The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-05-05
Whom Do Great Men Marry 2

I Cnarles Is. Stevens, in the March mum
Der of tho chronological Journal, answer
| this question as follows: l3fi
| Women Of course Bnt they show tn
sameldiversity of taste that is shown in tn
lower ranks, and upon iathe Who'll
make worse mistakes. They, however, gel,
orally show the same sense in choosin,
wives that they show in managing othe
peoples affairs, whether it be GOOD o
| bad. ~ t..,, s.f,. .f ft -,
John Howard, the great philanthropist
married lis nurse. She was altogether be
/ meath him in social life and -intellectua
| capacity, and besides this, was forty-twt
years old when he was but %. He woult
not take ''no" for an answer, and they were
married and lived happily together unit
her death, which occurred two years after
| wards,
Peter the Great, Of Russia, married {
peasant girl. She made an excellent wife
and q sagacious Empress. 5a. ~
humboldt married a poor girl, because
ne loved her. OF course they Were hap
Ply.
Shakespeare loved and welded q farmers
daughter. Sho was faithful to her VOWS
out we could hardly say the same of the
grea. card himself. Like most ofthe great
poets, he showed too little discrimination
in bcstowing his affection on the other
sex Ssiaps4 Mt5iuis
~ Byron married Miss Milbank to get
money to pay his debts. 1t turned out a
bad shift. ;..s-l ...i.-,e, 49,,
b., Robert Burns married farm girl, with
whom he fell in love while they worked to-
gether in the plow-feld He, too, was
Irregular in his life, and committed the
most serious mistakes in Conducting his
domestic affairs. --.g. - I'll.
Nilton married the daughter. OF coun-
try squire, but he lived with her but q short
time. He was an ansterc, exacting, litera-
ry recluse; while she was rosy, romping
country lass that could not endure the
restraint imposed upon her, so they separa-
ted Subsequently, however, she returned,
and they lived tolerably happy. 50 'i'
g Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
cousins, and about the only example in the
long LING, Of English nonarchs wherein the
marital VOWS were sacredly observed and
sincere affection existed. l3..' '''''i
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 harmO-
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John Adams married the daughter of a
Presbyterian clergyman Her father OBJ
jected on account of ohn's being lawyer
be had a bad opinion Of the morals VI the
profession.
Thomas jefferson married Mrs. Martha
Shelton, childless widow, but she brought
him large fortune in real estate. After
the ceremony she mounted the horse be-
hind him, aud they rode home together
1t was lato in the evening, and they found
the fire out. But the great statesman
hustled around and rebuilt it, while she
seized tho broom and soon put thingssin
order. It is needless to say that they were
happy, though Jefferson died poor man
on account of his extreme liberality and
hospitality. f'5 i.5'o1 'p2 ,3H
1t is not generally known that Andrew
Jackson married o lady whose husband
vas still living. She was an uneducated
out amiable woman, and was most devoted
y attached To tho old warrior and states
nan. o'i ~ i
John g.. Calhoun married bis cousin, and
heir children Fortunately, were neither dis
,ased nor idiotic, but they do not evince
he talent of the great Estates rights" adj
7ocate. l,9
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the English
statesman and novelist, married o girl much
lis inferior in position, and got d shrew for
| wife. She is now insane. @i