Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
senator Ferry,s Friend.

Fighting her way through the slbll-
alton of the tongue, a lady, fresh from
the other side Of the water, says a
Paris letter, announced that she had
some news, indeed, and one in the
secret winking at us wisely, we all
listened to the discourse.
THE whole American colony in
Paris is ringing with it," she began
and expectation rose on tip-toe and
waited. You all remember
the Cooper family hat raised
such a sensation two winters age
in Washington, and stirred the whole
country at the end ofthe long session,
by mixing up the name OF Senator
Ferry with their domestic and inter
necine wars?" Six people rolled their
eyes and said: Perfectly" and the
narrative went on with only such in
terruption as, I'm not surprised"
Just like her!" and II told you SOL
Quite as every one prophesied, the
sensations Of the family are not nearly
exhausted, and they have added an
other chapter, but by no means the
last one, to their varied career. After
the fine scandal that they succeeded
in raising at Washington, when Miss
Cooper announced that she had horse
whipped a gentleman, and her father
came out in a card and said that she
did not, but that he did the punish
ing" and then, after several such
fierce statements, he signed a docu-
ment before officers and witnesses re.
tracing all his charges, the public
rather lost sight of the trio. Colonel
Cooper was appointed Consul at
Cadiz, Spain, and having reconciled
he family differences and Joined his
wife aud daughter to him once more.
set sail for that sunny port on the
Mediterranean last winter. Cadiz
was small, dull and provincial, of the
line of travel and unproductlve of
amusement, excitement or sensations
for the family, and discomfort crept
in. The breach widened, and when
the horse chestnuts were Just bursting
into bloom the mother and daughter
unceremoniously left for Paris. On
the way up from the south they en-.
eounterad a handsome young man, son
Of a wealthy mill owner at Dunferm-
line, Scotland, who straightway fell
desperately in love with the pretty
and vivacious young lady. A few
days after their arrival in Paris the
daughter in turn took French leave of
her mother, and eloped for the States
with the bra Scotchman.
There was no need or necessity for
elopement, in preference to any other
mode Of marriage and travel. as there
was no objection or opposition intend.
ed. To such a highstruDg and melo-
dramic young lady common customs
we're distasteful. and away she went
for America. The distracted mother
followed by the next steamer, and
overlook them in New York. The
ScOtchman was sent off to a hunting
tour to the Adirondacks, while a
trousseau was got ready,and hen cards
and relatives having been secured,
she was married under a floral bell,
and bon voyaged off by a dock full of
unenlightened and envious people. A
high sounding notice in the papers
spread the news, but slightly. At
present the bride is at her Highland
home in Dumlermline, a dull dry, and
Presbyterian town Of the strictest
kind, twelve miles across from Edin-
burgh. The community is strict, Sc
we're and tradition bound, revering
the memory and the mansion of John
Knox, who was born among them,
and weaving damasks and fine linens,
such as house wives treasure like jew
els. A more desperately and deeply
enamored Romeo never twanged a
lutte in Verona than this one from the
north country, but none of the hero
ines Of drama and verse quite equal
this irrepressible, audacious, unman-
ageable little American bride, who
will as certainly raise the old dust of
Damferoline and set the town aghast
as that the stars will roll in space.
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