Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-16
A ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT.
A Sensation in Utah Town in Which @
Pretty Mormon Maid Figures.

| A gentleman just up from Iron county
tells of an interesting little sensation
which occurred in little town of that
county, the name of which, together
with those of the parties concerned, are.
at the request of our informant, for the
present suppressed.
The bishop of the town of c. is
blessed with many beautiful daughters,
as bishops are wont to be. and up to the
present time he has kept them from the
evil influences of the "outside world, !"
and has reared them strictly in the
faith. Two OF three of the daughters
have contracted for celestial glory by
marrying into the polygamous house,
holds of. different brethren, and now
that the old man is beginning to de-
cline he hoped to cap the climax by
having the youngest and fairest of his
tribe enter the kingdom as the second
wife OF promising young elder. The
crossing nicely with his visits, and
might have been successful had not the
appearance Of young gentle wrought
change in the spirit of her dream.
1t was only two weeks ago when the
gallant Ga Denver man, by the way,)
first set foot on the soil of c., and
it was only three evenings ago that he
left. taking with him the faIrest maiden
in all the village. The young fellow
was stylish and comparatively cultured,
but, in tie eyes of the anxious father,
these were only additional signs of
wickedness. He first met the girl at a
party in the 'meeting-house, 10 which
he had been invited by some of the
younger and more liberal saints. AS
soon as the youth saw the bishop
daughter he asked who she was, and in
few moments he had secured an in
PRODUCTION and was going dreamily
through Il mazy--plaln quadrille
("waltz' would sound better, but the
saints never do it, She invited him to
call. He called. and the old man in
vited him not to call. He tried to rea-
son, but the old fellow was too slick for
him, and in less than two minutes after
he had entered the door he was seen
sauntering out through the gate and
down the road.
From that time it was the usual old
story. They met in spite of the old
man, and met with q vengeance. Last
Wednesday night had any one been
standing in the road in front of Bishop
BIS house he might have seen some
thing interesting. A young fellow
mounted on fine-looking horse en-
tered the barnyard gate. rode around
to the rear of the house, and Immediate
" returned with young girl sitting
behind him. Both were good riders,
and it was not long before they were
well on their way toward-where?
The whole thing had been so nicely
arranged that the old folks did not dis
cover what had happened until morn
ing. when on going to the girls room
they found it vacant. There was the
usual amount of swearing (male gen.
der) and weeping (femalc gender).
After the first shock was over the family
held council and ii was finally con-
cludcd to let her go, and SO no attempt
was made to follow the pair
The old man has grown moody, the
young elder is mad, and the little town
is. in state of excitement while the
clipping couple are-well, their happi-
ness has, probably, not yet ended
Salt Lake Democrat.