New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-07-30
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AT Nyack-on-the-H Hudson the latest
romance In high and low life has re-
Gently transpired. Miss Caroline Town
send, tho eldest daughter Of William
! A. Townsend, the publisher, Of No. 1S9
Broadway, privately married James
A. Weeks. q young man employed in
the family as cOacnmnn and waiter, In
January last; and the alliance has but
just come to light, much to the ediii-
cation Of the fashionable residents Of
the village. Mr.. Townsend is q pub
Usher who has heen in business in this
city for over forty years. and Is at pres
ent engaged in publishing medical
works. He was at ono time esteemed
q wealthy man, but has lately expe-
rienced reverscs which swept away
much of his property. The income of
his business has, however. enabled him
to live in good style. About four years
ago Mr.. Townsend removed his family
from New York to Nyack. and rented
q handsome detached villa on WASH
ington avenue. Horses and carriages
were purchased and = stable rented.
The family lived here in generous style,
keeping Il cOacllman and several serv-
ants. Mr.. Townsend has four daugh-
tiers, the three Youngest of whom Ara
married. Mise Caroline ia over thirty
wears of aoe. tall. Of dark comn,ax;on
and dresses with great taste. Ahout
seven months ayo Mr. Townsend Iis.
charged his coachman. and enraoed in
that CAPACITY ono lanes A Wees
Weekswas born and has alwaysliv
removed from Sinr Sino about twenty.
five years aoo. H. has an elder broth.
er. John q. Weeks who ia tho VILLAGE
bill. poster. and also a vonn@er s;ssar
His father and mother senarated snme
wears aoo--ihe father cnm;n~ - Naw
York. and not heinr heari ~ since c"
Mrs. Weeks s,,nnnrts herself nv taLin~
in Washing and ironing Hia hrotha2
SAYS that Jimmy was ALWAYS too hivh.
toned for the rest Of tho family. and
that he has not spoken to him for
some time past, Weeks ia twentv-sev.
en- years of age. a blonde. we'll made.
and, when dressed. presents a very oooi
appearance.
During the winter the sleighipg has
been very good at Nyack, and almost
every day Miss Townsend was seen
driving on the road III company with
the new coachman, "Jimmie." On
Tuesday afternoon. the l4th of Janu-
airy last, at O'Clock, atcouple. drove
to the residence ct the Rev. Mr.. &. NJ.
,. Blauvelt, the minister of the Re-
formed Church at Tappan, and the
man aiighted from the sleigh.
Mr.. blauvelt's daughter came to the
door, and the man asked if he could
see her father, as he wanted to get
married. MIR. Biauvelt was not at
nome, she replied, and he then made
an appointment to come again. Two
weeks elapsed, and the same couple
drove up TO the door. The occupants
alighted and entered tho house, and
the man told Mr.. Blauvelt that they
desired to be married. Then the lady
spoke up and asked MIR. Blauvelt II it
was his custom to publish tho mar
riages which he celebrated in the
county papers. He replied that it was
not his custom, but that all the mar
riages were placed upon the record.
The lady said that she wished the
pleasure of announcing the fact to her
friends in person. AS Mr.. Blanvels
saw that the parties wore both of noe,
he asked them their names. and then
called his wife and dauohter- ~.
mother-in-law, and q dressmaker a.
work in the house, into the room. and
proceeded to tie the knot. Miss Town
send, Mr.. Blauyelt saws. was self.
possessed, and made the responses in
an assured manner. while Weoks On
the other hand. was very much en-.
barrassed.
The couple returned home and care
fully kept their own counsel. Weeks
continued to perform his duties ma
coachman and waiter, and the novel
spectacle was presented Of a groom in
an apron passing the bread and butter
TO his bride at the table during the
honeymoon. The story did not leak
out until q day or two since, when the
rumors that had been flying about the
village took shape in q paragraph In q
local paper.
The residence OF Mr.. Townsend was
visited by q reporter yesterday several
times, but he was told that none of the
family were at home. The house,
which is q semi-Gothic villa of preten.
tious size, stands on the brow of the
bluff, and commands superb view of
the Tappan Zee. The shutters were
tightly closed, and the servant said
that the ladies were away from home.
Mr.. Townsend in the city and Weeks
"up in the VILLAGE somewhero .,
Weeks, however, could not be found,
and he did not come to the stat;on- "a
is his daily duty, to meet Mr.. Town.
send and take his packages home.
When the six o. clock train arrived. a
venerable gentleman was pOinted ont
to the reporter as Mr.. Townsend. His
hair and neatly-trimmcd side-w hiskers
were snowy-white. and he was ,hvions.
" very much depressed. In resnonse
to an inquiry as to what he hal II aav
about the marriage. he replied. -
knew nothing of the matter. nor did
1 suspect ANYTHING until this morning
when q gentleman in Anpieton e r. p
store called INV attention ~ No..