News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-09-19
A TICKLE YOUNG MAN.
Two Wedding Parties, But Only One
Marriage.

Joseph l.. Smith, o young man hold
ing a responsible position at the Ameri-
can Tube Works, Youngstown, Ohio,
called upon Deputy Probate Judge Nc
Gown and requested that he open the
Probate office, as he desired q marriage
license issued for himself and Miss
Matte Scoville, daughter of a farmer
living at Poland, six miles from here.
The license was issued, and Smith then
called upon a minister, stating that he
desired some advice upon q delicate
and, to him, a most important matter.
Smith produced the marriage license,
and said that while he was engaged to
Miss Seoville, and all arrangements had
been made to have the marriage cele-
hrated at her home at 9 o'clock that
evening, he was also engaged to Miss
Lizzie Emmett, the daughter of n
wealthy widow, and had also promised
to marry her at 9 o'clock that evening.
Smith said that he loved both young
ladies equally we'll, and desired to
marry one of them but could not come
to a decision, and for this reason had
called upon the minister for his advice.
The groom elect also said that one of
the young ladies was q Protestant and
the other q Catholic, but the latter,
through love for him, had consented to
set aside her religion and be married by
a Protestant minister. When asked
how he had come to engage him elf to
two young ladies and agree to marry
both at the same hour, Smith answered,
'tBecause I was a fool and love them
both" The minister said to him that
the only advice he could give was for
Smith to decide which girl he loved the
most, and notify the other that he
desired the engagement with her can
celled.
Smith departed, and shortly after,
calling on Judge McGown, requested to
have the license changed, asking that
the name of Miss Matte ScoviIle be
erased and that of Miss Lizzie Emmett
substituted, stating that he had decided
to marry the latter. Calling a carriage,
he drove to the residence of Miss Zim-
NETT, who was waiting his arrival, and
soon after presented himself with the
young lady before the minister whom
he had called upon.
The clergyman noticed that the names
had been changed in the license, that OF
Miss Scoville being erased and Miss
Zimmett's inserted, and, not desiring to
be caught by any trick, he sent for
Judge McGown. The latter explained
that the change had been legally made
and that the license was in proper form.
Smith called Judge McGown aside and
said: 81 want you to telephone Miss
Scoville that [ will not be down
tonight" Upon reaching his Office
Judge McGown te'ephoned the family
of Miss Scoville, asking if Smith was
expected there, and the reply came:
eyes; the guests have assembled and the
bride is waiting"
AS gently as possible the Judge in
formed the family that Smith at that
time was being married to Miss Zim-
NETT. The guests at the Scoville resi-
dence were dismissed, and the family
were let to tender such sympathy as
was possible to the daughter who had
expected to become a bride. While the
message was being conveyed over the
wires to the Scoville homestead, Smith
and Miss Emmett were being married.
The groom is an industrious young man
of excellent reputation, while his bride
is a welleducated young lady.J[Cleve-
land Leader.