Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-02-16

was crying. Here's a turnpike! .
:. Well, the good minister SEER
4 the state Of the case, (tle IRE
f ton parchment was duly produce
from the pocket of the lug
q brious SmitlD married them ov,
= straightway, and would not take
, fee. The fact is, grave as he wa
he was dying to be exlonc, so that /
could give vent No his suppresse
laugh, which was shaking him a
over Smith and Smith's wife wen
ljoyfally home, and kissed every on
of their ten children. The littI
Smiths never knew that their IA
ther and mother had been mad
strangers to each other BY legisla
tive enactment.
Meanwhile, and on the seIfsam,
night, Jones returned to his natiy,
town : Burlington, | believe : AnC
sought at once the fine pair of black
eyes which he hoped shortly TO cal
his bwn. The pretty widow sat OF
the sofa, Il white kerchicf tied care.
lessly about her white round throat
her black hair laid in sill1yiwases
agaInst each rosy cheek.
| Divorce is The word.' cried Jones
Frlayfully patting her double chin.
1.-THE fact is, Eliza, I'm rid Of that
cursed woman, and you a nd I'll be
married tonight. | kn bw how 10
manage those scoundrels it Trenton.
l|A champagne supper d / was tia
breakfast? that did the business f0J
them. Put on your bonnet and let
us go to the preacher 5 at once, dear
est.'
The widow (who was among wild
ows as peaches are among apples) put
on her bonnet and took Jones arm,
and
"Just look how handsome it is put
on parchment cried Jones, pulling
the document out before her "lIere's
the law which said that Jacob Jones
and Anna Caroline Jones are two!-
Look at X" Putting her plump
gloved hand on his shoulder, she did
look at it.
: "Oh dear?" she said with her ro-
bust lipS,and sank back, halffainting
on the sofa
"Oh blazes'.' cried Jones, and sank
beside her, rnstling the fatal parch-
mcnt in his hand.
''IIere's lots of happiness and
champagne gono to ruin"
1t was a hard case. Instead of
being divorced and at liberty TO
marry the widow, Jacob Jones was
simply by the Legislature of New
Jersey, Incorporated into turnpike
and, which made it worse,
(with lis brother direc
Iors) TO construct a turnpike from
to Bristol When you
reflect that they are a mile apart,
On opposite sides of'the Delaware I
river, yolt will perceive the extreme
iopelcssIbess ol jones' case.
Z "lt's .;lH the fault of that turn
bike man who gave 'eln the cham
oagno supper -or vast breakfast? |
sried Jones, id agony, 'sIl'they'df
, chartered in b to makea turnpike !
rom Pigs Run to 1'errapin IIol-
ow, might have borne it; but the I
very idea OF building turnpike
rom Burlington to Bristol bears an
lbsurdity on The face ot lt.'
$50 YOU amt diyorced?" said
Eliza, tear rolling down each
heck. i al4
o,otIundered Jones, crushing
lis hat between his knees, sand
What is wofs Sc, the legislature is adj
ourncd, anil gone home drunk, !
md won't be back to Trenton till II
,eNt year!n 1t was hard case.
The mistake had occurred on the |.
ast day Of the session, when lqgis-
ators and clerks were laborlng nn- +
er the effects of u champagne 4
upper, followed by a champagne
iseaklist. Smiths name had been
att whore Jmes' ought to havel
cen, aud 'wiseg wersey,' as the
ATTN poet has it. a /,
Gen. Cadwalader 5 named asl.
he TI1g candidate foi Governor Of
'enisy ivanla. II,
Strawberries are amdng The delica-
les of the season, 1T present, inlj
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