Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-31
THE ROMANCE eE AN EGG.
4 Chapter which Goes to Show that
Old Loves are Not Always Beat.
New York Sun, July q.

New York Sun, July q.
The young woman employ ed by the egg
and butter dealer of Grand street Wiz
Gams burgh, who. in handling some eggs in
the store, discovered one which contained
ii message, written in pencil, asking the
gill who received it to open corresponds
enee with young farmer in TeDnt ssee,
was yesterday unhappy. The story of the
love match made by IL cans Cf the egg had
been copied fro Il Inc Sun into the news
papers all over the country. Wherever
she went in the vicinity of her hJIe she
was pointed cut as the woman who got "a
lover through an egg. The story was
Of en- told how she had responded to the
farmers egg-ghell missive how Litter
came back which kindled a fame in her
heart; how she continued the corresponds
ence, and sent her photograph how one
came back to her representing Il sturdy
young farmer aud how the lover came on,
met bis correspondent, popped the guess
ton, and went home with The wedding day
fixed.
A young policeman in this city read the
story and remembered that he was once a
osau OF the yourg woman. He derter-
mined u nsKe love to her afresh and try
to outwit the Tennesseean. He went to
q ookiyn when ne had u day off and called
on her. he said that he had d WAYS had
hopes OF getting her but had put off
so aking To her about it because b
thought there was plenty Of time ahead
AZ Doth were young. The engagement sh G
had made he assured her, was rs fragile
as the shell of the egg which had brou1 ut
II about and he expressed the opinion that
It WAS, perhaps after all only new
tangled w estern notion Of ADVERTISING
He formally tfered himself to her, told
her that be was IS good # not be ter tn n
tue man from Ienne see, and that while
tue uther match might never DE consum-
mated, she cOu now get II lover who
w"ud De her husband just rs 50 n q. she
named the ia
Sne was pc suaded by bis arguments and
consented 10 become his bride The we'd
d'hg day was fze1 for Sunday afternoon
last, ana The leXt Gay Father Gallagher,
wa" Is acIng pasLer of ST. Peter and
EAl thuTch In tbs absence in Europe of
Father Malone, was engaged to perform
The ceremony In the church.
A or the dedication of the new altar in
d. vincent de Pauls Chu ch in Brooklyn,
on sunday: while the bishops and priests
were at dinner. the story of the match
t4'ue by an egg came up. After it bad
3eeh clrcqmstantialy told, Father Gal
tsnSt salu II was mistake TO suppose that
tus oeaus OF the girl were gong to be
i;oooeu OF heF by such device rs d letter
~ au egg"shell, tor he was that
instant gong to his church to
marry tne young woman to an old
i9'e While the prizes were lsughing at
I Us unex pected turn The roman, mad taken,
Father Gallagher departed. The egg and
outer dealer the bride, and young fe,
maze ~ COMPANION Were in The church when
ather Gallagher arrived there. The
hoI'cemaH had not reached the chul ch but
iue oIlde smIlingly suggested that be had
bridegroom failed to come An hour went
ny, and yet no bridegroom Game. Two
H4qfS passed, and by that time every pos
f ftOit excuse had been eanvassed, and yet
S uV bridegroom did not appear A thi d
~, Passed, and the b-ide broke into
- Inc party went out with the solem>
Vi funeral mourners, and looked up