The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-29
OLD MR.. PARKHILIS BRIDE.
sHE rs ONLY "a; HE is ~, HAS
STORE TEETH AND A WIG.


y NbtuVtng Nunt furntaheu eOtslp ~ euo NV
pioSeea or the Ring. County Elevated Rond
An AGED Ticlet. setter sInrrlea n LADY
AEent"-She Denic- That te IL In Hia DstsEe.
Tho employees along tho line of the Kings
County Elevated Railroad arc gossiping about
the marriage Of Miss Annie kirkland to Samuel
Parkhill on the day before Thanksgiving. The
bride Is one OF the ticket agents at the Court
street station OF the road. The bridegroom Is
similarly employed ut the Manhattan crossing
station. He is 20 years old; she Is "a. Hc has
houses and lands and u bank account. She has
n bright mind, n pleasing face. and u good
figure. Her fortune consists of her wages as n
ticket seller.
Samuel parkhill is tho Oldest employee on the
Kings County road. He has worked there over
since the road was built. He has sold tickets
longer than any of the other agents. Before no
obtained employment on tho elevated road he
was superintendent OF the Franklin avenue
surface road. Ono Of his subordinatcs on tho
Franklin avenue road was James kirkland. n
brother-in.law of the President, LOTUS Woods.
Parkhill had n wife and two children. kirkland
had a wife and eight children. four girls and
four boys. OF these the youngest was AMMO.
then n mere slip OF a girl. hut so bright that she
attracted considerable attention.
Tho Parkhills and Kirklands were we'll ac-
quaintcd, nnl frequently exchanged visits.
Among all her admirers little Annie Kirkland
had none who was fonder of her than Mr.. Park
hill. He used to dance hcr on his knee and
romp with her, and at such times, II she eI-
plored his pockets carefully enough, she would
generally find candies to repay her for the
search. By the time Annie's school days were
over her father was dead. She wanted to find
something TO do by which she could earn her
own living. Parkhill was then employed on the
| elevated road and got Annie the Job as ticket
IN. H. Itai,1 n nnA - thA N
agents in their employ.
Among the other women ticket agents, how
ever, Annie, according to her own statement,
has never been popular. She says the other
women we're jealous of her. But II they didn't
like Miss kirkland many OF them had a fond
ness for the old ticket seller who is now her
husband. 1t was known that he owned the
house at 30 Pulaski street. another one across
the street, and other Brooklyn real estate.
SOS. 5000. 1t Is said that, now and again. Park
hill would ask one or another OF. his female
! go to a church sociable. When one OF these in
~vitations was given and accepted 1t was not
ployoss knew 1t. and the remarks made about
the ono who accepted the invitation were not
always pleasant.
Finally there came n time when the gossip of
the road was about the attentions which the aged
Parkhill was paying Annie Kirkland. Miss
course. and. as far as any one ever knew. never
voluntarily spoke OF them to any one. Parkhill
talked about 1t willingly.
Nobody really thought that tho affair was
serious until Annie came to work one day wear.
i mIib a ps nST f i5at hnns aS Sna S E Th neak. 'H sSe did
not affirm or deny that ,Parkhili had given IT to
for granted that he had. and the tongues OF the
gossips wagged all the louder. Miss kirkland
went on selling tickets as usual. and when she
came TO work on THANKSGIVING morning she an
nounced that she was then Mrs. Parkhill anu
she didn't care who knew 1t, OF the details of
only her husband and herself. From Mrs. Park.
hill herself a Sun reporter got the story yester.
Eyes. it is true that Mr., Parkhill and I were
married the day before, ThanksgivinS. The
Miller. pastor Of the De Kalb Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church. at the church parsonage. 466
$50 O'clock in the afternoon and the ministers
wife was the witness. l wore u black silk gown.
hill wor a new dark suit and n new wig. l have
heard it said that he wore q new set of false
were made last summer. With his new
wig and his new suit my husband looked
mothers home. "a Grove street, but she made
things SO disagrsea6le that ia ! im nj, o walked h.s out
the lady ticket agents BEEN jealous of me. They
"Where are you living now, Mrs. ParkhiIli'
asked the reporter.
ol. L III a INK u HoIlO uLt -ii. Al hiil ID
living at his home. You see, we were TO have
gone to housekeeping in one of my husbands
houses. opposite the one where he and his son
and his daughter, who keeps house for him.
have lived for some time. After We were mar
ried he concluded not to do this. and I went
home. l wouldn't. of course, consent to live
with his family, and he couldn't live with mine.
/ see him all the time. though. We haven't de
cided what we shall finally do. don't think
he'll at up the house. though. ! said some things
about that, and now l, don't think he'll do as he
promised" -,
"Is 1t true that Mr.. Parkhill Is in his dotage n
What! And married met exclaimed Mrs.
Parkhill. her eyes flashing. 81 should think
not. They say he is in his dotage, because holl
talk about anything, and say the same thing
over several times. But he's keen enough to ut
tend to his business. He never makes any mis-
take in his books or his cash. l guess he isn't in
his dotage."
sit is said that MI. Parkhill made over all his
property to You before your marriage" ven
tured the reporter. "ls that true D.
mot that I know OF. That's the first l ever
heard OF 1t. l saw his will long before we were
engaged. and that was three months ago. and
by that will he left all his property to his son.
] guess he hasn't changed the will. / didn't
marry him altogether for his money. I said I
never would marry until ! could better myself,
and thought ! could do that by marrying MIR.
Parkhill. That's all I've got to say