Show IS it is a noticeable noti cable fact that some or our fair young damsels have too great a desire to court tho acquaintance of strangers the fact was sadly illustrated in the case of a young lady of spanish fork who recently eloped with an itinerant painter going by the namo of esho is a young lady appearance and well educated her parent shad given her the advantages of schooling and if we mistake not she oven served as a teacher in on of the district schools the one fault she wea that she courted the favor of a stranger one whose past career was wholly unknown to her and diere carded the addico of friends nor was she the only young lady that be camo enamored with at the outskirts of the city lived another bright young girl similarly effected finally the lady from fork secured the prom ise of marriage and ran away to og den with the adventurer where the cords were tied by a magistrate abo forsaken belle left behind bitter love tears and thought the world did not seem half as bright as it need to this was the first scene of the man performance in utah the second came after a pause of two months whon a young wife he had married in colorado followed him to this city heard of his marrying another secured a warrant foi his arrest and had him landed behind the prison bars now the forsaken girl in provo is happy that she did not win aa a husband while the former belle of spanish fork is made exceedingly unhappy with the late turn matters have taken we mention this lettla circumstance merely to servo aa a warning to young ladies who so far forget themselves as to fall in love with those whom they know nothing of ladies should treat all courteously even strangers in our midst aro entitled to this consideration but they should bestow their confidence and affection on friends and intimate acquaintances only men whom they know to bo good and pure accept no one as a lover young ladies whose past life is a blank to your knowledge it is not enough that you know nothing bad of him you aro entitled to and should know the good of a lovers past career you should know enough to make it certain that by bestowing your affection on such a person you are not being duped |