Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1885 — A Strange Scene from Re{?] [ARTICLE]

A Strange Scene from Re{?]

“I have been Raveling • good many years "remarked a commerqiei salesman, “and have seen some queiflr fno denW, bnt tbe most peculiar sight lever sew was at » country towpi ia#Ohio. Out train drew up to the station, when I saw there quite a crowd, ; It didn’t seem to be a political Crowd, either. Looking closer I discovered that there were two crowds. At one end of the station stood a number of carriages. From them jumped a lot of welldressed, happy-looking people—young men and ladies. They bade good-by to a blushing young couple, ami there was much handshaking and kissing, peals of langhter and innocent jokes. It was a wedding party, and the happy couple were starting on their tour by palace car. “At the other end of the station the people seemed entirely different. They were exceedingly solemn. The men were silent and looked down to the ground, while the ladies were all in block, and most of them wore veils. The two parties did not seem to notice each other, st least they didn’t want to appear to recognize each other's presence, though they were only a few feet apart. This unhappy looking party stood abont a hearse, and as the train came to a stand-still I saw a coffin lifted from the baggage-ear and placed in it amid subdued weeping. At the same moment the wedded oonple were stepping aboard the palace car amid joyous laughter and friendly words of parting. - ~ . . _ “It was one of the most strange and impressive scenes from real life I ever witnessed. The contrast was dramatic. Bat that was not aU. Engaging in conversation with a gentleman who had come to the train there I learned that the coffin contained the remains of a younglady whose health had failed. She had been taken to Florida, but there was no air coaid restore her. said the gentleman, because she was dying of g broken heart. It was a love affair. A young man had won her and secured her promise to be his wife and then deserted her. I then spoke of the happy bridegroom back in the palace car. At this the gentleman closed his lips tightly, his hands clinched, and there was a strange look in his eves. T don’t wish him joy,’ he remarked, ‘that is the man that killed tbe poor girl in yonder coffin.” Chicago Herald “ Train Talk"