on the following morning. Pre-
parations for the wedding supper were
made. The bride cake was frosted, the
presents from the brides parents were
selected and the services of the clergy
man engaged.
The next morning when the train ar
rived that was to bring the expected
bridegroom, the expcctant 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, where she express
scd fears that some mishap had happen
cd to her lover. Much anxiety, though,
was not felt for the welfare of the Ben
nington boy that night, as ii was sup
posed that he had been delayed on the
road and would arrive in safety the
next morning, the day fixed for the
wedding. But the morning came and
the train arrived, but yet no bridegroom
put in an appearance. Word was sent
to the clcrgyman's house not to come,
as the wedding had been postponed,
and his services were not required. For
several days the fearful bride waited
patlehtiy Tor her truant lover, when she
returned to the home of her married
sister in Brooklyn where she il now
domicilcd.
The most mysterious part of the af-
fair is that no intelligence has been re-
ccivcd as to the whereabouts of the alb
sent bridegroom. The friends of the
bride are very rcticent about the affair
and will not divulgc his name, and il
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 up
on the Bennington boy or has "bought
him out" giving him consideration to
keep away, while the father. permitting
his daughter TO believe that her lover
was scamp, unworthy of her, in his
non-appcarancc on the day fixed for the
marriage. has made a rupture between
the lovers that will never be healed
Brooklyn On. W Eagle.