Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1874 — Wedded and Widowed. [ARTICLE]

Wedded and Widowed.

' Between Three 'and four years since Miss Emma Hulsizer, then a girl of about sixteen years of age, came to this city to perfect herself in painting and music, for both of which arts she evinced decided talent. She is the fourth daughter* of William Hulsizer, of Rochester, Oakland County, a gentleman as noted for his liberality and hospitality as he is for his social and political influence. * While in this city Miss Hulsizer met many persons who became her warm and personal friends. After several months of intense application to her studies in this city she was sent to the Convent of Villa Maria, in Montreal, where she remained for two years as a pupil, distinguished alike for talents and attention to her studies, and where she graduated this summer with great honor, after which she returned to her home. During one of her vacations she visited a friend, Miss Moyes, of New York, and was introduced to Dr. 8. E. Moyes, the brother of the hostess. The result was an acquaintance which culminated in a betrothal, with the consent and approbation of the relatives of both of the two persons most interested, and it .was decided that the wedding should take place as soon after Miss Emma’s graduation as possible. Accordingly this entire summer has seen active preparations in progress for the event, and an elegant trousseau has been prepared for the bride elect, nothing which could contribute either to her comfort or adornment having been omitted, and everything being chosen with a view of the bridal tour to Europe, which was expected to consume at least a year.

The wedding was to have taken place on the 24th inst., and cards of invitation were issued in time to permit friends from all parts of the country to be present at the homestead on that occasion; the preparations were of the meet perfect and elaborate description and it was intended that the happy event should eclipse anything of the kind ever known in that part of the State. Friends were procuring their presents, and it seemed as though a" more auspicious beginning of a life of married happiness would be impossible; but fate decreed a sad reversal of the picture, and that the cup of joy should be replaced by the chalice of sorrow. At a late hour on the 14th inst. a telegram was received announcing the sudden and dangerous illness of the groom, and calling for the immediate presence of his intended bride. Wild with anxiety, yet hoping against hope, Miss Emma complied with the request, and on Tuesday started for Buffalo, where she found her worst fears were confirmed, a council of physicians having pronounced the patient as beyond all hope of recovery. The meeting between the almost dying man and his heart-broken betrothed was too sacred to be made the subject of a newspaper paragraph; but the sequel is one which so nearly resembles romance as to be almost incredible. The groom expectant insisted that before his death he should be united with the woman'of his choice, and, accordingly, a clergyman having been summoned, that most solemn of all rites, a death-bed marriage, was celebrated. The scene as described by one of those present was never to be forgotten. The groom, supported in the arms of his devoted mother, feebly responded to the questions of the officiating minister; the bride, kneeling beside the bedside, with true womanly heroism repressed the anguish with which her heart was rent; an only sister watched with agony by her brother, and a few fond friends knelt in silent grief as the words were said which made one of those two, so soon to be parted by the hand of death. The doctor bequeathed his wife as a sacred legacy to his mother and sister, with whom she will henceforth reside, and to whom she is now bound by ties of love. He survived until one o’clock on the morning of the 19th, when he sank into a quiet slumber from which he never awoke. Dr. Moyes was a wealthy man, audit is said he has left his bride a handsome fortune. These particulars were communicated by one of those present on the occasion to a friend in this city, who consented to their publication in this form.— Detroit Free Frees, Sept. 28.