Sharp County record., 1880-10-28
Narrial Cl..lran-.-A Brief But Event.
Hui Honeymoon.

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MATLACN-CROX-Atth the Parson-
are. August 4, 1850, by the Rev. VIM.
NJ. Gilbert, George c.. MaJ,ack and
El7iG i. Croy, of tnis city.
On Wednesday the following vas
published among the marriage notices:
The marriage notice of George Z.
Ma.lacI and Elvia /. Crox, published
September #, 1880, is false, as no such
marriage took place.
GEORGE G. MATLACK.
On Friday the following was pub
lishei after the last marriage notice:
This certiies that George G. MaJ.ack
AMI Elvia L. Crox were joined together
in mltrimony by me at the Union NJ. Z.
Parsonage, on the 4th Of August, loo0.
WILLIAM NJ. GILBERT.
In investigating the facts which led
to the above qualifications Press report
er discovered a very pretty and roman
tic story.
Last Monday Young lady friend Of
Miss Elvia L. CrOx, who resides with
her father and mother Of No. 733.
Spruce Street, called on Mrs. CroX and
informed her that her daughter was
married to George C. Matack, a school
boy and would-be amaJuer actor. Mrs.
Crox denied the fact with a great deal
Of indignation, but the young lady was
firm and said that she knew that Elyla
had been the wife of Matlack for some
time. Mrs. CrOX knew Matlack whom
she regarded as q mere boy, slightly,
and she was aware that Alvia had known
him quite well, and she at once took
that young lady to task. The re-
suit was that Elvia told the whole truth.
She said she and Matack had been
married bv Rev. Mr.. Gilbert, Of Union
VI. r. Church, on the morning Of August
4. The scene which followed was q
more dramatic one than is often wit
messed in amateur theaters.
Mrs Crox loudly announced her dis
approval Of her daughter s conduct, and
when Miss Elvia began to excuse herself
on the ground Of her love the story goes
chat Mrs. Crox cut the explanation short
with o rattan. The result was the pub
licatiou Of the marriage in the next
mornings paper. When Mr. Matlack,
Sr.. waO is a well-to-dO iron merchant,
strict in his dealings with men, and
sometimes quite stern in his demeanOr,
demanded the truth from young George,
the husband of a month 9ecame boy
again. He had not the moral courage
to tell the truth and he denied the fact
Of lhe marriage.
Sc Then go and put your denial in the
paper" said the stern father. Poor
Gaorge meekly went to the Ledger
Office and wrote and published his denial
Of she story. The next morning when
the lad saw the Judas-lke lines in cold
type ne was seized with remorse, and
he rushed to his love and retold the
st3ryof eternal devotion with all the
earnescness and energy of q lover in the
honeymoon. When Elvia asked him
bow he could deny the marriage he said
he did it because he was afraid Of his
father who, he continued, had been
extremely cross. He assured and reas-
sured his dear Evia that all was right,
andthat some day he would be twenty
one, and until that happy time and for
ever after he would do nothing but love
her. Miss Elvia was perfectly satisfied,
though with womanly shrewdness, she
reminded George that she did not deny
the marriage and that she, too, had had
a stern parent to deal with. At the end
of the interview the young lovers
thought their trOnbles all over, but the
course of their married life never had
run smooth, and they discovered anOth-
er ripple on the uneven surface the next
dav Elvia's parents could not allow
George 5 Reputation of the marriage to
stand, aud they so informed their
daughter. There was but one thing TO
do. and the old folks Int upon that with
an alacrity which astOnished Miss Elyia
and astounded Master George IA state
ment over the name Of the preacher
who married them must be got and pub
lished. Miss Elvia entirely agreed that
this was the proper thing to DO, and
George for the first time in his lite fully
understood the import Of the dread .
words Of the poet:
Needles and pins needles and pins,
When amu's married s trouble begins. /
He knew that his folks were not /.
vet fully aware of the truth They
firmly believed his story. They .
would read the reverend gentle .
mans card. The whole truth would .
come out and there would be the mis-
chief to pay. George did not at all en-
JOY the development Of the plot. A
pleasant little comedy was getting to be .
very like a tragedy. The young anna /
teur trembled in his shoes and longed .
for the conventional, good-natured .
friend Of the parties to make everything
all right in the last act. The Ledgcr OF /
Friday came out and with it the bold /.
and terse lines of the preacher which /.
the wayfaring man, though bachelor, |.
could not fail to understand. OF course |
the very first thing that Mr.. Matack, .
Sr., saw after he had put on his specta-
cles and picked up his paper was the
assertion, from q source which admit.
ted of no contradiction, that his son and
Miss Elvia had been man and wife Tor
more than a month. In the scene that
ensued Mr.. Matlack played the part OF
the irate father with more than usual
vehemence and young George reclted
his lines with less than the courage OF
the average amateur
The principal parties to this affair,