Daily Republican., 1881-09-17
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A Delaware Farmers Little Love
Scrape I'm the City Of Chester.

scrape I'm the CITY Of Chester.
From the Chester Times.
Yesterday afternoon Constables Pol
lit and Wheaton arrested Hettie an,
George Blizzard and James Shaw, al
OF whom live on Second street, nea
Norris on the oath of f. X. Laynlan
known in this city as the Eliza Han
cock butcher, charging them with a.s
Sault and battery. The parties wer.
given a hearing before Alderman Ar
monr, Of tho South Ward, yesterday
afternoon, and Mrs. Blizzard and George
We're required to give bonds 20 keep the
peace, and James Shaw was discharged
az no case could be made out against
him. Nathaniel Blizzard, a brother tt
George, was also named in the warrant
but he could not We found.
Behind the whole affair is q racy
story, and shows an old man $ devotion
to young woman who did not love in
return. Layman is an old widower
on the shady side OF sixty, who has lived
III this city and in Christiana Village
Del, at times. While here he made
his home with his son, in what is called
Forwood's Row, in the South Ward.
There he made the acquaintance Of a
young girl, whose parents lived only
two doors from Layman, and III u very
short time he became quite smitten
with her.
The young lady had beau, so the
story goes, Al til" time Laymln first
knew her, but he resolved 10 run the
young fellow oil and nave the prize to
himself, ii possible. The Young man had
been paying regular visits to the young
woman for about a year prior 10 May,
1880, and, OF course had gotten him
self into her good graces. Lsyman, with
a heart full Of love and feelings as ten
der ~ spring chicken, sought an
interview with TIE girl, and, after ne
thought he had made Il favorable i'm
preston on the object Of lis affections,
proposed that she accept him as her
high lord and be mistress Of her own
household. The giri vas young thing,
hardly Old enough to leave her mother,
and desired to consider he matter.
While the girl was bordering this
important question tie young suitOr in
creased his visits from two to tyenghts
u week, and this came near leaving the
old man ont in the cold. He arranged
mat ere, however, to cal, after The voting
mIH had left, and he could be seen
most any night hanging around the
corners waiting f,r the young man to 60
home. This unpleasant way OF COurtins
continued until near Christmas,
when Laymau resolved to have
her for his bride. He gave her
lots of presents, so he says, and
thought if he could not win her with
love he could with lewelry. For some
reason they did not get married Christ
mas, and Il day in June last was set. -
Layman says he took her to Philadel-
pnia to get married and to have two
days tour around the city. When on
the steps ofthe minister ) house Layman
drew apl,tul ont OF his pocket and show
I'd 1t to her, telling her that he would
use 1t if she continued to receive the
former Sltor The woman refused to be
joined to him, and the engagcme + was
lnnutlrd right there. Since that time
Layman has regretted that his little eX-
pHIien3e Of love cost him SO much mon
cy. The brothers and mother Of the
gir, did not Ike the way he talked
about her, and last Saturday night tl!rS
committed Oh him tn" offence for which
they We're arrested yesterday. Lay
man says they We're going to ride him
| On . rai. all u. Stfnr is nos over yet,
| He considers himself Tilted in 4o.r a,.d
Il very much abused luan.