Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-06

building authorized by the Legislature Is
now in course of erection, and will very
materially enlarge the capacity of the in
stiution, which has hitherto been entirely
too small for the purpose designed
The Experience or Chicago Lawyer.
New York duty aOl Correspondence of the Mobile
Register
THINK remarked in my last letter that
I once met a Chicago lawyer who warmly
advocated marriage, and who explained to
me his reason for so doing. For such
man to advocate such thing was, to say
the least, surprising and | listened with
breathless interest while he gave me n
brief history of his experience during the
first ten years of his residence in that eel
ebrated city.
Said he; al first came TO Chicago fif
teen years ago. Then was young and in
nocent, which it is hardly necessary for me
so say that am not at present. | had a
friend living here, whom | had known
while he resided in New York, and con-
Quoted himself like civilized man in
civilized community. AS he had written
to me to visit himself and his wife, when
came to Chicago, remembered the invita-
ton when did visit that city, and imme
diately on my arrival proceeded TO his
| house He was not at home at the moment,
| and so asked to see his wife, whom had
known only a year before in New York.
In answer to my inquiry for Mrs De Worse,
a pretty, black-eyed girl came into the
drawing room, and received me quite
warmly.
"Well, we chatted very pleasantly to-
gether until my friend came in, and really
felt myself beginning to experience very
| aitectionate 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 herr
| To my astonishment, he replied, This
lady is Mrs. De Vorsel l thought you
were already aware of the fact
"0f course blushed and felt horribly
uncomfortable, and said that was not
aware that he had lost poor Emily
| 90 said he, Emily is very well, and
has married a partner of mine. We were
divorced, you know, about six months ago
and married my present wife only last
week
"Well, didn't feel quite so affc cctionatC
toward her after that for | had been
warmly attached to Emily; but we sait
no more about the matter, and / wen
away, vowing never to get myself int
such a scrape again by asking after any
body's wife. l did not see my friend
new wife for about II month afterwards
until one day met her in the house of
mutual acquaintance, and, in the course o
conversation, said to her BY the way
might ask you to say to your husban,
that want him to come to my Office som
day next week
a. don't think you know my husband
she replied, smilingly.
"'What do you mean 2? said |, getting
rather nervous.
"'Why, my new husband is name(
Smith, she answered. Il was separate,
from Mr.. De Worse yesterday morning, an,
, married Mr.. Smith last night
81 left that house pretty rapidly, an
, registered second VOW, to the effect tha
, | would never, to my dying day, ask
Chicago lady about her husband again.
The two,mistakes had already made, a
to Chicago wives and husbands, made m
decidedly shy of them. But the very mex
day went into De Vorse's store (corr
pork and provisions) and found him en-
, gagged in conversation with terribly angu
lar female, who looked like compound O
a New England old maid, Western wo
mans rights lecturer, and an Arkansa
} squatter's wife. OF course l pitied m,
, friend, and, when the terrible female hal
, departed, remarked, i congratulate you OF
. your escape; that horrible female woul
, have exhausted any mans patience in te
moments conversation What was m
horror when he replied: Il must beg yo
, to speak more respectfully of that lady
, she is at present my wife-a fact of whic
you are, of course, unaware, as we wer
married very privately last night
, IL never said word, but fled abrupt
, from his presence Once more l swore-
and went before Notary, who had tn
, biggest kind of q Bible, so as to make til
oath more binding-that never, neve
would speak disparagingly ofany Chicag
, woman to any Chicago man. After that
, felt better, and, for two weeks, avoide
making any more mistakes At the end {
that time, however, l met the new an
angular Mrs. De Vorse to whom had, i
the meantime, been introduced, having til
/ liveliest kind of quarrel with big, prizC
fighting looking fellow, who was appal
emily on the point of knocking her dOwI
OF course / flew to her rescue, and dc
manded to know of the fellow what h
} meant also if he was aware who that lad
I was, and who her husband wasS T
t which he briefly, sententiously, but, a
1t struck me, irreverently remarke
Hell z
~ paid no further attention to him, br
turning to Mrs. De Worse, said Madam
permit me to protect you from that ru
, fans insolence 2
!, Instead of thanking me, she actuall
: slapped my face and said III teach yO
to interfere between man and wife. That
: my husband, and we've been married thr6
4 days. It's pretty hard thing if vii
a can't stop in the street to speak to he
!. husband without having some idiot com
and make muss about it.
"Now," continued the lawyer. "this
! not only true story, but it is fair exam
pie of the continued trouble man geI
: into whOlives in Chicago, and doesn't kno'
/ how 10 hold his tongue. You now unde
4 stand why hate the Chicago custom
. and why 60 in for indissoluble marriage
q l never made mistake in asking ma
G about his wife, the whole time lived
f New York, but here have got into mol
awkward places, and more fights than
0 can count, just because no man or woma
}. stays married more than month at fu
4 thest."
g We drank weak lemonade together
b solemn thoughtfulness, and l parted frol
9 him with the feeling that bad as it is |
0 be indissolubly connected with an III
s pleasant mother-in-law, it is better than
: be constantly bothered by a change
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