St. Landry democrat., 1881-08-13
An Egg that HatcheI a Wedding.

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ayes, it is true" said Mr.. James
Lynch, Yesterday, as he stood in front
of his produce market at 1852 Grand
street. Williamsburgh. ''An egg was
Che cause OF it all, and it $ the first time,
| ruess, that an egg ever acted as a
matchmaker. don mind telling you
the circumstances, but | prefer not Civ
inc the name OF either the girl or her
intended. for l know they would not
like it, and the facts are just as inter-
esting without them.
1T was on Saturday night, | think,
about two months ago. There was a
great rush of customers. and our girl,
who is very handy, came down stairs to
help us in the store. She often did this,
for the upstairs work, which she is en-
ploved to do, is not very heavy, and on
most evenings she is at leisure. Well,
that day l had bought five barrels OF
eggs from commission house on Duane
street, New York. They had come
from Tennessee. One barrel was used
UP when the girl came down, and | had
Just opened another. She began to sell
from this barrel. About five minutes
later | heard her laughing. and saw her
holding an egg to the light. She looked
at it so intently that | drew near and
asked her if it was bad.
'..Oh, no. she answered. Its too
good
s.She handed me the egg, pointing to
some words written upon it in clear,
business-like hand. They were as fol
lows: + ts4f
"Will the young lady in whose hands this
egg may fall open correspondence with :
--,- Count " Tennessee? III
Il read it aloud, and a lady who
CHANGED to be present said, How 70.
manticr / thought so, too, and we all
had a coed laugh over it. After the
shutters had been put up, told the
girl, just for the fun of the thing, to
comply with the request on the egg and
send a letter to Tennessee. Before
going to bed she did so. She is well
educated, and writes an excellent letter.
She was brought up in a convent in
Ireland She said she had no idea that
she could get an answer, but | guess
that she anxiously watched forthe post
man during the following week. At
the end of five days letter came di-
rected to her and postmarked Tennes-
see. 1t didn't take her long to open it,
and I'm pretty sure she read its contents
as quickly. A reply was sent, and
other letters came and went. Photo
graphs were exchanged before three
weeks had expired. The girl after this
refused to show any more Of her letters,
and we began to imagine that matters
were becoming serious and leased her
a great deal about her correspondent.
Well, to make a long story short, he
proposed by letter, and was accepted,
On Thursday last he arrived from Ten
nessee and saw her for the first time.
They were mutually pleased, and the
wedding day was set for some time in
the middle of August, 1t is a good
match. and l hope they will be happy
together.'' .EfIIl Ill |
Els our friend from Tennessee id
good circumstances" asked the re-
p' aoh, yes" repliedM. Lynoha. Il
forgot to tell you. = Heowns considera-
BILE land and is quite well-to-de. He is
also a large shipper of produce. and
just out of fun he wrote the message on
the fatal egg. He knew the eggs would
be shipped to New York, but they might
have been sent from this city to Europe,
or anywhere else. HeG was SO pleased
with the answerfto his message that he
made up his mind to marry the girl who
had written it, if her appearance pleased
him. 1t would have been strange if il
had not, for she is remarkably hand
some girl, not yet twenty years~old,
with a fine complexion, large brown
eyes and a graceful figure. She is also
as amiable as she is pretty. He is a
tne-looking man about thirty years Of
age, and ohey make handsome couple,
| can tell you"
lis the girl still living at your
house?n the reporter inquired.
Eyes, and she will remain with us
until the wedding takes place, when she
will go to Tennessee with her husband
probably over the same road tina
brought the egg through which she go1
her lover. IN. Y. Sum- 7r@