Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-04-14

Women. Of course. But they show
the same diversity Of taste that is sccn
IN lower ranks, aud on the whole make
worse mistakes They, however, show
the same sense 10 choosing wives that
they show IN managing other peoples :
affairs, whether il be good or bad
Robert Burns married a farm girl
with whom he fell in love while they
worked together in the plow field
He, too, was irregular in his life, and
committed the most serious mistakes
in conducting his domestic affairs.
Milton married the daughter Of
country squire, but lived with her but
a short time. He was an austere,
exacting, literary recluse; while she
was a rosy, romping country lass that
could not endure the restraint imposed
upon her, so they separated. Subse-
quently, however, she returned, and
they lived tolerably happy.
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.
Shakespeare loved and wed farm
er's daughter She was faithful to
her vows, but we could hardly say
the same for the great bard himself.
Like most of the great poets, he show
ed too little discrimination in bestow-
ing bis affection on the other sex.
Byron married Miss Millbank to get
money to pay his debts. 1t turned
out a bad shift.
Benjamin Franklin married the girl
who stood in her fathers door and
laughed at him as he wandered through
the streets OF Philadelphia, with rolls
of bread under his arms and his pock-
cts filed with dirty clothes She had
occasion to be happy when she found
herself the wife Of such a great and
good man.
Washington married widow with
two children. 1t is enough 10 say of
her that she was worthy of him, and
that they lived as married folks should,
in perfect harmony.
John Adams married the daughter
of a Presbyterian clergyman. Her
father objected, on account Of Johns
being lawyer; be had a bad opinion
of the morals of the profession.
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs. Mar
tha Skelton, a childless widow, but she
brought him a large fortune in real
estate. Afterthe ceremony she mount
ed the horse behind him and they rode
home together 1t was late in the
evening, and they found the fire out
But the great statesman hustled around
and rebuilt it, while she seized the
broom and soon put things in order
1t is needless to say that they were
happy, though Jefferson died a poor
man, on account Of his extreme liber-
ality and hospitality.
John Howard, the great philantbro-
pist, married his nurse. She was alto
gether beneath him in social life and
intellectual capacity, and besides this,
was fifty-two years old while be was
but twenty-five. He would not take
|'No" for an answer, and they were
married, and lived happily together
until her death, which occurred two
years afterward.
Peter the Great, Of Russia, married
a peasant girl She made an excel.
lent wife and sagacious empress.
Humboldt married a poor girl be-
cause he loved her. Of course they
were happy.
Il IS not generally known that An.
drew Jackson married a lady whose
husband was still living. She was an
unedueated but amiable woman, and
was devotedly attached to the old
warrior and statesman.
John c. Calhoun married his cousin,
and their children fortunately were
neither diseased nor idiotic, but they
do not evince the talent Of the great
Estates Rights" advocate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the English
novelist, married a girl much his infe-
rior in position, and got shrew for a
Wifa She ie rnvr inparn