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A Connecticut Romance,An inside chapter of the fashionableSkiimer-Roberts wedding here is of interest, as showing that worth is sometimes valued equally with wealth in this “land of steady habits.” The bride,, Miss Florence C. Roberts, is the daughter of Mr. Ebenezer Roberts, a wealthy merchant, whose fortune is estimated at a half million or better. She was a pet child, had everything that wealth could, command, and was a belle of the place:. Mr. Skinner wras a student at Trinity College, where he first made her acquaintance. He was of a good family ofMalone, N. Y., but in moderate circumstances only. That he would ever aspire to the hand of Miss Roberts would, at the time, have been scouted as impossible. He was a young man of real worth and sterling integrity. These qualities were noted by the lady, and her father showed toward him very friendly feelings. After his graduation he went to the mining regions of the West in search, of fortune, but, like many other young: men, made a failure. During his absence lie maintained a correspondence with Miss Roberts, and finally proposed.. He was accepted, and Mr. Roberts, instead of interposing any objections, wasgoverned by his own judgment and thewishes of his daughter, and gave his consent. Further than that, he wrote to young Skinner to come to Hartford, andXT
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Jeffersonville National Democrat
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 16, 1880
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