The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-05-31
1t Goes Without Saving.

1t Goes Without Saying.
The popular pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, Rev. w. L. Gun
lnggim, gets off great many good
things outside of the pulpit as we'll as
IN it. One of the best we have heard
lately was remark he made iii reply
to the question of certain young gen
tleman a few evenings aga. Several
visitors were out at Mr.. W. E. Gary's
looking at the chicks Matched in his
incubator. OF course everybody was
wondering at the process of raising
chickens by artificial means and ad-
miring the colony Of busy, chirping
little chicks as they 'shovered'' in the
brooder or ran about the yard, when
the gentleman in question IA recent
comer), standing near Mr.. Cuninggim,
asked him if he was interested in chick
ems. With merry twinkle in his eye
the sunny tempered minister replied
that that was superfluous question to
ask a Methodist preacher, whereat the
crowd had a good laugh at the expense
Of our friend.
The attention OF housekeepers is called
to our stock of Straw Mating. We
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See them before you buy.
A Marriage That Didn't Take
Place.
The announcement that marriage
somewhat out of the usual order of
such things was to take place at Mas
senburg's Hotel Tuesday afternoon,
attracted large crowd Of people to
the depot to meet the 2 O'Clock train
from the North. Col. J. E. Sturtevant,
of Warren county, was here to meet a
lady from Missouri with whom he had
been corresponding for some time, she
having agreed to come on and marry
him although they had no acquaintance
with each other further than through
the medium of letters and newspapers.
The prospective groom was here early
and had talked freely about the matter,
displaying letters and photograph
to-be bride. But she failed to come
and as consequence there was no
marriage and badly disappointed
crowd. The Colonel did not seem to
be much put out and took things phil
osophically, appearing rather to enjoy
the notoriety and excitement of which
he was for the time being the center of
attraction. Indeed, to all appearances
he was about the least disappointed
and most indifferent man in the crowd
Why his lady love failed to put in
an appearance as per agreement has
not been explained. Perhaps she never
had any intention of doing so from the
first and was merely leading this gay
Lctaario wild goose chase finally to
make him the butt of a huge joke, OF
perhaps she failed to make connection
with the trains, or there may have
been some mistake about the time
Two or three persons declare that s
moman whom they recognized from
the picture passed up the road Monday
and returned on the l O'Clock trair
Tuesday. She got off the cars an(
walked about the depot awhile ant
then went across the street to Thorn
ason's store. She appeared to bt
much interested in things around hel
and carefully scrutinized each indi
vidual she saw. 1t is said she wa:
seen to observe Col. Stu:tevant very
closely as he entered a we'll known
business place in company with :
friend as he was going in the direction
of the hotel, when she went back t.
the train, entered the coach and lef
for parts unknown when it pulled GU
from the station. She asked no ques
tons of any one, and many persons
doubt that she was connected in an,
way with the episode above mentioned
But for this her actions or presence
here would not have attracted any at
tention we suppose, and twas only afte
the later train failed to bring the rea
"woman in the case'' that the matte
was thought of or mentioned at all
In the mean time the whole affair i
shrouded in mystery and uncertainty
a pretty little romance failed to mate
rialize and Col Sturtevant is still IN
married all because of the woman tina
| never came.
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