Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-11

stock of negatives OF Southern beauties
and brought some Of them to Montana with
him. One day in the spring of 1886 he vac
looking over his stock OF negatives in COM
pany with A. Livingston. now also one OF
Philipsburs's rising business men, and the
fancy of the latter was taken with n in
particular, q brunette. whose negative
showed up as clear as a ferrotype. 1t was
a good likeness Of Miss Annie D. Jacoby, q
young Jewess of Charleston, s. G. MIR.
Livingston tried to fix his attention on
some of the others. but conld not-Miss
Jacoby's picture had taken possession OF
his senses, and after turning to it a num-
Der of times, be finally sat down and gazed
It it
LONG N EARNESTLY.
He said to Mr.. Shodair: "This face takes
me. Do you know anything about her?'
.Mr. Shodair replied that he knew her all
his lie and that she was a remarkably at
tract;ve girl. Mr.. Livingston, h was by
this time hnpalessly in love with the PFC
ture, said he would like to marry her. and
asked what chance he would have. lie was
told thar might be ascertajned by cores
ponderce, and finally Mr.. Shodair was per
suaded to open the campaign on behalf OF
the infatuated lover OF a picture. He
wrote to Miss Jacoby. giving her some
idea of what was passing in MIR. Living'
ston's mind, and describing her distant
adorer as a very worthy young a Mr..
Livingston couldn't wait for an answer,
but spent two OF three days concocting an
appeal on his own behalf, and having
finally eliminated all idiosyncracies, he
blushinsly consigned the missive to the
tender mercies of the postal department.
In due time it
REACHED ITS DESTINATION,
and the lady who perused it carefully amid
the poetic surroundings OF her southern
home, was not displeased with the Western
ardor tina saturated every sentence. She
answered the letter, and the correspondence
thus begun continued until Miss Jacoby
finally consented to undertake the Journey
across the Continent to the supposed n.y.
perborean region inhabited by her lover,
with the proviso that if upon meeting they
should not mutually justify the exalted
opinions they had formed OF each other,
she would be free to return to Dixie. About
a month ago she arrived at Butte and be-
came the guest of her old friend, Mr., Sho-
dair's mother, who resides on a ranch at
the mouth OF Woodvi1le Canyon. The ar.
dent lover lost no time in finding bis way
to the ranch and was formally introduced
to his adored one, and the affection he had
conceived for the picture was intensified
AN FOLD
by the first glance at the dazzling beauty OF
The original. He was entranced, and it is
not likely that he has any distinct recollec.
ton of what he said and lie on that mo-
OCCASION. It is enough to say
hat his affection was reciprocated, and
Jacoby, who was also favorably i'm
with the mountain sceuery and the !
'xhilarating atmosphere that surrounds
hem. concluded to stay. Yesterday after
the happy couple, 10Y completely |
wrapped up in each other, proceeded to the
Probate Court and obtained a marriage
icense, filed out in Mr.. Sproule's finest It.
llian hand. This evening at 8 O'Clock they |
will be married at the residence OF Eli
The ceremony will be performed by
Rabbi I. Oettinger, and Mr.. Shodair, who
lrrived from Phi!ipsburg last night, will he
he best man. |