Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-26

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A very pretty story, N which pellatcs
and love srs romanticaliy blended. b told
In the courtskip, love triak, and long.de.
laycd marriage of Jesse Small and RebeccA
woodson. The two were engsRed twenty.
three years sed, aud remained desoted
swsethearts until yesterday. when they were
made man and wife. In Hart county, Ky..
about six miles southeast Of where Mun-
fordvlile now stands lived before the war
Martin smpll, an honest farmer. whose
family, besides q wife and three daughters,
consisted OF six sons. the youngest Of
whom was jesse. Jesse was r fiery, i'm.
peiuous fellow, who wcut to every cross
roads dance, and was considered the nncsl
rife shot in the neighborhood. In those
days turkey-shootiug was The iayorite pas
time OF the country gentlemen during the
fall and winter mouths. To distinguish
himself ~ the tnest shot at turkey match
was The Hari-eounty farmcr-boy's greatest
ambition. II happened one day that
the turkey shooting took place at old
Farmer Ezekiel Woodson's. Farmer Wood
soa was fhe father OF one OF the preuiess
riris in all Hart county. She was not yet
sixteen. and already she had received
numerous proposals for her hand IN mar
rage. On the day OF the turkey-shootlng
nj FARMER Woodson's Il was noticed that
.Iessc small took no hand in the sport.
.Jcsse and Farmer woodson's daughter Re-
bccca had stolen away from the crowd and
were breathing into each others cars the
gentle words OF love.
The politics OF old man Small were Dem-
ocratlc, violently Democratic, OF the Breck-
cnridge school OF Democracy. Ills sous
took example from the father. AZ the
secession Of the confederation in 1861. ana
With the mister oi Confederate troops. the
entire male por ion Of the small neighbor-
hood ENLISTED. Before he weutto the army
Jesse visited Rebecoa. The SCENE which
was enacted at parting could be hotter de-
scribed in the language OF some OF the local
poets, one or two OF whom have since
unfortunately escaped from the county.
The lovers promised each other that
they would never wed unth the
country had been saved ana a
democratic Administration restored. Du-
rrg the bitter wears OF conflict that fol-
lowed Rebecca heard but once or twice
from Jesse. One letter told her that he
had been shot and mortally wounded on
tie battlefield OF Manassas. She had no
hopeOf ever seeing him again. One bright,
,unShiny morning near the close 81 the
war Jesse returned 10 his old home in Hart
county. A bullet-hole had pierced his side,
but fortunately for him he had been ear
ricd from the field by a cOmradc and cared
for by a skilled physician. He had almost
entirely recovered.
After the last column OF figures in the
official count bad been added up and the
Democratic majority was announced LIZ,
Jesse and Ecbccca began their prepare
tons 10 seal contract that had stood M
violate for twenty three wears. To duly
celebrate the occasion it was agreed 10
make a trip 10 Louisville aud sOlcmnze
the nUptials while here.
Az 2:jj yesterday afternoon Jesse small
and Rebccca WoodSon arrived in the city
| They secured license to marry, and were
| riioted 20 The office Of Justice John Ne'
! Cam, where they were soon made happy
/ under the seal OF the marriage vow. Las
! nisht the bridal couple were registered a
! the st. Cloud Hotel. and to-day at moon
they returned Ia Hart county. Mr.. SINAI
! is forty-four years OF age, and his bride i
| i've years his junior. He is tall, with ;
thin face covered by iron-gray whisker,
! Mrs. Small has pleasant face and blu'
eyes. Both were dressed in simple countr!
| STYLE.