The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-08
ELoPEMENT ECCENTRrCITiEs.
How People Have Got RID of Undcsir.
able Partners and Got Other Ones.

A married farmer Of Knox County, o.,
cloped with a neighbours wife, and the de.
serted partners philosophically obtained d.
vorccs and were married.
Bruce Cooper, of Morehead, KY, cloped
with Mollic DO Hart, aged thirteen, but
after going few miles repented, advised
her to go home, and shot himself.
A baby was sent to the New Haven Poor
house not long ago under singular circum-
stances. Both its parents had eloped, the
father with another mans wife and the
mother with another woman's husband.
Two young people eloped from Ripon, Wis.,
to Fond du Lac and telegraphcd back to the
girls parents "May we get married?
Please wire consent Immediately, as ccre-
mony will be performed this evening any
how"
A young woman of Wallingford, Conn,
festivities that followed the ceremony were
at their height the bride eloped with one of
her old admirers, who was among the
guests.
A young Lochinvar cloped with an IL
linois girl, but at Hays City, Kansas, aban-
doned her, giving her $780, and telling her
he was going to Texas. She bought horse,
a revolver and some provisions and set out
after him.
A middlc.agcd couple recently visited
Kansas City on their bridal tour and stayed
Mt the house of the brides brother. The
bridegroom saw his wife's niece, that
she was fair, won her heart. elopcd with
her and made the rest of the journey on the
old tickets.
John Halvcy and Mrs. Anthony, of Al
bion, Miss, were about to elope. Each had
four children, but they concluded that two
would be as many as the new household
could support comfortably. So they drew
lots, and she won and took half of her
family with her.
A married woman eloped at Farwell,
Mich, recently, and took train for the East
with her paramount. THANK Heaven, Pm
in time ~ yelled the husband, as he gal
loped up to tho station, entered the car,
placed her child in the covering woman's
lap and rode happily away.
A resident of Buckncr Station, KY, after
arriving at the. age of eighty, aud having
been married four times, eloped at night on
horseback with the youthful belle of the
county, was chased twenty miles by her
angry father, but got away triumphantly
aud went on his fifth honeymoon trip re-
jocing.
Not long ago curious clopement case &C.
CURED in Bath, Nc. A woman fell In love
with n man who was not her husband. The
husband, taking the matter coolly, said
"Wifc, we've saved up this winter 800;
stay, and we'll spend it together go, and
here's So" She took the money and went
Mr.. Gowland, of Stockton-on Tees, Eng.
land, lodged with Mr.. Peacock and eloped
with his wife. Tho husband, some financial
arrangements not being carried out, had
them arrested for the larceny of the woman's
clothes, but us it came out that he had
helped them to carry the trunk to the sta
tion and had wished them pleasant jour.
noy, the charge was dismissed.
When DIR. j. G. Thompson was married
at Sedalia, No., he noticed that Miss Collet
the bridesmaid, whom he then saw for the
| first time, was handsomer than his wife
He told her so, few days later, and that
he was sorry he had not married her, where
upon she remarked that they could easily
remedy that by clipping, and they eloped
accordingly.
DIR. Hammond, of Minneapolis, was en-
gagged to marry Miss bly,, but he made Miss
Winter his wife instead, Nobody could
guess why he changed his matrimonial plan
and the mystery was deepened by the facl
that Miss BLY, had nothing hard to say
against him. The matter was made cleai
when he cloped with her after getting pos
session of his wifes fortune.