The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-16
TnE pOrENCY Or rRErrINEsS.
n Charming widow GO, Uer
Patent Extended.


Washington Correspondence Cincinnati Times
Another widow lady has been pressing
her claims before Congress, aud has olsoo
been successful. Her name is Martha nj.
Jones. aud she is the administrator of
samuel j. Jones, her husband, who OBJ
tanned q patent, some years ago, for an
improvement in zinc paint, which patent
his widow desires 10 have extended. She
is possessed of indomitable perseverance,,
IL good looking, intelligent and highly ed.
ucatcd. She stated her own case TO the
. House Committee ON Patents, and the bill
she was Interested in passed the House,
and went to the Senate. She knew if 1t
wns not attended to quickly, it would 90
over till next session, and, perhaps, might
not be acted on for u year or two. Con-
sequoutly, ON Wednesday afternoon, she
took position in the marble room, and
sending her card 20 various Senators, sue
ceeded in gaining an interview with each
one, for as one would come ont TO converse
with her, she would request him TO send
out another, and in this way she stated her
case TO all personally.
She was n lady of winning WAYS, and
worked upon the susceptibilities of the
grave and digniied Senators, until she
succeeded in gaining nl in her favor. ex-
cept Senator Wiley of West Virginia. who
sloutly opposed the bill. He was alone i'm
his glory, however, for when the vote came
to De taken he was the only one opposed,
while all the rest were in favor of the bill,
which passed. of course, aud the lady went
On her way rejoicing. In the course of the
debate, Senator Wiley 'twitted' his fell
low Senators with being taptiyaled with
the intelligence aud v%iyacity of the lady
who had ~oeloquently ~pleadedhor own case,
aUN...I INNN. ..a.u. - $500. - III.
n laugh among the "guave and dignihed"
Legislators, all Of whom acknowledged
the corn and rcycrdy johnson frankly ad-
mitted that lac felt a great admiration for
the lady. The most amusing part of the
debate was Senator Willcy's effort TO prove
Inconsistency upon the lady in her state
mcnts before the Patent Committee of
which Wiley is II member.
In her written statement she set forth
that her beloved husband, Samuel Jones'.
WIS deeply distressed in min d one night.
and could not sleep. About midnight he
jumped mp, %cXclniming: martha. | have
~ I've got IT, meaning he had solved the
problem of his invention. She begged
him To conn Ia bed, but he walked the
noor all night, and in the morning made
70 practical test of his invention, which
succeeded even beyond his expectations.
This was all very pretty, but Senator Wiley
insisted upon II there was u material dis
crepnucy In the statement, inasmuch az the
Samuel Jones aforesaid had applied for and
obtained q patent in England for the same
invention two years before Tins affecting in
cldcnt occurred IL was no use talking,
however, against the appeals of a good
looking and interesting widow, 80 the wor-
Thy Senator had all the opposition to him
self, and came of "second best" 1 can
assure You, dear Times, that even octoge-
mani, n Senators are not insensible to the
destinations Of " interesting widows"
To lose your watch iutcricics with your
pleasure. AT least 1t proycnts you nom
having e good time.