The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-01-24
Romantic Weddings.

| Nashville girls arc whispering 10
one another abou. delightfully."- ro-
mantle affair IN which II local Juliet
nj Louisville Romeo bear the
leading parts. The Young persons
concerned met last Angus, at the Blue
Lick resort, and while drinking the
bitter waters they slipped the sweets
wherewiih Cupid conceals small
heariburnings and little agomes IN
Vulnerable. The upshot Of the court
ing at the springs was That The gir''s
father refused TO cOuntenance the
lovers suit. The old gentlenan's
natural deafness was Intensified u
hundred fold in the young man's
case. Father and daughter returned
TO Nashville. and October having
passed without further trouble in the
matter, the former b'gan TO look up
on the case as an incident OF midsum-
iner enthusiastically on and lightly |
off. Therefore when, on Tuesday oi
last week, he was asked by his
daughter TO drop in on his way
down town and deliver note TO a
clergyman he complied without sus
picion OF what would follow. The
note contained request that the
clergyman should call upon the
young woman that morning. lie
weni TO the house and in the parlor
'onnd party OF young folks, central
among whom were the Louisville
lover and tho Nashville lass. Bota
were dressed for travelling. The
preacher was surprised that he
should be called upon 10 marry them
al such shortn tee, but a. the bride
was undtr her fathers root, in broad J
day light, and as the father himself
had delivered the summons, he per.
formed the ceremony without uh-
accessory delay. The gi'l's mother
was rocking conieniedly in her SIT
ling ronm overhead, obiivious OF the
proceedings few yards away. The
lew guests aud witnesses dispersed
quietly, and the bridal party walked
Ia the depot, whence in ten minutes
they left tor the North. A tornado
swept through all the rooms of the
house that afternoon. but at last nc
counts Cupid's clipper was skim
ming along the lakes 10 Chirago be-
tore fair breeze with all sails set.
Not to be ouidone by the lovers
who were married at the summit of
Pixies Peak, nor yet by thoss who
were woddrd nine miles under the
ground IN Mammoth Cave, an Ohio
couple lasI week stood up before a
preacher IN the rotunda OF the CAPT. |
tol at Columbus. The bride was
Mise Maggie e. Foote, of Yellow
Bud, and the groom was Eugene
Reeve, "A wealthy citizen OF Willough-
by. They did not contemplate mar
riage at that time, but while saunter.
ing through the capitol the romantic
idea presented itself to the Young
man aud the young lady acqniesccd
Governor Foster. Attorney General
Nash, Adjutant General Smith, the
State Auditor, the state treasurer,
and hundred other persons con.
nccted with the state government ac-
coInpaniei the Rev. Mr.. Moore to tie
rotunda and witnessed the ceremony.
"And there, while the dim religious
light was stealing through tho apex
of The DOME" says the breathless
Journal reporter, The groom aud
bride stood upon the central star in
the Mosaic pavement and were uni
ted IN The holy bonds of matrimony.
In congratulaiiDg the couple Govern
or Foster said that, although the
youth had robbed The brides father
of q Foote, nevertheless he hoped
those concerned never would make a
mis- step because Of the matter. After
much brilliant conversation OF the
kind and grea, deal OF laughter the
house adjourned sine die.
When Franklin Broliar, of Tan.
cock, Md, went to the wars in 1861,
he lett home with the understanding
that, up,n his return he should mar
ny Miss Mary Roller, the apple of his
eye. After the second Manassas, the
Baltimore papers gave Brolliar's
name in the long list of the dead
Miss Rollers anguish was greater in
depth than in length. for before the
war closed che married Brolliar's ri.
val, becoming Mrs. Reeder. At the
end Of the war Brollair came out of
Georgia prison aud made post haste
for his Maryland home. Walking in
to town at dusk, he seemed a stran-
ger 10 persona whom he had known
! few years before. His first ques-
ion was MS to Miss Roller, and The
answer so dazed him that he walked
lway without making himself known.
lie reached Missouri before any de.
lire 10 slop came to him. lie settled
II Carr0llt0n in that state, bought
AMI and became known as the bach
.lor farmer. Several yerrs ago Mra.
ieeder's husband died. One day the
in reading Of the survivors of
unreasonable, learned that Brolliar
ill lived. She at once began to
earch for. him and recently found
lin. Last Monday The bachelor far
ner was married to his love Of twen-
y years ago. /
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