The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-29
welcome to her promises. Get about thy

business!'
That will I not said Johnny Lccch.
Dunno the mention it,
"Docther went red in the face, like as
if he'd swallowed fire and powthcr, an
were goin' to brast like they say Fcsu-
vius do; but aforc he Scould open his
month to sneak, what dses the wummun?
"Wov. she Just draws out her way on
one side, an lets go the docthcr's arm, and
she says:
i" Aye, he's right
can VII that she walks over to Johnny
Leech's side, and has a holt on his arm
an marches out Of the church door with
him, while docther stands there starin'
after her like as if he were 4 marble i'm
age.
"Well, now he were in grandley fix, to
be sure, but what could he say? Woy,
nought, and nought do. He looked around
him for minute to make sure he wasn't
dreamn', an us stood waitin' to hear
him brast out, for the docther were ia
nous hot temper; but he just picked up
his hat an went out of the church with
his mouth fast shut.
"The widow and Johnny Lecch were
married in a week, an as she were ten
years older than he were, an weighed
twice him, an had a will O her own, they
lived together year or two as snug as
cat and dog tied together by their tails.
At the end o. that | heard they broke
loose o. each other"
Denny drew a long breath.
"That's fer mine, Mr.. Smith," he adj
ded, can now if yo'n willin', I'd like to
hear o. tn man that married man."
"Al in due time" said Mr.. Smith ;
/" that was 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 we'll hear
it,
81 was thinking" said the young man
alluded to, 5" about a story my mother told
me, ard which know to be true, because
mother knew some Of the parties"
ga credit mark for you, my lad, for
your faith in your mothers truthfulness.
We'll listen with all tho. more interest for
that"
eft was in Massachusetts, this occurred,
sir. where mother was born, in the village
of Turkey Nccll-you may have heard OF
#. There was Mr.. Newt there, a mer-
chant of considerable wealth, who lived
unhappy with his wife. She was high
tempcred woman, and he was not as
moral and well-bchaved a man as he ought
to have been. They used to quarrel very
had. 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 divorced according to law.
jealousy was at the bottom Of it Of course.
Mr.. Newt used to 60 to sc C widow woman
in the next town, about ten miles oil, and
stay there sometimes two or three days
together, on pretcnce Of business.
"After Mrs. Newt went homo to her
fathers, Mr.. Newt used to 60 and sec 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 a good deal of talk; and every
body wondered what Mrs. Newt would do
now, for it soon became known that Newt
had married Mrs. Goss and of course it
was bigamy. But time went on, and Mrs.
Newt, the original, never disturbed him.
"About five years after the marriage,
Mr.. Newt died, and left Il pair Of widows.
Nothing having ever been heard from the
first Mrs, Newt, the other Onc-;le GoSs
Newt, as everybody called her-thought
she was in clover, for the property was
very large. She was large, handsome
woman, and used to dress SO richly that
She look ed like queen.
"But one fine day. who should turn up
again at Turkey Neck but Mrs. Newt the
first witt, a Philadelphia lawyer at Der
heels, and then folks knew it was ali up
with the Goss Newt. So it was. The
original 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.
"Wcll, sir, what do you suppose that
woman did when she found she hau been
ousted from Der clover patch Did she
sit down and cry Did she go back TO her
old home? Not she; she just brou gbt suit
against the first wife for services rendered
to her deceased husband as house keeper,
having her figures at 50, 900 per annum.
"Thc Jury thought that was a pretty
high rate of salary for a housckecper, but
at the same time they didn't want to Gust
her out of her pay tor services pei formed.
They allowed her at the rate Of four dol
lars Il week for the whole term of five
wears, and mother said it was gen orally be-
lie we'd her lawyer got the most OF that"
{" That is queer sounding story, young
man. said Mr.. Smith, "but / happen to
know M, self that it is true one. Curl
ous cases eet 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 mau who married man, s'.id he,
uwas minister; he married mul-to a
woman" -Wrt Skies.