Nebraska advertiser., 1869-04-15
whom do Great Men Marry.

4 y OntbA1eS ID. OSeN6uS, IN the Marc0
number of the PkreRO60gicoL Journal,
Onswers the question as follows
Women, of course. But they show
the same diversity of taste that is seen
in the lower ranks, and on the whole
make worse mistakes. They, how
ever, generally show the same sense
IN choosing wives that they show in
managing other peoples affairs,
whether it be good or bad.
John HowaFd, the great philanthro-
pist, married his nurse She was al
together beneath him in social life
and intellectual capacity, and besides
this, was fifty-twO years old while he
was but twenty-five. He would not
take mo" for an answer, and they
were married and lived happily to-
gether until her death, which occurr-
ed two years afterward.
eSek tue Great Of Russia. married
a peasant girl. She made an excel
lent wife and a sagacious Empress.
Humboldt married a poor girl be-
cause he loved her. Of course they
were happy.
Shakespeare loved and wed a farm
er's 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 discriminaainn in bestOWing
his affection on the other sex.
Byron married Miss Milbank to get
money to pay his debts. It turned
cut a bad shift.
G Robert Burns married a farm girl,
with whom he fell in love while thew
worked together in the plow field.
He, to, wBs irregular in his life, and
committed the most serious mistakes
in conducting his domestic affairs.
Milton married the daughter of a
country squire, but he lived with her
but short time. He was an austere,
exacting, literary recluse; while she
was a rosy, rOmping country lass that
could not endure the restraint impOs-
ed upon her, and so they separated.
Subsequently, however, she returned,
and they lived tOlerable happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
were cousins, and about the only ex-
ample in the long line of English
mOnarchs wherein the marital vows
were sacredly observed and sincere
affection existed.
Washington married widow with
two children. It is enough to say of
her that she was worthy of him, and
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 q lawyer; he had bad opinion
of the morals cf the profession.
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs.
Martha Shelton, a childless widow,
but she brought him large fortune in
real estate. After the ceremony she
mounted 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 bus
tied around and rebuilt it, while she
seized the broom and soon put things
in order. It is needless to say that
they were happy. Jefferson died a
poor man on account of his extreme
Iiberality and hospitality.
Benjamin Franklin married the girl
who stood at her fathers door and
through the streets of Philadelphia
with rolls of bread under his arms and
his pockets filled with dirty clothes.
She had occasion to be dhappy when
she found herself the wife of such a
great and good man.
1t is not generally known that An
drew Jackson married a lady whose
husband was still living. She was an
uneducated but amiable woman, and
most devOtedly attached to the old
warrior and statesman.
John G.. Calhoun married his cOus-
in, and their children fortunately were
neither diseased nor idOtic, but they
do not evince the talent of the great
Estates rights" advocate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the Eng
lish statesman and novelist, married
girl much his inferior in position and
got a shrew for wife. She is now
insane.
General Sam. Houston lived happi-
" with squaw wife, while General
Ben. Butler was divorced from an ac-
cOmplished lady. Edwin Forrest, the
great tragedian, married a beautiful
actress, from whom he was divorced
General Fremont married the daugh-
ter of Thos II. Benton against the lat
ter's wish, which obliged him to elOpe
with her on a stormy night. The
union proved happy one in spite of
the squaIly beginning. Horace Gree
lv married a school mistress whose
beauty was questionable, but whose
sense and goodness satisfied one Ofthe
greatest men Of his time.
General Sherman married the
daughter of Thomas Ewing, of Ohio,
who was q member of General Tay-
lor'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 Zachary Taylor's
daughter; and General Grant married
a Miss Dent, of st. Louis. She ap-
parently has more good sense than