Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-01
NEW SERIES, no. 1871.
WNUMS 81, so strictly i'm advance
1GICHO3 S2,O0 at the years end.

marriage and consult her heart She followed
his advice, and last week st. Thomas d. Aquin
saw fidelity rewarded.
A leap-year story is told by the st. Louis
Herald, which shows that it is not always best
Tor bachelor to look-long-before he leaps
Here is the story;
There is certain fashionable boarding house
IN St. Louis, where handsome young widow
was boarding. The lady we will call Widow
Cheerly she has fortune of some 10000,
left her by her deceased husband, and no chill
dren. Three young clerks-Smith, Brown and
Jones, who formerly boarded at this boarding
house, called upon the landlady on New Years
day. The widow Chserly was in the room,
and saw the young men approaching. She i'm
mediately dressed herself up in her "bridal ar
ray called the landlady and inquired their
names. The lady informed her. when she re-
remarked, " Intend to haveene of those young
men for husbandp The land,ady smiled in
credulously, and then went down into the par
lor to receive her visitors The widow followed
Immediately, and without waiting an introduce
tion, approached Smith and said "Will you
consent to become my husbandY The young
man blushed, and backed out. The gay widow
then addressed Mr.. Brown who -" jumped at the
chance, and the twain was made one. The
next morning, when Brown awoke he began to
think, as he was out of employment, that he
was " in a fix" and, while he was revolving
In his mind whether it would be better for him
to run off or to commit suicide, his wife awoke,
and said, "My dear, have you any objection
to collecting few bills ?'' Thinking she sup
posed he had some money due him, he muttered
Z" No, not when there is any money owing to
me- " | do not mean that my dear. Get up
and go to my bureau drawer, and there you will
find bills to the amount of five hundred dollars,
ror the rents due me for the past month. You
will please accept the money from me as New
Years Gift.
Brown found that he had been "done Brown"
in most satisfactory way, and has been happi-
or than most lords ever since.
Here is an account of a marriage ceremony
recently performed in San Francisco, under cir
eumstances both romantic and ridiculous
For the fair hand of young, beautiful, spir-
tied; and fascinating widow, two gay and dash
ing young gentlemen aspired, but she gave no.
tice to one Qlorace) that she preferred him to
the other, (Sylvester) and an evening was as
signed for their union. As the would-be bride
groom, accompanied by friend Crank ap-
preached the mansion of the fair one on the
evening appointed, they heard sounds of music
and saw danears 6gipg past the windows. Sub
sequent inquiries revealed to Horace the melan-
choly fact that no had been victimized, and that
Arabella (the widow nancy and Sylvester had
been OF " one Aesh' for over an hour, and that
their friends were making themselves merry iu
honor of the event. The disappointed parties
then rushed into the house, demolished furni-
ture, mirrors, crockery ware, chandeliers, &C..
knocked the successful sutor down, together
with all his friends who attempted to protect
him. Sylvester rose upon his knees and drew
pistol, Frank kicked at the pistol, but missed
it, and the next moment the pistol ball cut off
about one-sixteentl of an inch from the tip end
of Franks nose and also passed through Horace
cravat, and within half an inch of his iugular
vein. Sylvester was at length rendered peaca-
bic by several blows from a cane, and the melee
was terminated by the departure of the various
combatants and guests. The lonely widow, on
being asked why she had treated Horace in so
treacherous manner, replied that she had pre-
pared for the marriage according to agreement,
and finding that Horace did not come, she could
not resist the desire to be married anyhow, and
therefore she sent for Sylvester