Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-02-03
An IrreFressible Woman How Kanka-
kee Cor Rid Of Her Poor Cheyennel

From the Kankaleo GAEettee.l ~
Everybody In Kankakee knows Mollie.
| To those of our readers who are 80 unfor
tunhtely circumstanced as to be compelied
TO live away from Knnkakee we will say
that Mollie had no other name. She never
hada father or mother, nor brother ol
sister that anybody ever knew Of She
never had home outside the county Jail.
She was brought here in 1861 from New
York. She never knew what q school was
she never heard sermon she never was
inside of o church; she never heard of a
Sunday school; she never heard
a kind word spoken; she neyst
was sober moment q when sll6
could get whisky and she scodld always
get whisky when She could get out of jail
and she was always out Of Jail when she
made 80 much disturbance that the jaileT
could not keep her in, and she was always
in jail when she made 30 much disturbance
out that that she could not be enduped
She was a republican by profession, and q
democrat by instinct She swore the most
terrible oaths with greater volubility than
could be done by any person who lived
outside of Chicago. She talked the vilest,
and sang the worst songs, she was filthy
as the lowest, and slept outdoors more
nights and indoors fewer nights than any
other being who ever lived. When it
rained the fastest and froze the deepest,
Mollie would get the drunkest, and was
then the happiest. She would have been
an excellent subject for the State Social
Science Convention to have operated the
social evil out of her, for she had great
deal Of it.
Thepolice feared her; the police court de-
tested her; the common council made un-
gallant remarks wnen they audited bills
marked Diet for MOllie in County Jail,
and these bills they audited at every meet
ing; and the jailor was known on several
occasions to make use of downright
profane language when he saw the
police and the irrepressble Mollie march
ing arm and arm up to the Jail door. What
she lived for nobody knew That she
would not die everybody knew.
80 wicked, 80 young, 80 mouldering sway.
Like the dog In the story, each dog has its day
That death In its rayages was passing her DER,
Supposng, no doubt, he had killed her before
But he had not, and Mollie still lived
wonderful instance of the perverseness of
woman refusing to do that which ever,-
body thought she ought to do-.die.
Mollie was not the only wicked person
in this city. TIL re was ."Jim, y an abo-
riginal of MoMence, of whom but little is
known here; but, unless nature lied in
Jim's face, head ind general makeup, he
was worse, Wickeder and lower than Mol
lie. He made the acquaintance of Mollie
in jail, while confined on charge of steal
ing nine drinks Of whisky from an alder
man in Momence. That they courted is
true; whether they loved or not is not
known, She begged to be released from
Jail, and promi ,ed to marry and emigrate
to Cheyenne. The common council voted
Mollie new dress, and the happy couple
$50 to pay their fare on their matrimonial
trip.
They repaired to the Office of the police
court The police magistrate has an orig
nal way of doing things. They said they
wished to be married. The magistrate,
with uplifted Land, said:
Jim you do agree 20 take Molle, and
live with her, and 60 to Cheyenne with her.
and stay with her regardless of law and
consequences Yes.
'Mollie, you do agree to take Jim, and
live with him, and go to Cheyenne with
him, and stay with him, regardless of law
and consequences? Yes.
Then l give you these two railroad
tickets, and order you to stay there until
the vigilance committee doth hang you
both. Amen
And Mollie and Jim took their depart
ure "