Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-12-27

be sare, but what could he say !? Wow.
nought, and nought do He looked around
nlm for minute to make sure he wasn't
ofeamln, an us stood waitin' to hear
hlm Dfast out, for the docther were a IA
nous not temper; but he just picked up
MS nat an went out of church with his
mouth fast shut. '-'
The widow and johnny Leech were
married in a week, an as she were ten wears
older than he were, an weighed twice him.
an had will O her own, they lived to-
gether year or two as snug as cat and a
dog tied together by their tails At the
END o that heard they broke loose O. each
other"
Donny drew long breath.
Ihat s fer mine, Mr.. Smith," he added.
:. an now if yo'n willin', I'd like to hear O.
tn man that married man."
All in due time, said Mr.. Smith; 'sthat
was a pretty, story, and I'd like to hear
another. That young man by your side
LOOKS to me as if he had story in his eve,
and if it's about a woman Well hear il.
:" was thinking" said the young man
alluded to-. ''about story my mother told
me, and which know to be true, because
mother knew some of the parties.''
"A credit mark for you, my lad, for
your faith in your mothers trutifulness.-
wen listen with all the more interest for
that"
cit was in Massachusetts, this occurred
slr, where mother was born, in the village
OF turkey Neck-you may have heard of
1t. There was Mr. Newt there, q merchant
OF considerable wealth, who lived unhappy
with his wife. She was high tempered
woman, and he was not as moral and we'll
behaved man as he ought to have been.
Ihey used to quarrel very bad, mother
said, and at last Mrs Newt went home to
her father, somewhere in PENNSYLVANIA,
and declared she would never come back
to her husband so long as he lived and
she never did, though they never were di-
vorced according to law. jealousy was at
the bottom of it of course. Mr. Newt used
to go to see widow woman in the next
town. about ten miles off, and stay there
sometimes two or three days together, on
pretence of business.
:" After Mrs. Newt went home to her fa-
theirs, Mr.. Newt used to go and see this
Mrs. Goss more than ever and about q
year later he brought her home with him,
and set her up in his house. Of course
this made good deal of talk; and every
body wondered what Mrs. Newt would do
| now, for 1t soon became known that Newt
had married Mrs. Goss; and of course it
was blgamy. But time went on, and Mrs.
Newt, the original, never disturbed him.
'About five years after the marriage,
Mr.. Newt died, and left pair of widows.
| Nothing having ever been heard from the
first Mrs Newt, the other one-the Goss
Newt, as everybody called her-thought
she was In clover, for the property was We
ry large. She was large, handsome wo-
man, and used to dress so richly that she
looked like a queen.
but one fine day who should turn up
again at Turkey Neck but Mrs. Newt the
first with a Philadelphia lawyer at her
heels, and then folks knew it was all up
with the Goss Newt. So it was. The ori-
glnal Mrs. Newt got possession of her late
husbands property for herself and son,
and of course the Goss Newt was turned
out OF house and home.
! "Well, sir, what do you suppose that
woman did when she found she had been
Ousted from her clover patch Did she sit
down and cry ? Did she go back to her old
home !? Not she she just brought suit
against the first wife for services rendered
to her deceased husband as shousekeeper, lay
ing her figures at So, 900 per annum.
''The jury thought that was pretty
high rate Of salary for q housekeeper, but
. at the same time they didn't want to oust
her out of her pay for services performed.
! They allowed her at the rate of four dollars
week for the whole term of five years,
and mother said it was generally believed
her lawyer got the most of that
''That is queer sounding story, young
man" said Mr.. Smith. "but happen to
know myself that it is a true one. Curious
cases get into the courts sometimes"
And now the curiosity to hear about the
man who married the man became gene
raj, and Mr.. Smith proceeded to crafty it.
"The man who married a man, said he,
"was minister /; he married a man-to @
woman. - Writ Skies.