The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-06-16
From the Cincinnati Inquirer, May 29th.
Changing Husbands for Life.


Evening before last, just before the
$50 p. m. st. Louis train left the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad depot, we'll
dressed and honest-looking man, in COM
pany with fair-haired woman, arrived
at the station, and wished his baggage
checked to the Mound City. While the
baggage master was picking out the
strangers trunks, another couple, mas
culine and feminine, the latter dark hair
cd and black-eyed, went up for the same
purpose, and were waiting patiently,
when the brunette stared at the twain
and said Why, you are my husband /;
what are you doing here, and with this
hussy. too ?" applying terms to the
blonde more remarkable for intensity
than their politeness. So roundly did
she abuse her, that the blonde could not
withhold very provoking reply, where
upon the brunette leaped upon her like a
tiger, and would have strangled her, per-
haps. had not her adversary defended
herself resolutely.
Then followed grand scene. The
two females fought after their peculiar
fashion energetically, tearing each 9TH
er's clothes and hair, and scratching
each others faces most industriously.-
Their protectors made no effort to separ-
ate them, seeming rather to enjoy the
sport but at last two or three Of the
railway attaches interfered and caused a
cessation of hostilities.
The brunette by this time was crying
violently, and began to upbraid her hus-
band for deserving her, proving the truth
Of what MontaigEe says of the sex. The
husband remarked that he was doing nc
more than she-that he was running of
with another mans wife, and she with
AM other woman's husband, and wished to
know the difference in their moral de-
pInvity.
This was 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 bis
faithlessness, but excused it in conse
quence of her own, assuring him he need
not endeavor to change her purpose, fol
she would never live with him again.
When the party became cool, they APP
peared well satisfied with the exchange
of wives, and were in favor of continu-
ing the arrangement, althought at loss,
for some time, to determine how they
had met at the depot
The couples were neighbors, and the
men had for months been enamored Of
each others spouses, disliking their own
accordingly. The consequence was an
elopement on a certain night, which both
happened to choose, ignorant of the in
tention Of the other until they had met
as we have related.
Singular as it may appear, it is actu-
ally true, and shows the strangeness Of
condolences in many cases in which il
seems predetermined,
The women liked their lovers but alb
horred their husbands, and therefore con,
cluded-not unusually, it may be-thal
they would take what was agreeable to
them and leave the unpleasant part be-
hind.
The husbands were satisfied and the
wives were delighted, and the quartette
agreed to go on to st. Louis, and live
there in the new relation they had assum-
ed. They had found their affinity, .
and were inclined to adhere thereto, in
spite of their husbands, law and fate.
The two couples got on two differen
cars, The locomotive whistled, the train
started, and the droll party passed thro
the shadows of the night beyond the
reach of vision.