Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-03-14
4 Rennnes Of ths snor BI0oLads.


The particulars of the affair have
inst come to our possession Sne' Al Al
fbouOh II is TO be presumed tnst tne
parties most intimately Interested nave
5o rartieulsr desire to court notoElegy
oT, oceount of their romantic ezpe-
,.;.-,se = will do no harm so long as no
, osT,es are mentioned. Il may be
.fsssd however, thst the hero Of the
afFair Is 3 bOokkeeper in prominent
manufacturing establishment in this
city, and that be loved, both wisely and
well, 3 maiden who resided with her
parents In q small village q few miles
this side Of New York City. That she
did not entirely discourage his suit may
be inferred from the fact that they had
decided to marry and become as one on
Christmas Day, and every preparation
was made for the consummatiOn OF
their earthly hopes. The ceremony, OF
course, was to be performed at the
Young lsd7's home, and the day before
Christmas the expected groom packed
his dress suit In q trunk and started
for the scene in which he was TO play
90 important q part. But occasionally
the best-Iaid plans are most ehectually
blocked. and In this case the snow came
down 70 take q little hand in the game.
The drifts grew deeper, conductors
commenced to look serious and the re-
suit may be readily guessed. The
train was stuck fast in a snow-drift, the
storm was constantly increasing, and
the outlook, to say the least, was rather
dubious. Forty miles had the young
man 70 go, but It might IS well have
been four hundred. As the hours came
and went he became desperate, and at
last telegrsphed to the to-be father-ln-
law the situation. The reply came:
s'Come on; we are waiting for you"
But the Young man couldn't 90, and he
so intimated over the telegraph wires.
At last It came the hour for the cere-
mOny, and guests and relatives had as
sembled at the house, while the min
lister was momentari1y expected. Only
one thing was wanting, and that was
the young man who was tearing out his
hair in the snow-bank. Everyone
knows the prejudices existing against
postponed marriages, and the bride
Wept, but without avail, though her
tears were warm enough and cOpious
enough to have thswed the snow for
twice the distance. Among the guests
was a telegraph operator, and in hap
nv moment he was struck by q bright
thought, and he lost no time in COM
municating it. Distance should be OBJ
liberated and the couple should be mar
ried by the aid Of telegraph. The
guests were delighted with the sugges-
ton, the bride dubious, but at last she
consented to make the experiment.
Fortunately, the telegraph Office was
not far distant, and the wire was soon
stretched to the house, while the Op-
orator got his instruments In order and
made q connection. The young man
was notified Of what had taken place
and what was about to take place, and
instructed to conduct himself accord
ingly. He was q little dazed by the
scheme, but seon recovered, and, tax
ing his place at the side of the operator
In the station, he announced that he
was ready for business. The minister
made the service as short as possible,
but the replies came very readily, and
were awaited with breathless interest
by the assembled company. 1t was q
curious scene, and when at last the
minister announced ''What love Che
was q Unitarian) and the telegraph
have Joined together let no man cut
asunder," there was an enthusiastic
round of applause. The young man
was not there, and yet he was married.
The girl was not within forty miles of
the man she loved, and yet she married
him. 1t was the triumph of science
over difhculties.-ROcheSter IN ~
Democrat.