Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-08-12
THAT HORRIBLE CHICAGO.

THAT HORRIBLE CHICAGO.
Will the Women read this Story -
Worse than n Chronic Mother tn
Law-The Heart-rending Experience
of n Lawyer-How they Marry IN the
Garden City ofthe West. ~
New York Correspondent of the Mobile Register.
/ think remarked in my last letter that
l once met Chicago lawyer who warmly
advocated marriage, and explained to nae
his reason for so doing. For snch a man
to do such a thing was, to say the least.
surprising. / listened with breathless in
terest while he gave me brief history of
his experience during the first ten years of
his resi- dence in that celebrated city.
Said he; 81 first came to Chicago fifteen
years a go. Then was young and innocent,
which it is hardly necessary for me to say
that / am not at present. / had friend
living there whom had known while he
resided in New York. and conducted HIM
self like q civilized man in civilized COM
munity. As he had written to Ide to visit
himself and hiswife when came to Chica-
60, remembered the invitation when L did
visit that city, and Immediately on my ar
rival proceeded to his ouse. He was not
at home Just at that moment, and so /
asked to see his wife, whom l had known
only year before in New York. In answer
to my inquiry for Mrs. De Worse, pretty,
black-eyed girl came into the drawing room
and received me quite warmly. --
swell, we chatted very pleasantly to-
gether until my friend came in, aud 1 really
felt myself beginning to experience O very
affectionate impulse toward her, supposing,
of course, that she was his niece, or cousin,
or uncle, or something of that sort But
in the course of the evening asked him
whether his wife was at home, and if SO,
when he proposed to let me see her?
Il ''To my astonishment, he replied, This
lady is Mrs. De Worse! l thought you
were already aware of the fact
''0f course / bllished and felt horribly
uncomfortable, and said that l was not
aware that he had lost poor Emily
"'Oh,' said he, Emily is very well, and
has married partner of mine. We were
divorced, you know, about six months ago
and married my present wife only last
week
'Well 1 didn't feel quite so affectionats
toward her after that, for had been warm.
ly attached to Emily; but we said no more
about the meter, and went away, vowinn
never to get myself into such scrape again
by asking after anybody's wife. / did no,
see my friends new wife for about mont.
afterwards, until one day met her in the
house of Inu,aal acquaintance, and in the
course of conversation said to her: by the
way, might 1 ask you to say to your husband
that l want him TO come to my Office some
day next week?' T.
"I don't think you know my husband,
she replied smilingly.
"'What DO you meant said /, getting
rather nervous.
".Why, my now husband is named
Smith, she answered. i was separated
from Mr.. De Worse yesterday morning, and
married BIr. Smith last night
81 left the house pretty rapidly. and reg
istered a second vow, to the effect that
would never, 10 nv dying day, ask Chica
60 lady about her husband again. The two
mistakes hld made, as to Chicago wives
and husbands, made me decidedly shy o
them. But the next day / went into ID,
Vorse's store (corn, pork and provisions,
and found him engaged In conversation
with terribly angular female, who locked
like compound of New England oil,
maid, a western woman's rights lecturer
and an Arkansas squatter's wife OF cours
pitied my friend, and, when the terribl
female had remarked, i congratulate yol
on your escape; that horrible female woul,
have exhausted any mans patience in ter
moments conversation. What was M
horror when he replied: 4 must beg Won {,
speak more respectfully of that lady; sh,
is at present my wlfe-a fact of which you
are, of course. unaware, as we were mar
ried very privately last night
81 never said word, but fled abruptll
from his presence. Once more | swore-
and / went before n notary, who had tn,
biggest kind of Bible, so as TO make th,
oath more binding-that never, neve
would l speak disparagingly of any Chica
go woman to any Chicago man. After tina
L felt better, and for two weeks avoide,
making any more mistakes. At the end O
that time, however, l met the new and an
gular Mrs. De Worse, to whom I had, il
the meantime, been introduced, having tn
liveliest kindof quarrel with big. prize
1 fighting looking individual, who was APP
parently on the point of knocking he
down. OF course / flew to her rescue an,
demanded to know of the fellow what h,
meant also if he was aware who that lad
was, and who her husband was =? To which
he briefly, sententiously, but, as it strucl
me, i,relevantly remarked, Hell ?
81 paid no further attention to him, bu
turning to Mrs. De Worse, said: madam
permit me TO protect you from that ruf
fans insolence.'
''Instead of thanking me she actual,
slapped my face, and said: III teach vol
to interfere between man and wife. That
my husband, and we've been married
three days. It's a pretty hard thing if {
wife can't stop in the street to speak to bel
husband, without having some idiot com,
and make a muss about it Y
"Now," continued the lawyer, 'this j,
not only a true story, but it is fair exam
pie of the continued trouble that a mar
! gets into who lives in Chicago, and doesn'
know how to hold bis tongue. You nov
understand why / hate the Chicago Gus
toms, and why 1 go in for indissolubl,
marriages. never made mistake in ask
ing a man about bis wife the whole time
lived in New York, but here 1 have got into
more awkward places, and had more fight.
than can count, just because no man Of
woman stays married more than a month
at furthest."
We drank weak lemonade together in
solemn thoughtfulness, and parted from
him with the feeling that bad as 1t is to b,
indissolubly connected with an unpleasant
mother-in-law, it is better than to be con