Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-11-20

ftbllinn nave Va tutu fbiilH iuN Nl'lNfN
In tho domain of love. II fate frowncd
ON them In war. fortune favored them
In the "wOoing - a." The old Latin
proycrb about labor conpucring all
things could Just ~ we'll b. changed "a
read. Amor Omnia yincit
Few prophets during th- exciting
days Of the ri. llion would have bal the
temerity o. predict that within .uyrEs
a daughter ~ Jcf Dlvis wunll haN. o..
come engaged to the grnnds'I ~ Uro II
his bittero.t enemies. an arch abolition.
is,. and that distinguished southern
general would capture thy daughter ~
the great northern cmci'..u, General
Grant, and YET not only has all iris
como to pas. hut there ar, otLrr .i-uhl
examples of the triumphs II the little
archer. lndccd the actual iart- are
stranger than the most audhciuu- ic.
tiOn. and u j. morc than probable that,
could some ~ the gr,at l,adors oi the
war who now sleep beneath the ,od H.
made to know what !. going On above
the ground. they would turn In their
collins at the thought ~ it.
VIII H. . I"s. Match.
The most recent illustrations ~ tA,-.
cunquo-ts Of Cupid j. the prospective
wciding Of MIR. Nellie Grant Sariuris.
the pretty widowed daughter ~ General
Grant. aud Major Henry kyd Douglas,
adjutant general of Maryland and for.
merry un stun.wall JaCksOn's stan. The
two met some YEAR ago In Washington
and during the past summer have iH,n
like turilcdoyc.. They were At the Blue
Mountain HOUSE. ia Maryland, early IN
the sclsOn. later they APPEARED ~ Mar.
ragans.tt Pier together. AMI subsequent.
~ they proceeded 90 Washington They
have bocn almost inseparable, IN fact.
Nellie Grant. ~ l. we'll known. mar
ricd Algcnon Sarioris over an year
ago and has had three children by him.
Although their domestic life Wa far
irum the ideal one, II current gossip u
to D. believed she l. to-day ~ pretty
aud prcposs.,sing n ever and seems not
a biz older than %. Indeed her friend,
.ay that she looks happier and younger
now than when they Jaw her lat, some
year. ag1
4 Popular iis.t Man.
Major Douglass il an old bachelor
whose home j. in llag,rtown, Nd, aud
he has for long time L.cn considered
a very god catch ly the belle, lUth
north ana suuih. lie made . splendid
rrcurd IN thu war. serving for a long
time un stuncwall Jacksun's staf aud
later under General (nuw SENATOR Cor
don. H. was an exceedingly gallant 81.
her aud T. not only very brilliant man,
but also lawyer ~ distinction. Two
N thrre years ago be- was the D,mucnt.
ic candidate for congress in his district.
Further than this. ho Is laid a. b"quit"
a literary man.
Major Douglass has b'en grDUmsman
AZ no lcs. than 80 weddings nlrrady
and MI. friend. s..y that thr thlriy.ilith
time he ought to take the principal role.
A. this l. rcurd breaking year. the
distinguished south, m,r would .Aus
.urpass all RECORDS. even his own.
When the wedding will take place l.
not known, but the friends of both llr.
tie- lrlicye that 10 will he IN the near
future IN view ot many reunions hc'
tween the Wear,Ts ~ the blue and the
gray. this last prospective union which
/. something little short ~ wonderful
In Joining together prominent foe m
the closest Of ties, will doubtless attrI,'
the widest attention not only In thu
country. hut also m Europe, lrcauo ~
the romance and reality that cluster
around H.
n l. interesting In this connection g.
note the complete bridging over ~ old
time animositios and the beginning oi
amenities among the families - thr
leaders in "tho irrcpcssible conflict.
This l. illustrated In a marked manner
by the frir:idliness between Mrs. L. '
Grant and Mr-. Jefferson Davis "a SaI
sagansett Pier the past summer, anl
also by the fact that Mis- Rose Mary
sartoris. the daughter OF Mrs. Nellie
Grant Sartoris. il a frequent visitor upon
Miss Beckeiihaugh, the niece OF MhJW
Douglass
wIpnI. Davis Ro,.sn.-.
A little over four years ago the north
and south were agroeably surprised by
the announcement that Miss Winnie
Davis, "the daughter ~ the Confof.
eracy." was engaged 10 Mr.. Alfred
Wilkinson. q lawyer Of Syracuse uil
the grandson of Rev. Samuel J May,
the we'll known abolitionist Indeed
young Wilkinson's antislayery antecCd-
ents were most pronounced His ia
tier. Alfred Wilkinson. had boen ap
pointed by President Lincoln 10 Ia
sponsiblc position, and tho grandfather.
Rev. Mr.. May. was associated with
Emerson. Lowell and Longfellow In g..