The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-10
CUPID,s WORK WITH An EGG.
The Happy Outcome Of a Message Sent
for Fun in a Barrel from Tennessee
and Read by a Pretty Girl in Will
iamsburg Market.
New York sun

/
iamsburg Market.
New York Sun.
! +" Yes it is true" said Mr. James
Lynch, yesterday, as he stood in
front of his produce market at 152
Grand street, Williamsburg. An
egg was the cause of it all, and it's
the first time, 1 guess, that fan egg
ever acted as matchmaker. don't
mind telling you the circumstances,
but | prefer not giving the name Of
either the girl or her intended, for l
know that they would not like it,
and the facts are just as interesting
without them.
1t was on Saturday night, L
think, about three 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 employed to do,
is not very heavy, and on most even
ings she is at leisure. Well, that
day had bought five barrels of eggs
from a commission house on Duane
street, near Greenwich, New York.
They had come from Tennessee.
One barrel was used up when the
girl came down, and had just open
ed another She began to sell from
this barrel. About five minutes la
ter l 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, it's too
good
She handed me the egg, pointing
to some words written upon it in a
clear, business like hand They were
as follows:
Win the young lady in whose hands this egg
may fall open correspondence with ---- -,
- county, Tennessee"
read it aloud and a lady who
chanced to be present said, how ro-
manticP l thought so, too, and we
all had a good 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 letter to Tennessee.
Before going to bed she did so. She
is well educated, and writes an ex-
cellent letter. She was brought up
in a convent in Ireland. She said
she had no idea that she would get
an answer, but | guess that she anX-
iously watched for the postman dur
ing the following week. AT the end
of five days a letter came directed
to her and postmarked Tennessee.
It didn't take her long to open 1t,
and I'm pretty sure she read its con-
tents as quickly. A reply was sent,
and other letters came and went
Photographs were exchanged before
three weeks had expired. The girl
after this refused to show any more
of her letters, and we began to i'm
agine that matters were becoming
serious and teased her a great deal
about her Tennessee correspondent.
Well, to make long story short, he
proposed by letter and was accepted.
On Thursday last he arrived from
Tennessee and saw her for the first
time. They were mutually pleased,
and the wedding day was set for
some day in the middle Of August.
1t is a good match, and hope they
will be happy together"
els our friend from Tennessee in
good circumstances p inquired the
reporter.
"Oh, yes, replied Mr.. Lynch. i
forgot to tell you. He owns cOnsid-
erabIe land and is quite well -to-dO.
He is large shipperof 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 direct to
Europe from this city, or anywhere
else. He was so pleased with the
answer to his message that he de-
termined to marry the girl who had
written it, if her appearance pleased
him. 1t would have been strange if
it had not, for she is a remarkably
handsome girl, not yet 20 years old,
with a fine complexion, large brown
eyes, and a graceful figure. She is
also as amiable as she is pretty. He
is fine looking man about 30 years
old, and they make handsome
couple, can tell you,"
"Is the girl still living in your
house?" the reporter asked.
q Yes; 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 that brought the egg through
which she got her lover. "
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