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The Bucyrus Journal is responsible for !
the following That paper Is remarkably
rob in romsoee' Of tbis character Proba. !
bly, II has some person to &c, them up to or
der. But then it ,1igh have h.ppen.d,
which is the most important confederation
in the premises
10 ene Of the township. Of this county,
little north Of Bacyrus, d-sl, . veil TO do
man, . sido"sr OF about hf,y, With An only
son OF twsnty too or three Mr.. -t.e
withhold tue names for obvious rsAson.D had
been . wido~sr for many years, aud became
weary Of that mode Of living, sud according
ly determined TO marry sg.iu. TIE deter.
nination once formed, the peIt thing wss to
SOD It's souaG Necessary. which IA tins
country is not at all difhcuIt Fortunately
for him, widow lady resided near h,m. Who
had . daughter possessing ell the require
ments She was a beautiful girl OF ts.nty
years, accomplished aud sprigLtly, Just the
one waited To be sure so. wa. rather
young, bat Mr. - Vas youug z loo ing Al.o
Sometimes his mind would wander to the
mother, Who vas quite as baadso me rs the
daughter aud almost As young III sppesr.
snce, but be had made up his mind TO mar.
= " o
good will. lie did Dot mention his deter
ninstiou to his son fearing that the idea Of
marrying one so much younger than himself
might expose him 10 bis ridIcule.
In the meantime, his son bad become de..
p,atately euamored Of the widow, aud like
wise determined upon marrying her. lie
did not comm uuicate the fact to his f.tber
for the same reason that aetust,d the old Gen.
,iemsn-fesr Of exciting ridicule By marry.
ing woman 80 much older than himself.
They both commenced d calling at the house
OF the widow, sad very frequently met each
other there This circumstances .pnoy.d
them both immensely The old gentleman
thought, very naturally that the young m m
was there tor the youny lady. and the Young
gentleman, quite N. naturally, s,ppo..d tust
'ne old one wss there for the sldow. A.
the matter . fro,,,,,ed. the meeinr Of the
h'ner Ana 500 Ut that one place became ire.
quent aud the V-.a,s often i, oee rr,d m.
more iptoierable il pecau,e FiuAx NJ,
" determined to speak to bis son on the
subject
Charles said he, y have determined. sf.
ter much consideration, to marry again
ID N, thought Charles, 'uow there II he
fght about tbe widow
thought il but right .ud proper to
make you acquainted With the determin.
ton
Very good, replied Charles. Il eoulid
ern very proper that you should do So
And speaking Of marrying, have concluded
to marry, myself
Il approve OF the idea, returned the old
gentleman you are Of suitable age 90 settle
aovo. May ask the name Of your intsn.
ded =
Mrs. -, replied Charles, braeios up
aud assuming q d.fAut look
r e~ Shl,lied the old gentleman
'hns woman Charles, bot i,ot she q tr,a,
too far advanced in ysarsr
Il think not, ssid Charles, but who have
you decided uronl
why, Charles is Is . rery surious cireum
stance, bat l bad determined to marry her
daughter
Daughter eIcAimed Charles, Why YOU
are at least twice as old As che is, but | don't
object
The matter vas thus happily settled, and
10 the course Of few weeksi, was sat,.f.e
tofIlJ afraoged vi the widow aud daucL
ter, and the parties we're married.
cry soon after the marriage vas eonsum
mated, 'hey ell discovered they had made a
grand mistake The son found that IN.
widow was altogether too motberly for the
vile OF young mso of twenty three. and
the old gentleman found that . Young lady
OF twenty vAstco volatile f,.a sober min led
man OF nifty. Dissgresmsn,s foilo~ed then
neglect, aud finally the thousand little quar-
reis aud snobLIng', snd chickering's. .inImc,
Cd down into graDd hyh,. which -, kct,
up with slight varistion foe three mooth.
fiealiy they agreed permanently !, disagree.
and aVailing Ibem,elve, Of the case ui,b
Nhich divorces are obtained In Indi,pa N.
Whole four reu4oved to IodiAnspon., -hsr,
10 due time, the divorces we're ob,sinsI
Ihe Tour came home a. they sont together
TIE son taking The daughter uuder H.. ss
Pec'Al charge, and tho father dong the
agreeable 70 the widow. Long before tbsv
sfn'ed ct Bnoyrus, they bsd sr,aor.d
matrimonial matters on 40 entirely d,fT.,,,,
ess'-Just As It should have been done a
begin With, 20 pit The father ADD ,bs
s'dov mAie up msteb, and the son aud
daughter ditto The re marryirg va. -,
formed Immediately 90 their arrivsIr Barv.
rus Up date they ell sppssr veil sa,.6ed
"te each other, aud It 10 20 be L.psI the,
VII long cobtioue 90.