The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-03
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lookin' gradely fine in her bran-nev
gownd what the docther bought WI his
iown money, and the docther he looked
like boy wi new shiIlin'. Wher
they'd gettin' to the word when tn owe
psrson asked If any may knowed sugh
again the marryin', up steps Johnny
Leech, young chap fro Manchester,
an forbids the bans an says tn widow
Ihad promised to tackle wi him.
"Any one could see the docther wa
lawfully pottert about it and mad enough
to bite pike in two, nobbut he just
spake to the young man stilly-like, ant
said:
/ "'Whats that dost say, young man |!
"f say said Johnny Leech, as bolt
as lion, that she's promised to me
an wull have herr
"At that the docther begun to fix hi;
mouth for swearin', nobbut be though
better Of it. in church so, and just said
"sOd sink it, man, you'er one o
hundred in the same fix. To the dull
wi, yer talk I've got the wummun, an
you're welcome to her promises. &c
about thy businessp
sfThat wull / not, said Johnny Leech
dunno thee mention itp
"Docther went red in the face, like q
lif he'd swallowed fire and powther, an
were goin' to brast like they say Vesu
vius do; but afore be could open hi
mouth to speak, what does the wum
lmun!
"Woy, she just draws out her wsy
one side an lets go the docther's arm
an she says,
!" Aye, he's rightr
can WI that she goes over to John
my Leech side, and has a-holt on BIZ
arm, an marches out the church -dool
with him, while docther stands there
istarin' after her like as if he were /,
marvel image.
"Well, now he were ina gradely fix
to be sure, but what could he say
Woy, Dought and nought do. He look
ed around him fer a minute to make
sure he wasn't dreamin', an us stood
a-waitin' to hear him brast out, fer The
docther were a famous hot temper
but he just picked up his hat an wen,
out Of the church with his mouth fasi
shut.
THE widow an Johnny Leech were
married in week, an as she were ter
years older than he were, an weighed
twice him. an had a will o her own,
they lived together a year or two a,
snug and cozy as a 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.
"Thst fer mine, Nj. Smith," added
he; "snd now if yo'n willin', I'd like
to here O th' man that married man.
"All in due time" said Mr.. Smith
athat was pretty good story, and I'd
| like to hear another. The young man
by your side looks to me as if he had a
story in his eye, and If it's about a wo-
man we'll here it"
81 was thinking said the young man
alluded to- "about my story my mother
told me, and which know to be true,
because mother knew some of the par
ties"
ga credit-mark for you, my lad, for
your faith in your mothers truthfulness.
Well listen with all the more interest,
for that"
'1t was ia Massachusetts, this occur
red, sir, where my mother was born, in
the village of Turkey-Neck-you may
have heard of If. There was Mr..
Newt there, a merchant of consider
able wealth, who lived unhappy with
his wife. She was high-tempered
woman, and he was not as moral and
well-behaved man as he ought to have
been. They used to quarrel very bad,
mother said, and at last Mrs. Newt went
home to her fathers somewhere in
Pennsylvania, and declared she would
never come back to her husband as
long as he liyed-and she never did,
though they were never divorced ac.
cording to law. Jealousy was at the
bottom of it. of course. Mr.. Newt
used to 60 to see widow woman in the
next town, about ten miles of, and
stay there sometimes two OF three days
together, on pretense of business.
"After Mrs. Newt went home to her
fathers, Mr.. Newt used to go and see
this Mrs. Goss more than ever; and
about a year later, he brought her home
with him, and set her up in his house.
Ofcourse this made good deal of
talk; aud everybody wondered what
Mrs. Newt would do now, for. it soon
became known that Newt had married
Mrs. Goss, and of course it was biga-
my. 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-wid-
ows. 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 very large. She was
large, handsome woman, and used to
dress so richly that she looked like
queen.
"But one fine day who should turn
up again at Turkey Neck but Mrs. Newt
the first, with Philadelphia lawyer at
hei heels, and that the folks knew it
was all up with the Coss-Newt So it
was. The original Mrs. Newt got poss-
ession OF her late husbands property,
for herself and son, and of course the
Goss-Newt was turned out of house and
home.
f.Well, sir, what do you suppose that
woman did when she found she had
been ousted from her patch? Did
she sit down and cry? Did she go back
to her old honeqL Not she; she Just
brought suit against the, first wife for
services rendered to her deceased hus-
band as housekeeping, laying her fig |
ure at two thousand dollars per afinum
sFThe jury thought that was a pretty |
high rate of salary for housekeeper,
out at the, same time they didn't want
,oo,ist her out Of her pay for services
They allowed her at the
ate of four dollars a week for the
whole term of five years, and mother
sid it was generally believed her law
'er got the most Of that" -
-SThat is a Understanding story,
Tomg9 man. said MI. Smith, "but l
,snnanaj 70 kno,y ,nvsalf that - l.