Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-18
ROMANTIC WEDDING.
, MODEL METHOD or MARRYING IN
KING GEORGE COUNTY,
, Cap,ain Harold, Of Warrington
Came 20 wed the Pretty widow sorren
of tho Northern Neck.

CONFORM, KING GEORGE COUNTY.
"a March i7.-(speciai) This county
ts. iast won the championship OF roman
90 coertships and model methods OF mar
ling one day last week a venerable
,..,senage. giving bis name a. Captain
,ores Harold, Of Washington, ID. c.,
,.s.od at Stif's wharf. on the Potomac
,i,cr and engaged team 20 convey him.
30, his baggage. and some articles OF
rouec furniture to the residence OF Mrs.
Anna sorrcn, several mlos out In the
,..,try ana but a short distance from
,tIs MACE. Arriving at widow Sorrelrs
lost lntie mansion on the roadside.
Elm, teamster informed the prim. gray
t,irs,l stranger that his destination had
49,, r.scheo. and motioned 10 remove the
,,re4re furniture. &C, from the wagon
., The house. whereupon the new
,..-.~r directed him not TO remove any
cling Just thon. for he must first 30 10
g.. house. introduce himself to the widow.
... ascertain whether he would he cor
F...v rccciyed-i e., whether or not he
,,.s,f "cone UP 10 representatioBs''-he
saI the widow having never seen each
other. In response to gentle tap. the
,...r swung open and the pretty spark
,.,-.nlack wed widow looked for the
.-.t time upon the man whom she was
,,ar,y MS soon as a license and n
,..r.,u could be procured. The Meeting
L.
...r..us teamster the novel scene was
.,.ra rly affecting. Captain Harold was
= ..rci OF n hearty welcome. and forth
.,b The wagon was emptiel OF Its pre-
,.,rs contents and the stranger was. In
f.e tw!nklng OF an eye, basking IN q coy
l1mr-hls future abode.
A LICENSE OBTAINED.
7be brllc-elect accompanied the Cap
Ella 10 the County Clerks Office, where
d marriage license was procured, n min
f.+.r was engaged. and the couple return
I'D d, the home OF Mrs. SorrelL With
1-ttnIng speed the rumOr spread abroad
mt the romantic marriage would take
tiac. al Potomac Baptist church on last
Sunday evening at o'clock, and long be-
f.-, that hour an eager. anxious crowd
,-.fEored al the church 10 witness the
termination OF the most unique and
..ateric courtship ever known In this sec
Ton az this broad land Anxiously and
iur4tiently the eager congregation waited
and watched. Minutes grew into hours,
e-.f hours seemed endless, but the matri-
ys.rial party failed TO put in their APP
torrance. Messengers were dispatched.
t.I one by one these returned to the
church without encouraging udings. When
patience ceased 10 be virtue. Well
riyh brcnthless youth dashed up TO the
church with the startling announcement
nat the marriage had taken place at an
lriy hour at the brides residence, ana
suddenly and uncercmoniously the as
APPOINTED crowd dispersed and wended
their way horneward under the pangs or
q rrst-class April fool in March.
THE SURPRISE.
For eleven years widow SOrrell has &C.
cluied her modest home by the way slde
ana 50 bravey had she faced ana fought
the battles OF life, and with 80 marked
Independence. economy, and courage had
she provided for herself and six children
that no one suspected that she was "on
the market" and none dared TO propose
matrimonial co-partnership or hint at
home rule over the tidy premises, SO
long and tudiciously presided over by the
own secrets, and this well-knOwn widow
had her little secret. Some time during
the winter just past a little advertisement
found It's way 10 her homc-the adver-
tser wanted TO correspond with mar
riageabie lady with view to matrimony.
and she must have black eyes, black hair.
and fair complexion. In all points. except
complexion. the pretty widow 'niied the
bill" and in her characteristic business
way she answered the advertisement. ana
closely on the heels OF this a lenc ny.
lively. and loving correspondence follow
ed and this correspondence led to the
marriage above described.
GENERALIZATION
This Kind Of romance being so entirely
new 10 King Georgians, no marriage has
ever been moro extensively discussed hero
than that OF Mrs Sorrell and Captain
Harold. and so great has been the curl
osity TO see the man who thus wooed and
won the shilling brunette that throngs
~ ladies' and gentlemen have called on
tie Two souls with but n single Thought
AMI rendered congratulations. best wishes.
and compliments Of the season The
groom has declared his intention 10 make
King George his future home. and already
D.. hes assumed charge of the little farm
hitherto presided over by the widow,
yhlse great energy and good manage
mont have been evinced by the neat, trim
....., o.. ,,ca Of the rrctfV premises.