The Irish Standard

How a Western Business Man Won His Charming Eastern Bride.

[Washington Post.]

The Western train which leaves the Baltimore & Potomac depot at ten minutes past ten p. m. had on board the other night a bridal couple. This is nothing strange, for there is hardly a Western train that goes through that doesn't have bride and groom on board before it reaches Chicago, but the manner in which this young man and woman found that they were quite suited to make each other happy the remainder of their days was rather a novel one, it having been ascertained entirely by correspondence. They were accompanied to the depot by the bride's aunt and the clergyman who performed the marriage ceremony.

"It is a fact," said the clergyman to a reporter, after the train had started. "They never saw each other until a week ago. The young man has been for years very well acquainted with his bride's aunt. Before he went West, several years ago, he was a resident of Baltimore, where the young lady's aunt then resided. The aunt, who is of middle age, took a great interest in the young fellow, and since he has been West they have corresponded constantly. In one of his letters about six months ago he stated that he was doing so well he thought he could keep a wife very comfortable, but he did not know any young ladies, as his time was taken up with his business. She jokingly suggested to her niece, who was sitting by when the letter was read, that there was an opportunity for her, and the young lady, in fun, replied: 'Tell him to write to me.' The aunt in her next letter did so. The young man wrote and enclosed a photograph of himself. Their correspondence ripened into love, and several weeks since he wrote he was coming to Washington, and would bring her back to his Western home if she would have him. He arrived here Monday. She accepted him, for he is an honest, intelligent young fellow that any girl might feel proud to have as a husband, and she left with him a few hours ago for their new home.

"Though their courtship was carried on," continued the clergyman, "in rather a peculiar manner, I want to assure you that they are very respectable people, and for that reason I hope you will not mention their names, as it would be very annoying to them."

The young lady's aunt will join the young couple in their Western home as soon as she can settle her affairs here.