Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-25

The Unexpected In a Matrimo-
nial Affair.
.DEylATED FROM CUSTOM
Some Recent Weddings IN Which
Bride and Bridegroom Have De
parted from Conventions.


Bride and Bridegroom Have De
parted from Conventions.
when the unexpected occurs in a
matrimonial affair it becomes a TO
nance. That seems to be the common
ly accepted way of looking at love and
marriage When the young people
issue cards and all that. 1t is simply
wedding When they do things they
are not expected to do It Is a romance.
The romance depends on deviation
from the ordinary. it seems. For that
reason in a marriage in which are in
cluded consent of parents, knowledge
OF friends, issuing Of invitations and
the Ike there is no romance. That Is
the popular version.
Now, no one has any great desire to
be like every one else. Especially in
the great event Of their lives young
people are extremely apt TO want TO
be different That may be the sOlu
ton for so many "romances."
There are other reasons, Of course
Once In a while conditions force the
lovers to adopt strange methods
There is the story Of the farmer from
North Dakota who went to Bismarck
TO marry the girl of his choice. He
thought he was her choice until he
went TO her residence with the mar
rage license. and she told him she had
thought It over and had decided she
would rather be sister to him.
Adam Greshler, the farmer con-
cerned, was not the style of man who
postpones a wedding merely because
the bride has backed down. He took
tie dismissal with good grace and
started away from the house. Near
the railroad station he stopped a cltl-
zen of Bismarck and asked.
do you know Of woman around
here who wants to get married?'
There's only one" replied the
stranger" and she's just taking a
train to leave town.
The farmer sought her out. He had
ten minutes for love making but he
proved eloquent She left the train
with him They had the name in the
married license changed and were
married. They left Bismarck that
evening behind the farmers pair OF
horses bound for his farm.
whats the name of your new
wifeY' he was asked as he was leav
ing.
"Her name is-what did you say
your name wasT' he asked turning
to her.
She laughed and said.
ut was Marion Hershberger Iti
now Marion Greshler'
They drove away happily and re
expected to live happily "ever after
ward
Closer at home at Taylorville, Ill.
is another story of wedding without
great formality. Nineteen-year-olC
Daisy Youts recently told her parents
that she was going out to make call
leaving her home late in the after
noon.
The parents had no suspicious, anC
Daisy was permitted to go withou
questioning. She went to the railroad
station and met at incoming train.
stranger stepped up to her and askeC
II she we're Miss Youts. She reple,
by asking him if he were George A
Cooper. He replied that he was. The!
went to Ashland and were married
Neither had seen the other unit
they met at the railroad station. The,
had been writing to each other 70
two years 1t was at the suggestion
Of friend OF Cooper, who wa
engaged to marry an older sister o
Daisy, that he wrote his first lette
to the girl. She answered it, and afte
year of letter writing he mailed
proposal of marriage. It was accepted
by letter. and arrangements were mad
for the runaway marriage.
In Missouri there is bride VIII
has upheld womens title % ackless
ne7s in a startling fashion. She is. Q
way, Miss Lizzie Bradley. SHE sboul
have been made Mrs. Robert Eastir
but she now Is Mrs. Charles Lyons
Eastin went TO Salisbury last week {
keep his wedding arrangement wit
the young girl He found that sh
had changed her mind
She was prepared for the weddin
with Eastin when a new suitOr al
peared in the field. He was a lat
entry, but Miss Bradley listened I
his suit and came to the conclusio
that she preferred him to her finance
Il was not considered necessary to II
form the bridegroom Of the change Z
heart Probably no one thought q
him. He was allowed to proceed wit
his wedding preparatiOns while th
young girl and the new suitoF WeF
married quietly and left town.
When Esstin came to keep the al
polntment with his fanee there wa
10 bride 10 be found. An inquiry wa
started and It was foaily discovers
that she had changed her mind an
was already the wife Of another maj