The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-05-08
Whom Do Great Men Marrys

number of the Chronological Journal,
answers this question as follows:
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, gener-
ally show the same sense in choosing
wives that they show in managing other
peoples affairs, whether it be good or
bad.
John Howard, the great philanthro-
pist, married his nurse. She was alto
gether beneath HIM in social life and in
tellectual 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 wele married. and
lived happily together until her death,
which occurred two years afterward.
Peter the Great, of Russia, married
peasant girl. She made an excellent
wife and sagacious Empress
Humboldt married a poor girl because
he loved her. Of course they were
happy.
Shakespeare loved and wed 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 discrim-
ination in bestowing his affection on the
other sex.
Byron married Miss Milbank to get
money to pay his debts. 1t turned out
bad shift.
Robert Burns married farm girl,
with whom he fell in love while they
worked together in the plow field. He,
too, was irregular in his life, and COM
mitted the most serious mistakes in con-
Quoting his domestic affairs
Milton married the daughter of a
country squire, but he lived with her but
q short time. He was an austere, exact
ing literary recluse while she was a
rosy, romping country lass, that could
not endure the restraint imposed upon
her, and SO they separated. Subsequent
ly, 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
wherein the marital vows were sacredly
observed and sincere affection existed
Washington married widow with two
children. 1t is 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 of
Presbyterian clergyman. Her father
objected on account of Johns being a
lawyer; he had bad opinion of the
morals of the profession.
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs. Martha
Skelton, childless widow, but she
brought him large fortune in real estate.
After the ceremony, she mounted the
horse behind 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 to rights. It is needless to say
that they were happy. Jefferson died a
poor man on account of his extreme lib
erality and hospitality.
Benjamin Franklin married the girl
who stood at her fathers door and laugh
ed at him as he wandered through the
streets of Philadelphia with rolls of bread
under his arms and his pockets filed with
dirty clothes. She had occasion to be
happy when she found herself the wife
of such great and good man.
1t is not generally known that Andrew
jackson married lady whose husband
was still living. She was an uneducated
but amiable woman, and was devotedly
attached to the old warrior and statesman.
John &. Calhoun married his cousin,
and their children were neither distressed
nor idiotic, but they do not evince the
talent of the great Estates Rights" advo-
cate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the English
statesman and novelist, married girl
much his inferior in position, and got a
shrew for his wife. She is now insane.
Gen. Sam. Houston lived happily with
squaw wife, while Gen. Butler was di-
vorced from an accomplished lady.
Edwin Forrest, the great tragedian,