The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-22
BRrBlNG A MINISTER.
The story of Young Couple From
COh0ea.

OVAA0SHs
Thomas Nelligan, whose elopement
from Cohoes with pretty Miss Moore the
daughter of wealthy manufacturer of
that place created considerable excitement
some time ago, has been living with his
bride in this city for fortnight past.
Nelligan was reported as being penniless
boy laborer, entirely beneath the the girl
with whom he eloped in the social scale,
and to satisfy itself, the TATTLER paid
visit last evening to the neat three story
and basement brick house, No. ISL Grand
street, where it had been learned the young
couple resided. Inquiry developed the
fact that the newspaper man had struck
oil the first time. He was ushered II, anu
presently jauntily attired, boyish-looking
fellow. small in stature, but well built,
with wealth of black hair and pair of
handsome black eyes was introduced as
Mr.. Michigan.
s.AIr. Nelligan, is it true that you have
elcped r asked the reporter.
eyes sir, it is true" was the reply.
Then he told the story of the elopement as
follows: ssFrem what has been said about
me, one would imagine that was a pau
per; that didn't have enough to eat.
The truth Is, while my father, who is
grocer in Cohoes, is not wealthy, is well-to-
do and respectable citizen. He has sew
eral times been elected a supervisor, and
has held other elective offices in our
County. / never did days work in my
life. In fact, went to school up to
the first of the present year.
My wife's father, as has been
stated, is wealthy. / had been paying
attention to the young lsdy for some time,
L
ship Finally, seeing that she thought
great deal of me, they concluded to cure
the girl of her fancy by shutting her up in
convent. heard of this and at clandes-
tine meetings between us it was decided
not to openly oppose her parents pro-
gramme, but allow the arrangements to
progress, and the nigh before she was to
5 be taken to the convent we were to be mar
ried, and she was then to agree with her
parents that she wonld give me up on
condition she was permitted to stay home,
and tho marriage was to be kept secret for
two years. At midnight on the appointed
night, when everybody else in our respec-
i've homes were sound asleep, we met and
after having visited several Catholic priests,
each of whom refused to marry us, we
struck outin the country and finally came
across farmer dominic who, though mad
as hops for having disturbed his slumbers,
finally agreed to unite us in marriage.
ssWell, how did it come about?' asked
the reporter, now thoroughly interested.
'.Well, the whole up and down of it is,
we had to pay him well for it.
"And did you then return homer"
s'Yes; my wife returned to her room
again unbeknown to her family, and did
likewise. The fact of our marriage was
not long kept secret, however, for it leaked
out within few days through some of the
old dominie's family. Then her father
grew very angry and declared that he
would disown her. Shortly after we left
Cohoes. We have been living here for
three eeks"
Young Nelligan said furtl Of that he had
been to great many enter alnn.un., I'D
parties, and had attended the theatre con-
siderably since he had been here In fact,
had been enjoying life. He hears almost
dairy from his parents, and thinks the
girls father is gradually becoming recon
ciled. He says if he don't get situation
here soon he may go home, or possibly
may go West.