The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-14
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says the Nev York y grl3. Is reported
from rrga county, Kentucky. where
lover aud bis betluthcd fed from the pa
toguai mansion u0t upon . steed Of aay
breed known To romance, red I0lU, berry
brown, coal back, uiliz-wh5le or other,
nor yet iu "a GreIHa Green pu-JChHIsa. No
tine lovers Departed ou As#ddIe-oE specially
trained bs Jbe swain, Fb0 had taken 8 leaf
uu- of tie history rf the Puritan maiden
Priscilla. The stern parent took down his
shotgun sud pursued the iug:,ives. whom
on AIs iieIy charger or sure footed Kentucky
mule he soon uveriauisd. and, though the
maiden chung desperately TO the horns OF
the OK u they had been those Of the hy
meueai altar, he tore hor away aud left her
hapless lover lamenting.
1t must be confessed that for purposes of
elopemeut, where the object OF the fugi-
tiyes is 10 aunihilate both space and time
aud make each other happy, the leg plait-
ing OK is by no means a success. Here at
least the most prejqdiced debating society
mnst be compelled TO adv,it .hat the horse
II the more noble animal, as he is the more
romantic. We cannot recall painter or
poet who has depicted knight aud lady fair
flying along beneath the sympathetic trees
on steer Of the purest Devon breed. while
the angry fathers bull doZers fast behind
them iurch. This sort of thing may do in
Africa, where The tsGtse 4 5 acts rs practi-
cal embargo on the importation Of horses.
though in counties where marriage by
capture is the custom il is the wife and her
father who usually endeavor TO clOpe from
tie lover. If the angry pare Mt had no 9TH
CT recourse but to saddle Old Buuds or d is
good muley COW there would be something
to say in favor OF the Tugg county plan,
but where The head of the family has a
horse the fuEacious lovers are as badly
handicapped as an Eastern couple wonld
be if they took the wings Of the morning
express train while the old gentleman tel
egTaphed to the chief Of police at the next
station. In exceptional seasons Of epizootic
alone the OK might lii. himself on high
which IS the scriptural way Of saying
''uiEht hump LlmsolF'-aud sCovn the
horse and his rider. jules Verne could
write au interesting book on such an incl
dent, his hero and LsrOiue-or at least the
/ beTO-bestliding COW, aud the pair sub
sistiuE during their flight on her milk and
on steaks cut in The Abyssiuiau style from
her hinder quarters and cooked I'm the Tar
tar fashion beneath the saddle. Or again,
If the lovers should depart on Texan
steer, Who, as Broadway aud the avenues
know, surprises within himself thB quail
ties Of speed, agility, COmU8tiveness, brill
liancy of conception and rapjdiiy and Of
/ feC'iveneEs of execution ali in THEN highcst
perfectIOns, il might be possible for them,
] "L6u bFGELdhGh bJ lN6 stern paIeuE, 10
abandon their beast, Chamber up a tree
and from ,that safe emineuce watch him
while with Crumpled horn, like black
bull Of Navarro in a Madrid c0rrtdG, he
lifts the old man over the telegraph wires
on one side Of the road aud the old mans
4 horse over = six rallied fence on the other.
+ 50 rare however, are the cases in which an
elopement on oX-back can possibly be ad.
vGutaCcou8 that IL will be wiser as a rule
q s1.k,
! though steTncr plan Of another Western
I loveI who stole away his bride before dawn,
married her at 1aybreak, loaded his truFty
shot gun, in reversal Of all ths DrOpriejiCs
/ and precodeuts, appeared as the breakfast
/ bell was ringing 1t her homo aud ''coveT-
ing his unwilling father iu-Iaw conveyed
the first intiwatIou Of this runaway or
rather staud-up to it mSich in tho words.
. cold mau, Susan aud l have been married
what are you going to do about it2' Thus
taken at advantage, What could the "old
. man do Jut offer from beneath the table,
bis blessing, which was duly conferred, the
. bride coming in from the entry and the
. groom keeping The finger Of prudence upon
the trigger or pGOUptitude.
REMARKABLE RECOVERY or SPEECH. -
Some years ago Mr.. Frank W. Wood, the
son Of a formerly wealthy citizen Of New
Orleans, received q tuustrOke which affect
ed him So seriously that .. his sister'a wed
ding in Baltimore, in May, 1875, he entirely
los. his speech. Some time Afterwards hC
WAS placed in an insane asylum at Hart
ford Conn, but in September, 1877, dis
charged and seut to the house OF his broth
erin law, Mr. ). Nc Comb, on / .lLh avenue
New York. From there, however, he "a
sent back to the asylum, bDt soon taEeI
away % board with private family. Z
G.T weeks ago lie Eas on . train, near Pitts
+ burg, when a collision occurred, Eud IS wIti
The shock he felt q change take place il
his condition, and, running cut TO th
/ brakeman, actually spoke. The bIai-emal
. no. lully understanding him, said " hait'
. but Mr. Wood was too much excited TO II
tempt to speak again, and went back G
his seas. The Hartford Tt8s8, Of Satur
day evening, gives the foiioaiug interest
, ing sequel Arriving IL New York, b
felt es though he would soon talk On
hemisphere OF bis brain seemed 60 be sink
ing Going 30 Ar NcComb's oficc O.
busiuess, no tried o wsjt0 hSt no wCul
say, but could not. Finally, beCouliu
excited, Le wrote, IN 90 cut and be bac
D again soon. and talk t0 y-u with my 0w
tongue lie took "a Staten Island leu
2 boat, and, getting position ont Of th
70 way OF every one aboard, he began sIugln
and shouting. Re,urHiuE hc 6eut 90 I'll
. EcComb Office aud said o. K! Mr. McC
. Jumped up aud embraced hin, IN his j.
: over his recovery OF the pouc. Of sEcccl
b Ee goes TO indianapolis TO establish hin
Z self in business. His age is probably 81
He has q wife aud two Children in Ne
"a Orleans