The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-08

During the past several days, says the
Cleveland (Ohio) Leader. there have
fitted into this section a number 81
d~aintily engraved missiyes, reading some
thing after this fashion s.Mr. aud Mrs.
John w. Eden request your presence At
the marriage ~ their daughter Eldena,
TO Andrew J.. Packard, Wednesday
morning, Feb. q. 1878, AT 10 o'clock, at
the residence Of her grandfather, Hon.
John Milliken, Saco. Me-" And thereto
hangs a romance, which the enterpris-
ing City Of Youngstown, where resides
the hero in the case, has materially aid
ci in furnishing. For some time past
the newspapers have contained vari-
ously worded paragraphs telling how a
young haine maiden won "A husband in
consequence Of publicly and expressly
declaring that she was not looking af-
ter one. Some of these paragraphs
were wide of the mark, and il remained
for the Erentng Post, Of Biddeford, Me-,
70 tell what is perhaps the true story, in
the following:
In 1873, among the graduates Of the Bid
deford High school was a young lady Of
perhaps ~ summers-bright, intelligent,
III Hitttts out totk part III the kIduuAtlu-
cxercisessDf her class, and read an essay en-
titled. I" After Graduation, What" The ar
ticle complete was.printed in local journals,
and extracts from IL found their way into
newspapers in all parts Of the country.
some time in 1873 a certain Mr.. Packard, a
wholesale dealer in iron and steel in an Ohio
city, was going from New York to his home,
when be picked up in the car a new spaper
containing a brief extract from the essay Of
the Biddeford schoolgirl. This little slip,
which he cut out and put into his pocket
book, was - follows
GIRLS THEoRY.-The following 4 AN alb
stracf OF an essay from the pen u a Young
lady graduate 81 the BiddefOrd. Me-. High
school, on the absorbing question Of what
shall l do 30 Lfvey' The lords Of creation
have been compared 20 sturdy oaks, and we
the vines that cling 20 andtwine around them
but this metaphor, II ever pertinent. TO use a
slang phrase. has long since played out We
have all heard Of the os.uoo oakIess vines in
Massachusetts,, 10 say nothing oft uncOunt
"a thousands in Maine, and there are too
many oaks that can scarcely support them
selves. 20 say nothing OF their supporting
any thing else. ! much prefer "A life OF actiyi-
~ and honest cxertion, and ! believe that the
world owes me a living If ! can earn il, and 1
expect Il on no other conditions"
In November, 1876, three years after
pockcfing the Zip, Mr.. Packard, who is a
widower with three children. wrote 10 par
ties in this city, inclOsing the above slip,
and inquired II such an essay was written
here; II 20, by whom, Was she married?
Her age, etc. This letter was answered by
the Ohio gentleman who wrote the young
lady. A correspondence ensued which has
been kept up until recently, and now it l.
only a matter Of time, and probably short Al
that, when two more hearts shall beat as
one. The other day n ni~ce-looking gentle
man of about 40 years-wearing the very
latest design OF . plug hat, dressed in fault
less fashion, and carrying a genuine Missis-
sippi carpet-bag-arriyed here from the
West. II was Mr.. Packard. He sought out
the object Of his alteration and IL now pre-
sumably as happy a. a big sunhower. Such
j. life. Truly
Love rules the court. the camp. the grove,
And men below, and saints above.