The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-05
loves LATEST DREAM
Fidd1ed His Way to His
Charmer's Adamant
Heart.
COULD NOT RESIST FOREVER
Rev. Mr.. Wells Tied the Nuptial
Knot, and the Brides Pa
rents Will Forgive
and Try to
Forget.
COULD NOT RESIST FOREVER

Two young people, we'll known in social
circles in the lower portion of the city,
Frederick Fisk and Mary Ellen McCarthy.
embarked on the vast and uncertain
ocean of matrimony last night without
dropping an intimation to their parents
and friends as to their intentions. The
Rev. j. Lester Wells furnished the clear
ance papers at his house, No. 307 Mont
gomery street., at nine o'clock last night,
and the matrimonial bark is now tossing
in the seething shadows Of parental
wrath-which will probably soon be
calmed.
The bride. who is twenty-one years old,
is the daughter OF John Mccarthy, the
lives at NO 247 Grove street. The groom
is about twenty years old and Is son Of
Howard c. Fisk. a house painter, of No.
107 York street.
A FIDDLER BOLD.
Besides possessing many other accom-.
plishments, Fisk is fiddler. 1t is well
known that at the Tabernacle Church the
theme Of religion is played with many
variations.
Fred, assisted by his violin, is one of
these variations. 1t has been the pleas
ure of the clerks who hustle all week that
they may exhibit themselves on Sunday
in purple and fine linen and atrocious
scarfs to the admiring gaze of the Taber-
nacle young ladies, to listen to Fred's de-
licious accompaniments to such poems as
Pull for the Shore" On these occasions,
with his head laid tenderly upon his fatal
fiddle, he would, with a touch as soft as q
fairy's breath, pass his bow over the
such flow of music that he
won the envy of the aforesaid
ne-day-in-seven-ariStoc and the de-
votions of the ladies. 1t was undoubted-
ly upon one of these occasions that the
ravished eyes of Miss Mary Mccarthy fell
upon him, as in the full glare of the gas
light, his dainty moustache just visible,
every hair of his head in place and his
sleeve links in full view, he rose to show
the organist that he was still doing busi-
ness at the same old stand. In such q
moment perhaps Miss Mccarthy met her
fate in the fiddler.
ONE OF LOVES MYSTERIES.
How the friendship began and waxed
into that growth which bloomed into q
full grown flower, none knew but them
selves. They had frequent meetings, but
1t is thought that Fisk's suit was not
looked upon with favor by Miss McCar-
thy's family. for they are devouL Roman
Catholics and did not look with admira-
tion on the proposed union.
The Rev. Mr.. Wells, when questioned
him this morning, said he did not ask the
couple anything about their parents or
their attitude toward the marriage. He
married them upon their request. A
Mrs. Davis and q Mrs. Wright were the
witnesses, he said, and none Of the rela-
tives of the couple were present. After the
marriage the couple returned TO their
separate homes. When Mrs. Fisk broke
the news to her parents. understand
that there was an indignation meeting
held Immediately.
AT THE BRIDES HOME.
When called at the house this morn
ing Mrs. Mccarthy received me. She
was pitiful to look upon, bearing traces
of great suffering In her face. She was
quite willing to answer all questions,
but seemed to be entirely unnerved by
the affair.
She said she was not now opposed to
the marriage. and did not know whether
her daughter would live with her or at
the home of her husband, When told
Mr.. Wells, she seemed surprised, and
said she thought priest had performed
the ceremony.
Mrs. Fisk is rather petite in figure
and of decidedly dark complexion. She
Is spoken of as quite fascinating.
Fisk drives his fathers wagon, and is
employed in looking after the business
generally, He has been known as mem-
ber of the crowd of Tabernacle young
men called '"The Desperately Develish."
There was a rumor sbout town this
morning that Fisk had gone to his brides
house to reside, but had been ignomin-
iously elected. This he denies, however.
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