The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-15

Senator apd Mrs. Vance are said In
have a sfclish reSidanco In Wa.L-

SIX years engagement, Is reported frou
another city. Though ignorant of tn,
facts in this special case, We don't won
der. at any fAdy,s indignation under tn,
circumstances. No man has a right {,
monopolise the company of u lady du
ring the brightest of her years, an,
then call for his hat. No man shout,
ask for a wife until he can name tn,
bridal night Long engagements shoult
not be made, even II the lady favor it.
b Is liable TO change her mind. and b,
IL apt to be secretly glad OF it Scientist;
say the human body undergoes a com
plete change every seven Years, aud ".
suppose the heart goes With the lye:.
Jacob is said Ia have served for la.
sweetheart seven years, but as he Ilveu
on the same piantatIou, and welt /,
water the cameis with her, aud f.eipet
her to hunt hen eggs In the blackberr,
Patch, 1t was pretty nearly the same a.
a wedding ring basis. Seriously, We can
see no possible good in long engagements.
Thousands OF unhappy houses resul,
from loveless marriages carried out be-
cause the couple had gone too far to re
cede, or had not the moral courage to
face the talk" Yet how falsely sworn
the solemn vow Of Love and Obedi-
ence," where not even respect can be
continued! And, by the by. it is salts
factory to learn that there are those
among our Carolinian girls who dare
even to recall their wedding ca rds for
proper cause.
The New bern correspondent OF the
Kinston Journal says:-"Miss Lewis
OF Beaufort county, eloped with VIM.
Simons of this county last Sunday.
The lady wrote to SimOns to meet her
Sunday morning on the Washington
road, which he did, and found her
promptly on time. He took her to
Broad Creek and they were united in
the bonds of holy matrimony Monday
night by J. A. Ernell ESQ.,"
The same paper says:-''A large
number Of young folks, with a few old
ones mixed 10, assembled at the house
OF MIR. Atlas Uxzells Of Tuckahoe,
Jones county, each one carrying his
pound on Friday night last for a
hop. A party of young folks from
kinston attended and they are very
profuse in their praises of the pretty
girls, mic supper and the superior quail
ity Of MIR. Uzzell's wine"
Elizabeth City Falcon. Sometime in
the early part of last July. Mr.. L.. A.
Kaufman and MISS Lula w. O.eon. of
POI smouth, Va, were married by
Rev. r. A. Camplon at the Albemarle
House. 1t was called IA runaway match,
and attracted no unusal attention.
Young Mr.. Kaufman has tired of the
match, 1t seems, and is suisg for a di>
vorce on the ground that he was forced
into the marriage by the eioqucnce Of
of a loaded pistol in the hands Of one
w. u. Armstrong, uncle to the bride.
The dispositions of the witness as to
the ceremony are now being taken"
Kaufman sWears he was Kidnapped
at Norfolk and carried to Elizabeth
City and made to marry the girl. He
must be a skunk.
Jennie Wintcrcse eloped with John
T.. Miller at Little Rock, Ark, and
when her parents upbraided her from
marrying against their wishes, she de-
clared that she had done it for their
sake; that Miller threatened to Kill
them if she did not become his wife.
Mr.. Winterose deemed his daughters
excuse frivolous, and compelled her to
return home. That night Miller came
to the house and shot him.
The Philadelphia Record SAYS
about courting:-'In reversing a de-
clslon IN a seduction case from Lack,
awanna county yesterday Judge Pax
son administered some practical advice
on the subject Of counting. Frank
Ric was tried for seduction under
of marriage At the trial it
was testified that he met the young
lady. at church and offered his umbrella.
accompanied her home that night
and several others for about a year.
Finally one evening he accomplished
her ruin, on a road a little way out Of
town. She testified that he promised
marry her before she was seduced
but he denied this. 1t was showed
hat he had only been il her house four
during the whole year he was ac-
luainted with her, and it was argued
therefrom that this as not enough ey.
fence to coroborate a promise of mar
lage. The Judge below held sub
'tantially that any circumstances might
the promise of marriage
ne Supreme Court, however. reverses
his, Judge Paxson saying: at WAS
'alpable error to instruc: the iurv that
violence to coroborate the promise of ,
is no longer necessary. The
ct OF March, 1860 expressly provides
ne promise Of marriage shall not be !
leemed established unless the testimo-l
y OF the female seduced is coroborated ::
y other evidence, either circum.tan (!
lal from which the jury were permit :
ed to infer a promise Of MARRIAGE w.,. :
I an equivocal character. The plant I
U IN error had been in the of the .
rosecutrix but four times, accordin. I
D her statement and that of her y
3other, and then only for a short time f
lie met her out in the evenings, some a
mes at the church, walked home with
er, and left her at the gate. This il :
OF the kind of i~ntercourses that usn {
lly takes place between persons ~xnra-
ed to be married. It NAV tent to- I
but it is quite as likely to 0
al TO something else. Circumstant- E
evidence of an e ment of mar. 8
age is to be found in the proof If a
len facts as usually accompany that 4
'lation. Among them may be found =
entlened letters, presents, social at :
.nt'ons OF various kinds, visiting to- !. .
IN company, preparations for =
'usekeePing and the like. Decree
He IwITCHED HIS EYEs-E,o.O