The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-04-08
Whom do Great Men Marry /?

! HSHoA1oo y. pCCNe1iss III the March num-
Der OF the Phr6nologaca1 Journal, answers
this question,as follows IL .I!a :7s.
Women, of course But they show the
samefd diversity Of taste that is seen in the
lower ranks, and on the whole make worse
mistakes. They, however, generally show
the same sense in choosing wives that they
show in managing other peoples affairs,
whether it be good or bad. ~ GasafIa
| NJ John Howard, the great philanthropist,
married his nurse. She was altogether
beneath him In social life and intellectual
capacity, and besides this, was fitty-two
years old while he was but twenty five.
He would not take "No'a for an answer,
and they were married, and lived happily
together until her death, which occurred
two years afterward.98o 791.3 OH -" mH
Peter the Great, gof Russia, married a
peasant girl She made an excellent wife
and a sagacious Empress .n.amD
Humboldt married 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 discrimi-
, nation in bestoWing his affection on the
other SEX @a5d4N III I3U u'a ..5
Byron married Miss Millbank to get
money to pay his debts. Il 1t turned out
bad Shift h5qUHr a9tlA 533UW .aa4
Robert Burns married farm girl, with
whom he fell in love while they worked
| together in the pillow field. He, too, was
irregular in his life, and committed the
most serious mistakes in conducting his
domestic affairs. flUy.4usa so sa1r.a
Milton married the daughter Of coun-
! try squire, but he lived with her but
short time. He was an austerel exacting,
! literary recluse while she was q rosy,
! .romping country ssthatcould not endure
the restraint imposed upon her, and so
they separated. Subsequently, however,
she returned, and they lived tolerably
happy SOP 2d5 az gt guile ,#
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 aal 30
| 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. r. 2ts
+ John ADAMS married the daughter of a
1Presbyterian clergyman Her father OBJ
iected on account of Johns being a law
yer; he had bad opinion of the morals
Of the profession. i.l'@a aaT
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs Martha
Shelton, childless widow, but she bro't
| him a large fortune in real estate. After
the ceremony she mounted the horse be-
1 hind him and they rode home together.
1t was late in the evening, and they found
the fire out. But the great statesman bus
tied around and rebuilt it, while she seiz-
ed the broom and soon put things in or
der. 1t is needless to say that they were
1 happy, Jefferson died poor man on ac-
count of his extreme liberality and hospi-
1tality. On .1,4~' p. 'L'I q. 'i'l
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
Z bread under his arms and his pockets fill
ed with dirty clothes. She had occasion
&c be happy when she found herself the
4 wife Of sdch a great and good man
It is n OF generally known that Andrew
j Jackson. married lady whose husband
was still living. She was an uneducated
but anaiable woman, and most devotedly
attached to the old warrior and statesman
| john G. Calhoun married his cousin
and their children fortunately were nei
ther: diseased nor idlotic, but they do not
evi nee the talent of the great Estates
rights" advocate. Pr y s." 1f
Edward Lvtton Bulwer, the English
Statesman and novelist, married a girl
much his inferior in position and got 3
shrew for a wife. She is now insane
General Sam Houston lived happily
with a squaw wife, while General Ben
\ Butler was divorced from an accomplish
/ ed lady. Edwin Forrest, the great TRACE
dian, married beautiful actress, from
whom he was divorced General Fremont
married the daughter of Thomas III. Ben
: ton against the latter's wish, which oblig
ed him to elope with her on stormy
i, night. The union proved happy one il
spite of the squally beginning. Horace
! Greeley married schoolmistress whose
beauty was questionable, but whose sense
and goodness satisfied one of the greatest
men of his time i2.a od fat
y General Sherman married the daughter
of Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, who was a
member of General Taylor's Cabinet
! This alone would have been good start
in life for any young man. JEFF Davis
for his first wife, won the hand of Zacha-
ry Taylor's daughter; and General Grant
married Miss Dent of st. Louis She
apparently has more sense than show
and is therefore, fit for a Presidents
wife. go o. y.Ica.
! Female Suffrage.
| BOsTON March 80