The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-10-22
A Kenosha Episode.
Communicated

were stopping at the Grant House, a rep
resentative of this paper wandered over in
that direction to find out what he could
learn about it. After questioning several
people he at last found some one who
knew about the whole thing, so here is
! the story:
young man who has not always lived
| in Kenosha was on his way home Monday
evening, and as he went by the Grant
house he saw a lady and gentleman COM
| ing across the street and the face of the
| lady was so familiar to him that he took
a second look, and even third; this last
being after she had entered the Grant
house and was standing on the stairs I'M
der one of the exquisite chandeliers with
which that house is brightly Illuminated.
| He said to himself eff that is not Miss
Kate Parker, of Champaign, H., it looks
enough like her to be her twin sister,
He passed on home, and when he ar
rived at his own domicile he told his wife
that he had seen a young lady down
town and he believed it was Kate Parker,
and he wondered if she had come to Ke-
nosha to get married, and suggested that
they go down and find out first if itreallY
was Kate Parker, and second, if she had
come up for the purpose of uniting her
heart and hand with some one of the OPP
posite sex. So after supper they started
for the Grant House. Just as they were
entering, the couple in question came out
and crossed over to the other side of the
street 1t so happened that Miss Parker
| (for it was really she) had her face turned
SO that the couple who had come to call
on her (whom we will hereafter call Mr..
and Mrs. A. could not obtain a good view
Of her features, but enough SO that Mrs.
A. exclaimed: why it does look like her:
let's see what they are up to-
So Miss Parker and her gentlemanly es-
cort led Mr.. and Mrs A. merry chase,
and they finally landed at the Methodist
parsonage. Mr.. and Mrs. A. not being
invited to the wedding, waited on the out
side until the ceremony was over, and
chen Mrs Cody (for that was the new
brides name) and her newly wed husband
went to the Grant house, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
arriving soon after
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. went to the register
and found them registered ''R j. Cody
and wife, Chicago" Getting on the good
side of Mr. Coe, who was running the
Grant house that day, Mr.. A. got HIM TO
take card up to Mrs. Cody, one side Of
| which contained the name of Mrs. A, and
on the other side of which was written:
Mrs. Cody:-If you were Miss Kate
Parker, of Champaign, H., before you
| were married, come down and see your
old friends; if not return this card
Mr.. Coe soon returned saying they
would see us in the parlor. Mr.. and Mrs
A. went to the parlor, and they had not
long to wait, for in very few moments
the bride came tripping lightly down the
stairs. She stepped into the parlor and
greeted her friends very gracefully, affec-
tionately kissing Mrs. A., (but she slight
ed Mr.. A. in this direction) after which
she introduced her husband, doing the
same in an off-hand way, and after which
they explained that they were taking
day off and had just run up here for a
little trip. (you see they did not know of
Mr.. and Mrs A. S following them). They
said they had been married some time,
and every once in while they took a
spell like that to run out in the country.
Just then Mr.. Cody stepped down stairs
to leave word for them to send up word
when the bus was to leave. While he
was gone Mr.. A. improved the opportu-
nifty to ask, ''How long did you say you'd
been married?" Mrs Cody replied
"Why do you ask that SO Strangely"
'Oh," replied Mr.. A., 1--WE saw you go to
the Methodist parsonage and come out
again not half hour ago, so we thought
you had just been married" With that
she owned up, and Just then her chubby"
came back and she told him the cat was
out of the bag. He laughed and they
were both congratulated again.
The reason they came to Kenosha was
this: She is a Protestant and he is Ro-
man Catholic. Her folks would not lis
ten to her marrying a Catholic, but she
was bound to do SO any way. Her
mother did all she could to keep her from
marrying him. His mother did not OBJ
ject to the marriage, but insisted that
they should be married before Catholic
priest She did not object to this, SO they
went before priest in Chicago. But Mr..
Priest would not perform the ceremony,
as she was not Catholic and it was
against his religion. Here was pretty
mess, SO they decided to come to Kenosha
where they would not be interfered with |
So they did. Mr.. Pease was very cour-
teous and gave Mr.. Cody his card to hand |
to any other of his friends who were dis
posed in the same way.
But the best of The joke is to follow
Although Mr. and Mrs. A. both knew the !
lady very well when she was Kate Par
ker, they did not know who Mr.. Cody |
was After chatting for some time Mrs. |
A. finally turned to Mr.. Cody and asked
him, Don't you remember me?' He |
said her face had been in his mind from
the time he had met her that evening, but
that he could not think just where hehad
seen her. One thing led on to another
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