Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1873 — Romantic--—Runaway Lovers—--A Pursuing Parent, with Shot Gun and Pistols—--Finale. [ARTICLE]

Romantic--—Runaway Lovers—--A Pursuing Parent, with Shot Gun and Pistols—--Finale.

About a week ago, Robert Wilson, of White Plains, met Miss Kate Lowery, of Kensico, on the Wain from Hew York. They chatted until the train reached White Plains. Here Robert proposed to drive her home in a sleigh. Miss Kate consented, and before they reached her father’s house bad promised to marry Wftson. The church clock at Kensico, if there had been one, would have tolled two in the morning before Wilson’s sleigh drew up at old John Lowery’s gate. There was an. ominous light ,in the house, and as Kate approached, the door flew open, and her father, with apiece of inch rope in his hand, asked his daughter who her companion was, and why she had stayed out until the chickens bad crowed. Wilson told the old man to go to bed, saying that his daughter’s companion was her future husband. Mr. Lowery forbade the nuptials, iustanter, and hustled Kate into the house. —ll _ On Friday last Wilson, Bam Carpenter sbetter5 better known as ‘1 Swearing Sam 1 ’) and Tames Johnson drove to Kensico to assist Wilson in abducting the girl. About eight o’clock at night the men, having secured the assistance of Mrs. King (Kate’s sister) and Miss Catherine Sweeney, drove up to the Lowery msnsion, and sent a polite invitation for Miss Kate to join them In a sleigh ride. The venerable Mr. Lowery, suspecting no conspiracy, raised no objection, and Kate went. Carpenter, who was driver, turned his horses toward Tarrytown. It was the programme to go there and get a minister to marry Wilson and Miss Lowery. After the party had traveled abont four miles, and while they were driving along at leisure, they were startled by the report of a gun, instantly followed by a shower of buckshot, a quantity of which struck the sleigh and mghtened its inmates. “Stop, or I’ll shoot again I” was heard from behind. Carpenter, the driver, leaped out and climbed an apple tree, and the rest of the party awited events. The girl's father rode np beside the sleigh with a double-barreled shot-gun on his shoulder, and ordered the party to torn and drive back to Keaaico. Spying Carpenter up the the apple tree. Lowery leveled hit gun and ordered him down. “Don’t shoot, Mr. Lowery!’’ screamed Carpenter, “and I’ll come down.” “That marriage shall not take place,” •aid Mr. Lowary; “»o justdrive back.” Carpenter took the reins. Johnson seized the whip, and giving toe horses a sharp cat, they dashed off toward Tarrytown, leaving the angry father In the road. He gazed an instant at the retreating sleigh, then raising his gun he biased away with the other barrel, and started his horse on a run after the fugitives. The father loaded and fired five or six times, but each second the distance between him and the sleigh was lengthened. Carpenter turned into toe Sing Sing road, throwing Miss Lowery’s father off toe trail, and aftei, traveling a mile or two took a short bdt for Tarrytown. The father went to Meg Sing, bat did not find hisVlaughter. The elopement party had arrived in Tarrytown about ope o’clock a. m., and put up at toe Briggs House. Search was made for a clergyman, but none could be found. The .party stayed'at Tarrytown all day Friday, and, drove to Kensico at night, stopping at Miss Sweeney’s. ‘ . On Saturday, at dark, Wilson, Johnson, Carpenter, Miss Sweeney and Miss Kate started for White Plains, leaving Mrs. King behind, because—having seen her father—she had changed her mind abont the marriage. Learning that her sister had started for White Plains bent on marriage, Mrs. King end her brother Dan took the night express train, and arrived at White Plains just as toe sleighing party drove up to toe Ora wampum Hotel. .

Here the sisters met, and a war of worda followed. Mra. King said that her father Was on the way with two guns and three pißtots, swearing that he would shoot the whole party. At this Kate and Wilson broke away, entered a sleigh, and were rapidly driven to the residence of the Rev. Mr. Van Kleeck, where the knot waa tied Inst as the infuriated sister and brother drove up to the door. Seeing that they were too late they made the beet of it, and the party went to a restaurant for the bridal feast; after which the bride and groom drove to Tarry town. On Saturday night the venerable Mr. Lowery arrivedln White Plains with his artillery; but learning that the couple had nrsrried in spite of him, he countermarched in good order, muttering that he would shoot somebody. But the. good man Phrenologists now have an opportunity to locate the position memory holds in the convolutions of the brain. A man in Elmira, N. T., struck his head against a beam, three years ago, and was rendered insensible. He rapidly recovered, prospered in business, and enjoyed perfect health until a few days ago, when he experienced mute pains in his heed. These soon passed sway, he regained his physical health, but his memory, from the time he struck his head against the beam to the present, is a blank- He remembers distinctly all that transpired up to the time of the accident, but is puzzled to account for his two children bora since that time. He addresses Ida business partner as the schoolmaster, which position he held previous to the accident. The ease is a carious one, and Unaccountable to medical experts. The London Timet asks, “Does brain work k»if* The man who occupies too corner of Main and Liberty streets every evening, and squirts tobacco juice on an awning Dost just to see it ttm down is a I living indication that it doesn't.—Do»buryNcv*.