The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-05
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 choos-
ing their wives that they show in managing other
peoples affairs, whether it be good OF bad.
Robert Burns married Il farm girl with whom
he fell in love while they worked together in the
plow-heid. He, too, was irregular in his life,
and committed the most serious mistakes in con-
Quoting his domestic affairs.
Milton married the daughter of n country
Squire, but lived with her but a short time. lie
was an %austere, ~exactinS, literary reclusc while
she was a rosy, rOmplng country lass that could
not endure the restraint imposed upon her, SO they
separated. Subsequently, however, she returned,
and they lived tolcrably happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were cousins.
and about the only example in the long line Of
English monarchs wherein the marital vows were
sacTedly observed. and sincere affection existed.
Shakespeare loved and wed a farmers daughter.
She was faithful to her vows, but we could hardly
say the same of the great bard himself. Like
most OF the great poets. he showed too little dis
elimination IN bcstowlng his affection on the
other sex.
Byron married Miss Millbank to get money to
pay his debts. 1t turned out a bad shift.
benjamin Franklin married the girl who stood
in her fathers door and laughed mt him as he
wandered through the streets of Philadelphia,
with rolls of bread under his arms, and his peck
cts filled with dirty clothes. She had occasion to
be happy when she found herself the wife OF such
Il great and good man.
Washington married n widow with two child
ren. 1t Is easy enough to say of her that she was
worthy of him, and that they lived, as married
folks should, in perfect harmony.
John Adams married the daughter ola Presby-
terrain clergyman. Her father objected, on account
of John being a lawyer; he had Il bad opinion OF
the morals of the profession.
Thomas jefferson married Mrs. Martha SHELTON.
4 chlldlesS widow. but she brDuTht him n lorpc
fortune in real estate. After the ceremony she
mounted the horse behind him and they rode home
together 1t was late in the evening, and thew
found the fire out but the great stateman hustled
around and rebuilt it. while she seized the broom
and soon put things right. 1t is needless to say
that they We're happy, though jefferson died n
poor man. on account of his extreme liberality
hospitality.
John Howard. the great philanthropist. mar
rled has nurse. She was altogether beneath him
in social life and intellectual capacity. and. be
sides this, was - years old. while he was but p.
He would not take mo- for an answer, and they
were married, and lived happily together until
her death, which occurred two years aitcrward.
Peter the Great. of Russia. married n pclsant
girl. She made an excellent wife and 4 sl.acious
humboldt married a poor girl because he loved
OF course they were happy.
1t Is not generally known that Andrew jackson
married n lady whose husband was still living.
was an uneducatcd bat amiable woman. and
vas most dcyOutly attached To the old warrior
md statesman.
John G. Calhoun married his cousin, and their
hildren, fortunately, were neither diseased nor
but they DO not eyince the talent of the
reat " States Rights advocate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the great English
and novelist, married Il girl much his
Inferior in position, and got a shrew for a wife.
he is now insane.