Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-06

,,....... tNN "a wy HW'fA cattle IN the
ynn 'f, ana There was no better Judge VI
ne,se 20 hc met ~ the market Miss
hilton had boon her clefh ami s.sl.,a.,
!" wy store and aboni he farm. The
,,1,S = ptosuyrOus country place. q
.esu,W ppiyieehfic, where ~ sorts VI
suppl.f alv handled, ff0m 4 stlcA OF
eiW NJ plough OF The materials OF "a
~. v,ess y "A called "1'hc Resi-, y
avuaply because u y o stopping place
n..WVvn " lhchcSter and Mutilnsburn. be-.
,nN "guVt iAu way between the two cit.
wv, ~ = lew days Miss Rcbcca u. Payne
,N.u,no'l w TIE county court TO renew her
'IlnN"'Nn iof marriage license This
sun MAS nm. i,wHpNci n. rAyNr,
iiot long HAIR had bron cut short aud
Nhe was neatly dressed In coat,
.est ana trousers, and d derby
uat besides, she brought with her a lct.
lcr IRON Dr, Mcguire ot Winchester cct
Trying that She was fully entitled 10 the
new namc and the dress which She
adopted, The marriage licensr was no
longer withheld, "shO" on rather Uhrn
was duly married 10 Miss Hilton, and thr
pair now live happily together al urhp
test y but business Is hardly rs rood AT
lho Store as II used TO be. Lawrence, the
husband, Is not NOT as much In favor
with "thc boys" OF the county, as Re.
occca, The village muidcn, used 10 be- 10,
years II had been believed and conceded
ny many OF the neighbors that Rohccca
WAS entitled by natural cndowmrnts OF
business tact as they say, to swear Tho
brccchcs,N Rcbrcca herself Thought 40.
aud blamed the family for having kept hci
IN potllcoats 80 long Nevertheless, the
transformation created 4 sensation. II
stirred the county to the utmost turmoil
ol establishment aud excitement. IN,
girls with whom Rchcccn had associated
aud their Immediate friends, were The
most astonlshcd, uncaSincSs aud alarm
rclgncd IN AL the families which had held
any social Intercourse with Rcbceca.
Consequently, after the mciamorphoslS
and marriage, her former friends held
themselves alooi, 60 the dctrlmrnt of hct
business The raynes are one of the old.
est ana foremost families In this county, In.
dustrious, prosperous and highly res.
pccted. Jane Payne, Lawrcnco's grand.
MOTHER lives on farm In icrkolcy
county, W, Va, about q mile from "rhC
Rest She Is now So years old aud has
lived on that farm sixty years, She Is
pleasant IN conversation and
QrlfE WITTY,
She has just finished reading the Bible
from beginning tu Cnd without Hiassps,
She Is much addicted to family puiycrs,
aud has tcndcr regard Tor the little
chapel ol the Payncs, which stands on
the blu near her dwelling The family
are all Methodlsis, Southern Mcthodlsts,
Tor they urc careful to point ont the dis.
tlnction between southern Mcthudlsts
aud Methodist, Episcopal, which
Is the Northcrn maine ono OF her Ia.
Vorlic boasts IL that she raised eleven
children "a manhood aud wumauhnod
she was married nj sixteen all of whom
lived 10 marry aud raise families of thclr
own, Her son Joe, Who was a mags.
trOio, ana died IN ls6a, was the father of
Rcheoca, nov Lawrence. The old lady
sometimes uses one name and sometimes
the other Among the residents in the
county who do not now patrouite Law
roncV's store as they used To do Is Il
farmer who lives not lnr from stephen
sons depot, which Is about hvc mites
distant, In tho last days of Rchcccn's
potticoat existence, this farmer gave a
party at his house and invited all the
rayncs, Including Rchccca. The mcle
timcnt was kept mp late
ail an tho quests stayed nj
the house for the night. The farmers
hospitality was greater than his sleeping
accommodations, and he made an effort
for the comfort oi the Payne sisters
"thcy Were all sisters them which mono
but u very hospitahlc Nirgnlan would
think Of doing. He was one OF the most
aslonishcd men In the county when fcw
days afterwards RehcCoa became Law.
renee aud married Miss Hilton.