The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1860-08-16

21nfe Morton married hof tui N hs
d,th, teo yon hiaf, shr hciuF iho .olr
b1if. pai On hof sdos woods ~ porlat
el he ffeei', i husband p.ll ~ tbe same
Nu,
Mlirm llumuI 'iiI lLai paur ull Npr
fpu never enjoyed single puf after he
Ioaftied hcf bui hos should laIamr lIu
mor lnoN Of f,pt thing. huve,ef ! Du
give ny readers tatallo Information Me-,
Mpff1h bod bot teen vd-e tFnl't
months ere .he received vih seeming p.tn
'Hre ,ory decided attention. fram Doctor
sffHhaG
/ Do 500 inquire Who Dr. s'rahnn va E
Well, ho studied medicine. aud had 'lc
title # NJ. j. conferred upon him. which
he took great pleasure N niti hing 10 the
end u Nv nnnc With d grand flourish But
IL ! asserted that henoyct hal bali dozen
patients IN ~ many years lie wns ~
young man Of prepo.scssng appearance n
read tnlkcr upun any subject, aud WAS 10
fact Grst.rato company. llc played The
flute and sang was = good dancer. aud
m excellent partner ut whist besides he
had some literary reputation. lie wrote
poetry and two column sketches fer the
Weekly Leyclcr. and last. though by no
means least. he dressed IN good taste aud
in the hcigh, of fashion. How b. did il NJ
one knew, bus then it was NO one's busi.
ness.
But must be- allowed 10 contradict one
rumor which gained considerable prevail.
cncy. to the effect that he supported him
.cif by Lis literary abors an ordinary
scribblcr could hardly afford S,rahan
wardrobe.
| Old Squire Morton hai been dead hu,
little over . ycag, When Dr.. >,rahan, dos.
pItc all the gos,ippcrs had TO my, married
the widow aud her fortune. The fact was
he wanted rich wife. A to her. shc was
anxious to leave her weed. aud 90 into
society again ; and she could devise no
rcalcs way to accomplish these purpose.
than by marrying. When any onc spoke
TO the doctor Of her being y shrcw. he
merely remarked that be should take great
pleasure in tanning a shrcw
For three months they lived happily To-.
ge,hcr. for il was in The height Of the sea.
son, and between Cape Miy, Ncs port, Sar.
a,oga aid the White Mountains, they were
alone with each other scarce three hours
ou, Of tho twcniy.four consequently i,
was impossible for them ,e disagree. but
the season was soon over, aud they re-
turned to their quiet homc--tbc place cf
all others to study wife or husband; where
there Is no unnatural excitement, no fash.
onable Mrs. A. to outdrcss. no proilg,ic
Mr.. u. TO outlo in squandcring money ;
no one TO see, to please, but the ''othcr
half"
After a season r. long continued gaicty
there necessarily follows one of extreme
dullncss, and when ono is dull. one is casily
displeascd. Now DR.. aud Mrs. Strahan
we're both Of them remarkably dull, and ss
a matter Of course both preferred being
pleased to attempting to please, and ci
course both Of them were greatly dis.
pleased.
I, was their third day ut homo upon
which Their first quarrel commenced. How
, j, began neither could clearly tell. Il is
only known ,hat S;rahan expressed de-.
= are 10 dine upon roast beef. upon which
Mrs. :. laid that she aLominstesl beef, an,
stated her preference to be roast ,urke,
, and oyster sauee--S,rahan considered tur.
KEY a. child's fcod-"hcd have beef OF
nothing Shed have turkey : and thus
commenced the var Of the Ssrshsns. One
ordered the butcher not TO have fowl Vi,
other gave strict injuncsions not to has,
/ beef brought into the house hctVect
them they we're both likely to starvc il they
remained a. home 80 the Doctor went &
the village tavern anil dined upon beef
|, while Mrs. :. visited some of her friend
/ and parteok Of turkey.
After dinner DR.. s. gave . wine suppe
in the room vhich he dienIied BY the nam
Of .'s,udy.' . sort Of variety store. II
2 which he kept hi. library. vritine-desl
!, : and spi,tocn. Here also ~ere two ela.
cases, one Of which contained . giant
!. skeleton. hung in wires in the other va
. an Egyptian mummy. The halls we're hun
}, : With csriosisies Of al descriptions: anon
" them q cane from . tree that grew owe
ws.hineton's grave, q snuH-box from WOO
: Of the Charter OAK; . chip ffew the L. $
ftieste Gosssisstion minerals. shells, fo'
!. sis cf all kiNds. specimen eass Of cora, er
= ormous sised fruit and vegetables, cases {
70 dried insects and jars Of picked reptilc'
ssslsd hirds were pssshs1 sboss the spsr
6 uens sad volsptsoss fssnsh lishcgrspl
sad pssts.its cf Distinguished personas'
hsae psseiseaessly sa she ssls /; : lca
= res&se. ~, srn-sas;ss, psussipsie
-, : neaassh bsllossal psssls %
ssss.r, ss.s'sssd ~ fsrsissfs Il 4
'ssssay."
Dsiiiss shs saae evening Mn. 8. Asd
|, &, vhia pssty N she psslor.
=. Wles Aeld its vusssies IN bondage loag
; sksn cards, ssd Nfs 8 NJ dssisse% B