The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-24
rnE POTENCY OF PRETTINEss.
How n Charming Widow Got Her
Pateui II xtended.

Washington Correspondence Cincinnati Times
Another widow lady has been press
ing her claims before Congress, and has
\ also been successful. Her name is Mar
tha NJ. Jones, and she is the admins
tratrix Of Samuel J. Jones, her hus-
band, who obtained patent some years
ago, for an improvement in zinc paint,
which patent his widow desires to have
extended, She is possessed OF indomlt-
able perseverance, is good looking, ln-
telligent, aud highly educated. She
stated her own case to the House COM
mittee on Patents, and the bill she was
interested in passed the House, aud
went to the Senate. She knew if it was
not attended to quickly, it would go
over till next session, and, perhaps
might not be acted upon for q year or
two. Consequently, on Wednesday at
ternoon, she took position in the mar
BILE room, and sending her card to varl-
GUS Senators, succeeded in gaining an
interview with each one, for as one
would come out to converse with her,
she would request him to send out an
other, and in this way she stated her
case to all personally.
She was lady of winning ways, and
worked upon the susceptibilities of the
grave and digniied Senators till she sue
ceeded in gaining all in her favor ex-
cept Senator Wiley, sf West Virginia,
who stoutly opposed the bill. de was
alone in his glory, however. for when
the vote came to be taken he was the
oaly one who opposed, while all the rest
were in favor of the bill, which, Of
course, passed, and the lady went on
her way rejoicing. In the course of the
debate, Senator Wiley "twitted' his
fellow Senators for being captivated
with the intelligence and vivacity of
the lady who had so eloquently pleaded
her own case, which little piece of sar-
casm caused quite a laugh among "the
grave and dignified" Legislators, all of
whom acknowledged the corn,' and
Reverdy johnson frankly admitted that
he felt great admiration for the lady.
The most amusing part of the debate
was Senator Willey's effort to prove in
consistency upon the lady in her state:
ments before the Patent Committee, OF
which Senator Wiley is member.
In her written statement she set forth
that her beloved husband, Samuel Jones,
was deeply distressed in mind one nj ght,
and could not sleep. About midnight
he jumped up, exclaiming: Martha, !
have it! Pvc got it," meaning he had
solved the problem of his invention.
She begged him to come to bed, but he
walked the floor all night, and in the
morning made practical test of his
invention, which succeeded even beyond
his expectations. This was all very
pretty, but Senator Wiley insisted
upon it there was n material discrep.
ancy in the statement, inasmnch as the
Samuel Jones aforesaid had applied for
and obtained n patent in England for
the same invention two years before this
affecting incident occurred. 1t was no
use talking, however, against the ap-
prals of n gOod-looking and interesting
widow, so the worthy Senator had all
the opposition to himself, and came oil
"second best" l can assure you, dear
Times, that even oetogenarian Senators
are not insensible to the destinations of
"iAtercsting widows"