The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-11-08
How I Happened to Marry.

sometimes In obituary nOttlceS,
the newspapers give US the causes Of
death. Why not the causes Of mar
riage? We should be yastly enter
tanned. For Instance:
AFTER lingering Irritation, Job
Smith to Kate Fling"
"sAll things come round to him
who will but watt"
OfT A. 3 rtgrEnak sl {.
saIn a fit ofpique, the disappointed
Washington Gray TO the stupid Miss
White. -
"'Beware of desperate steps. The
darkest day"
And SO forth.
Now / propose to give as briefly
as possible the rise and progress of
my acquaintance with the second
Mrs. P, and why 1 was induced to
make ber my wife, IL ~
b Ihad thought I should never mar
ry again. When ] boarded with my
little family at Mrs. Gibson's. re-
marked to my landlady, with deep
feeling. that, in case should be alb
sent in time OF fire, / hoped she would
not forget to visit my room and take
from theswall my wife's portrait. ]
felt that could calmly part with q
small portion of my wardrobe; but
the likeness Of my sainted Elizabeth
I could never spare. "Where ! go,
thou goest, = said fsand never while
I have my senses shall the canvas
which represents the sweet features
of my lost darling be converted by
second wife into fire-board."
had been for years o wholesale
grocer in good and regular standing,
and should no doubt have continued
in the same business up to the pres
ent time, if I had not been satisfied
that my four children were suffering
for country air and freedom. an
not rich man, but 1 have q compe-
tency; andI decided to retire from
the city to the town of Piccadillyl
and devote my energies to the cult,
vation of garden seeds.
Piccadilly is small hut thriving
villages with Q saiubrious climate,
and a population of some fifteen hun.
dred souls. For years had heard
of the superior intelligence and NOR.
ality of Piccadilly. My lamented
Elizabeth had been partially educated
at its Academy, which still flourish
ed there behind four Lombardy pop
lars.
"Papa," said Caroline, my eldest.
girl of fourteen, the week after oul
arrival, "Tilda is homesick, and says
she must leave u.s."
Matilda was our house keeper, who
had lived with US for ten yeyrs, snf
thoroeghly understood the gays o
4 iAermistress. the deceaeed Mia Pratt
At the intelligence that she had giver
warning, was SO much startled tina
I spilled my coffee into ny bosom
but seeing Caddy in tears, ! controll
ed myself, and said stoicallyi.xsr
fIsNo doubt, my dear, We shah con
tinus to live WITHOUT I1tda. cal
only say she is q very foolish girl
and we must find some one else who
will do better"
Then left the table and went 10
to my garden; for II was time t.
transplant the early toustoeapE1s
Tilda asked my psrdon t6at poo
lWith red eyes, but With her c1Fpel
ibag dangling from her arms. Ssh
was fit to die with grief ct leayin,
tine dear childrenr she said, "bu
stay she could not, and would NOT
with the whole villsse peeping mt
her pantry. She wsspt used Z
'foountry folks, and wcpldnt stan
and be told she put too much ereaE
Into her dough-nuts. And mat VIC
Iman that sat in the cnpota would b
the death of her YETI
l atterward ascertaiued that Mstll
da referred to Miss E6ters, ? worth
LADY. who lived Opposite, and watch
ed us from her sitting room window
which, as sGordi4g the facilities Q
an abssgyaseys 1a(ds had hk'ns'
'toa supelk