Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1869-04-30

WHOM DO GREAT MEN MARRY.
Women, of course But they show the
same diversity of taste that is seen in the
lower ranks, and on the whole make worse
mistakes. They. however, generally show
the same sense in chosing wives that they
show in managing other peoples affairs,
whether it be good OF bad. '' p .-a'
John Howard, the great philanthropist,
married his nurse. She was altogether
beneath him in social life and intellectual
capacity, and besides this. was ffty-two
years old, while he was but twenty-five
He would not take '''.No" for an answer
and they were married. and lived happily
together until her death, which occurred
two years afterward.
Peter the Great, of Russia, married a
peasant girl. She made sagacious wife
and an excellent empress. ''@-''
Humboldt married poor girl, because
he loved her. Ofcourse they were happy
Shakespeare loved and wed farmers
daughter. She was faithful to her VOWS,
but we could hardly say the same of the
bard himself. Like most of the great po-
cts, he showed too little discrimination in
bestowing his affections on the other sex.
Byron married Miss Millbank to get
money to pay his debts. 1t turned out a
bad shift. e'' af's7 80 20
Robert Burns married farm girl with
whom they fell in love while they worked
together in the plow field. He, too, was
irregular in his life, and committed the
most serious mistakes in conducting bis
domestic affairs. dr.
Milton married the daughter of cot1n-
try squire, but lived with her but short
time. He was an austere. exacting, lit
erary recluse; while she was rosy, romp-
ing country lass that could not endure the
restraint imposed upon her, and so they
separated. Subsequently, however, she
returned, and they lived tolerably happy
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
cousins, and about the only example in
the long line of English monarchs where.
in the marital VOWS were sacredly observ-
ed and sincere affection existed.
Washington married widow with two
children. 1t is enough to say Of her tha,
she was worthy of him. and that they liv-
ed as married folks should, in perfect har-
mony.
Adams married the daughter of a Pres
byterian clergyman. Her father object:
ed on account of Johns being lawyer
he had bad oninion of the morals Of the
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs Martha
Shelton. childless widow; she brough,
him large fortune in real estate. After
the ceremony she mounted the horse be-
hind him and they rode home together.
It was late in the evening. and they found
the fire out. But the great statesman
hustled around and rebuilt it, while she
seized the broom and soon put things in
order. 1t is needless to say that they
were happy, though Jefferson died poor
man on account of his extreme liberality
and hospitality.
| BENJAMIN Franklin married the girl
who stood in her fathers door and laugh
ed at him as he wandered through the
streets of Philadelphia with rolls of bread
under his arm and his pockets filled with
dirty clothes. She had occasion to be
happy when she found herself the wife of
such great and good man. -
It is not generally known that Andrew
Jackson married d lady whose husband
was still living. She was an uneducated
but atniable wouan, and was most devot-
edly attachedto the old warrior and states
man.
/ John C. Calhoun married his cousin,
and their children. fortunately. were nei-
ther diseased or idiotic, but they do not
evince the talent of the great Estate
rights" advocate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the English
statesman and novelist, married. girl
much his inferior in position, and got a
shrew for a wife. She is now insane.
Gen Sam Houston lived happily with
a squaw wife, while Gen. Ben Butler was
divorced from an accomplished lady. ,.,...
| Edwin Forest, the great tragedian,
married beautiful actress from whom he
was divorced. r R,,4 r. -s~1s
Gen. Fremont married the daughter Of
T. H. Benton, against the latter's wish.
which oblighed him to elope with her on
stormy night The union proved a
happy one in spite Of the squally begin
ming. 43c4 s
Horace Greedy married school mis-.
tress, whose beauty was questionable, but
whose sense and goodness satisfied one ol
the greatest men of his time
Gen. Sherman married the daughter Of
Thomas Ewing, of Ohio. who was mem
ber of Gen. Taylor's cabinet. This alone
would have been good start in life for
any young man. .s.3
Jeff Davis, for his first wife, won the
hand Of Zachary -Taylor's daughter.
Gen. Grant married a Miss Dent, oi
St. Louis She apparently has more
sense than show. and is therefore fit fora
Presidents wife. .-Phren. journal. +
~ Cotton says, II once heard gen.
tleman make a very witty reply to one
who asserted that he did not believe there