Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-31
"A Social Sensation.


The village OF Fa;!!sx Courthouse is *.
c'tci oTcr t. social SENSATION. Tho principals
in the ttI,r are Mr.. Nat Johnsou, O y .uop
lsrm:r. uul Miss B,nie WsHa, a pretty,
blonde halrcd gnl. with blue eyes Dnd about
| twenty or twenty ono years oil ngc. FJr SOHO
tIno pas: Air. johnson has bocn q devoted
admlr"r OF tho you0g lGdJ, AID. as n natural
sequence in engagement followed. Olietly,
but s1feIy, tho young couple undo their er-
rGnecncnts for tho WEDDING. and Il invitations
were duly !5su d. Tho day fixed was week
ego last Thursday.
But tho VT iiJg has not oams of. The
oOuIso Of true !avJ has not, ia this instance, ruo
smoothly.
There vas Of o0ursr. rcnsar. and this forms
| an interesting a:cry. |: commences with tho
death Of Mr.. George johnson, n widely known
ADD respected farmer Of Fairfax county, ard
tho TACT That 10 WAS quito well eff iG this world 5
goods. Mr.. Nat Johrs0n is his snn aud fell
heir TO certain share OF his fathers ioriuro.
LIS stated, By callain possibly cuvious .ouog
ladies, tho. i. vas q il TACT Which touod him
| such great iGV1r 10 tho blue eyes If tho pretty
country girl. Is, this as it may. ii cir inu;utl
| affection seemed 10 grow and prosper.
Mrs. Joht SIN, mother of N1thanill. was O
youcg lovers. She alleged to discern, with
sharp maternal eyes, thot tho few thousands
which her son possessed in lis owo rish. were
moro attractive TO Miss Berio than were lis
personal charms aud character. Sho therefore
lest no opportunity to mako it very uoI lsasapt
for tho young gentleman. Al last he became
tired OF persistaot Wory e., and exclaimed,
I1ipalleutIy, well, If you think is mp prop.
efty she's after, | II mako il over 10 you" lis
mother did Dot allow this to lie az Idle boast.
Va Tuesday. two days before tho Wedding
Was to occur. thc and her SIN # heir farm,
which IS cb9ut four nils ucItie.st e Vienna,
and PROCEEDED 10 Fairfax Courthouse. MIR.
+. w. Richards D is the acting clerk df the
| coCTt A paper WIS drawn up aId sWcrn to
botorc him III which Mr.. Nat Johnson, with
sundrf legal wjE1s. transferred to his mother
all the property Of which he Was possessed.
Then hrs. Jokls $40, IL is alleged, told her son
that he might marry Mis- Bsrlio Wyl.e if no
chots'. She may come TO 1.-Two ct our hous,,
il sho wishes TO-" ad1td Mrs. johnson, "but
$40 VII! have 70 caro- her own Living; you have
not get one 'us. aod sho is 10 tho same cirtum
s.a.c:5. WIKI wins. feelings ,ho youag man
drove home is Dos kotwI.
Bad news travels iss;. l. was Dot l,rg before
tho whCls c!lcursan co YES told tho young
lady's family. nnd they proceeded 1T once to
Investigate. BoIroHing horse and vehicle
from ncighaor. MS. Payne. Ii7iog b,tween
Alexaodrs and the COURTEOUS ,,hc yOuog sdy's
mother, drove TO the latter place. She saw the
document AID won't hcm,. Tho young lady
naturally tolt considerably hurt, and even
angry, and Immediately wrote caus,ic note to
her lover, releasing him ttom his engagement
THIS bad the elect OF briugiog him at once
10 her feet, and It Is @ matter Ct gossip among
the residents Of the village that ho spent hslf
OF tho night IN pleading to BIO taken back,
though this is possibly exaggerated. She wes
inexorabio ADD smiled sarcasticslIy when ho told
her hs! be haG ouy ec:ed 10 this matter TO test
her love. /: is also alleged that one Of tho sis.
ter5 CT the youog msn visited Miss WSlie to
try ard sst!c N 1;ters satisfactorily, but 10 vain,
Mr.. JOh2son's troubles did rot end here.
The minister, R2V. MIR. H,mill, who bad been
selected ss the perstn to perform the Ceremony,
wrote Eoto TO s.Iir, ss.Eg in torcibIe tern s,
that &c dsclned 20 many mn who
had ecLed in such e ElaEror. At the same time
he addressed another note to the younger lsdv.
pralslog her fJr her action in breaking off her
engagement. This was the day before the we'd
ding. 1t was too late to recall the invitations,
and, although the STAIR became noiscd abroad,
about thirty people, who had not heard of the
matter. assembled st the bride.el house to
sec the ceremony. TO them tho absorcs of tho
bridegroom WAS explained Determined not 10
be entirely Disappointed tho party speIt a
pleasant social evening and did justice 10 the ed
loles which Were to have composed the Wedding
supper.
Public sentiment in Fuirf.x Courthouse and
vicinity is at present divided. Some prti:e the
young lady fox hor action. while others say that
II che really loved johnson she Wcul1 not have
been SO ready TO break II the engagement. In
Inc meantime, she has gOno TO live T;lh Mra.
Payne Until the affair bloSs over,