The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-06-10
Chan ging Husbands for Life.

Evening before last, iu,t befe
the $50 p. m. st. Louis rain lett ,e |
Ohio and Mississippi Aailroad e.
pot, a we'll dressed and honest.lok |
ing man, in company with a fr.
haired woman, arrived OF the q.
ton, and wished his baggage chek.
ed to the Mound City While Ne
Baggage. Master was picking ut
the strangers trunks, asother couje,
masculine and feminine, the laler
khaired and black eyed, wnt
up ior the same purpose, and wre
waiting patiently, when the bruntte
stared at the twain and said: "Wy,
you are my husband; what areyou
doing here, and with this hnsy,
.oos" Supplying terms to the hloofsa
more remarkable for intensity than
their politeness. SO roundly did
she abuse her that the blonde could
not withhold very provoking reply
whereupon the brunette leaped al
her throat like tiger, and would
have strangled her, perhaps, had not
her adversary protected herself reso
lutely.
Then followed a grand scene
The two females fought after their
peculiar fashion energetically, tear
ing each others clothes and hair
and scratching each others faces
most industriously. Their protc ctcrs
made no effort to separate them,
seeming rather to enjoy the sport;-
but at last, two or three of railway
attaches interfered and caused q ces.
cation of hostlities.
The brunette by this time was ry-
ing violently, and began to upbrid
her husband for deserving her. ihua
proving the truth OF what Montaigpe
says Of the sex. The husband re.
marked that he was doing no more
than she-that he was running oil
with another mans wife, and she
with another woman's husband, anil
wished to know the difference in
their moral depravity.
This was a puzzle to the dark-eyed
Xantippe, who, by way of answer.
said she had always hated her liege
lord, and always would hate him.
The blonde then spoke to her hus-
band, the brunette's companion, of
his faithlessness, but excused it in
consequence Of her own, assuring
him he need not endeavor to change
her purpose, for she would never
live with him again.
When the party became cool, they
appeared we'll satisfied with the ex.
change Of wives, and were in favor
Of continuing tho arrangnmcs %,
though at loss for some time to de-
terminc how they had met at the dc.
pot.
The couples we're neighbors, and
the men hal for months been enam-
ored OF each others spouscs, disliking
their own accordingly. The conse-
quence was an elopement on a GER
tain night, when both happened to
choose, ignorant Of the intention Of
other, until they had met as we
have related.
Singular as it may appear, it is
actually true, and shows the strange,
ness OF condolences in many cases
in which it seems predetermined.
The women liked their lovers, but
abhorred their husbands, and there
fore concluded not unusually, i
may be-that they would take wha
was agreeable to them, and leave
the unpleasant part behind.
The husbands were satisfied s~i
the wives were delighted, and the
quartctte agreed to go on to Sain
Louis, and live there in the relation
they had assumed. They had found
their affinity" and we're inclined tc
adhere thereto. in spite Of their hus
bands, law and fate.
The two couples got on two dif
ferent cars. The locomotive whistleC
and the tram started, and the drol
party passed through the shade WI
ofthe night beyond the reach of Wis,
ion.