Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-01-31
SOME Lore AFEAIRS.

SOME LOVE AFFAIRS.
Affairs Of tho heart, or perhaps W,
should say affairs of love, marriag,
and divorce, assume curious phases, OF
various interests affect them in differ
ent degrees in the diverse quarters o.
the globe. In semi-civilized countries
where courtship issuch an unnecessary
preliminary, marriage such an insig
nifcant ceremony and divorce such O
summary proceeding, love and affection
seem to have but little part but in our
own enlightened country We find
bridegrooms as eccentric, brides as con,
trary and parents as hard to suit as
anywhere else. In the far West, where
the people have grown up with the
country, they seem to have ideas Of
Of their own, as original as pecu.
liar and as interesting as any that
We see developed in the more thickly
settled and more conservative parts OF
their country. Witness three couples
whose adventures are rccounted in re-
cent issues of the public press.
r. J. Owens, Of ST. Louis, is gen
tleman of fine appearance, good iamily
and excellent address, enjoying that
moderate degree of patronage which
is vouchsafed to young practitioners OF
the healing art This did not make
such demands upon his time as to pre-
vent his winning the affections of Miss
Julia Wilcus. The young lady is
motherlcss, fatherless and brotherless,
but not portionless, and therefore by
no means relationless. The relations
set themselves against the match, but
the lady was firm and she clung more
iondly to the idol of her heart.
The wedding was to take place at five,
but at four DR., Owens, with lawyer,
arrived at the brides residence with
papers giving the prospective bride
groom certain control over certain
property. This strict attention to bus
mess accomplished what all the ex-
postulations of friends could not. The
bridegroom returned with his lawyer
and his document unsigned, the bride
dotted her wedding garments and, as
the organ was pealing forth its merriest,
the surpliced clergyman announced to
the assembled congregation that the
marriage which they had come TO wit
ness was indefinitely postponed.
Herman Michaels, OF St. Louis, had
crossed the mighty river into tho land
of Egypt and wood and won a young
lady Of Quincy. She was pretty and
she was fair, and Herman, putting full
confdencein his Christian name, open
ed his heart and his pockct-book. His
visits were frequent and long and his
presents many and valuable. Bracelets
adorned her wrists, and rings her fin
gers and bells her little toes for aught
one knows TO the contrary. One even
ing Herman was to accompany her to
q sociable--perhaps they called il a
party in the land of Egypt-and he
came. But instead of the conventional
black, Herman wore a suit of gray,
gray jeans. The young lady objected
to showing her jewelry under the cs-
cort Of a man in gray, and Herman
felt that he had spent too much money
on her TO spend enough on himself to
buy the suit of black, and coolness
arose. Herman gave her piece OF
his mind and she gave him piece OF
hers. The peace once broken could not
bc patched up. Herman returned from
Egypt and he now appeals to the law
to compel the return of the jewels, the
bracelets and the rings, valued at 5000
cash.
John A. Childs was Secretary Of a
Fire Insurance Company in lndianapo.
lis, but the insurance upon his heart for
the benefit of his wife aRd trusting
children proved insufficient to protect
it against the fiery glances Of his niece,
Mrs. Robinson, young lady OF
twenty-five, who was blessed with
husband and children two. The fire
Of love consumed their scruples and
they fod by the western train. They
were next heard from in the wilds OF
Omaha, where they appear as man
and wife at the Grand Central Hotel
grand because it Is not grand, and
central because it is far from it. But
Childs was still man OF business and
believed in deccncy and order. He at
once procured marriage license,
without stopping over in Chicago for
q divorce, and ere the sun had set the
Rev. Frank r.. Millspaugh, rector OF
Trinity Cathedral, had pronounced
them man and wife, and they were on
their way TO the Pacific coast to spend
their honeymoon in the land Of gold,
with their sorrowing and deserted
families mingling their tears in the
Hoosier capital.
It's a queer world, and many queer
people live in it.-Phaadelphia Times
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