Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1879 — A Runaway Match. [ARTICLE]

A Runaway Match.

Yesterday morning, about half-past one o'clock, Mr. Stockhoff, proprietor of the Farmers' Home, was ? called to the street by loud and excited Calls. When he got out he found drawn up there an ancient looking hack, drawn by two splendid hordes that were panting and dripping with sweaty On the box was a colored driver, wearing the regulation plug hat and all the habiliments of a stylish coachman. Within were two gentlemen and a lady, who, by their eager countenances, betrayed the fact that “ two hearts were there that beat as one.” They’ alighted and asked in hurried terms whether it was too late to cross the river, for they said that Jeffersonville was.their goal and a life-long partnership, for good or bad, was their object. Their disappointment knew no bounds when they were assured that no ferry cpuld be obtained until morning. • The lady was especially frightened, for, like “ Lord Ullan's daughter,” she felt convinced an angry father was riding hard in their tracks with vengeance Tn Ms eye. The two men wouldnot be convinced, but made a trip to the river, in search of the traditional kind-hearted ferryman. Fact, however, is neveF so accommodating as fiction, and in this age of steamboats, no ferryman could be found to row them over the stormy waters, and they were compelled to return to the hotel They were off in the morning at five o’clock, and returned i*at seven o'clock,,man and wife, safe beyond tbe power of any parents, and with all sails set for the voyage of life. The groom’s name was R. R. Beeler and his bride was Miss Maggie Cromwell; all of Bardstown, which place they left at six o’clock Sunday evening. —Louisville Courier-Journal !’ ,