The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-02-11


Thy soul uIshalioseekathei gates of death, though
10 Rdyinags reyef dealfdt dead II bsgnBho bsgoq
-TgW Is b4AiRACE SKETCH. , 9sTessa
aG0ilis. tire iWickedestWo in sfhe West
i-771sShe i71sShe is N Married end Sent TO Cheyenne
A correspondent sends the Kanka-
kee3Qll.o Gazette thr following lively
sketch:o 10 e1BtgisinsI asll jadi ~aa5
8dEverybodylo inD Kankakees knows
Mollie!o Tor tlrosesof onforeaders Who
are soihnfOftlmateiy cifeumstanced as
to- be 9compelled'9to 1ivei away from
Kankakee, ,wewiH say tkatiM iMollie had
no other uanFesd SheaneVeE' had afath-
ersnorIThother, HenbrotherynopsisteE
that anybody ever knew of EShe new
er had a home outside the ceuntpjaiI
She ofwaso ibf0ught here zinal86lI from
Newly ork! She neEefakheM whata
school was ;i she never eheard "a SER
mon she never heard of "a Sunday
School; she never heard kind word
spoken;J she twas never soberaa mo-
meht when she could get whisky and
she could. always get whisky when she
could get out of jail; and she was al
ways out of Jail when she made SO
much disturbance that the jailof could
not. keep her in {; iandl she was always
inTiait when She made SO much dis
turbance out that she could not be en-
dared. SheBHas'a Republican by pro-
fession and at Democrat by instihct.-4
She swore the most terrific oathsIwith
greatervoiability oftongue than could
! be done by ianyip person who lived out
side of Chicago She2talkedthelVilest,
and sang the worst songs. she 2was
filthyuas theyiowest; ;9andI slept out OF
doors more nights andin doors fewer
nights thanany( otheis being whoever
lived. IWhenitrainedl the fastest and
sfroze the deepest lMollie would get
the drunkest, and was then the happi-
est. She would have been an excel
lent subject for the late Social Science
Convention to have operated the go
jcial evil out Of her; ;ifoGlsfle had a greai
tdeafof it.. Il The police feared her; the
Police Court tDdetested her; the Com.
mon Council made ungallanti remarks
when9they audited bills marked, HDiel
for Molhe in county Ijaii, "faad fthest
bills they auditetliIa .ev6rysEmeeting
and the 9jailor was known On severa
occasions to- make use of downright
profane language when he saw theapo
lice and 1.-The eirrepressible aMoliie march
ingy arm in arm, up to the Jail door,
What she lived for nobody knew.A
That she would bnot sdie,i everybod.
knew, ii bas ,isilBiigG9 adi so .OajU1s
$50 wicked, thou gh young so mouldefing away
Like the dog in the storys each dog has his day
That death in its rayages, was passing her o'el
supposing, no doubt, he had killed her before
BIT, he had, not, and Mollie still
lived, a wonderful instance Of the per
y,ersseanl,eass Of woman refusing to d.
, that which everybody thought sh,
onght to do-die, y - 81 % ISM, s,l .l,
Mollie was not the only wicked per
son in this CITY,, There was a Jim,
an abofiginaf Of Momence, Of whom
But little is known here; but unles
, nature lied in Jim's face, head an,
J general make up, he was worse, wick
| eder and lower than Mollie. He mad
/ the acquaintance of Mollie' in jai
while confined on charge, of stealin
: nine drinks of whisky from an Alder
}, man ii Momence, That they ccsoourtc
J, is true; whether they loved 81! 81, not
4 not known. She begged to be. &c
$ leased from Jail, and promised t
r marry and emigrate to Cheyenne
q EThe Common Council Voted Mollie
, new dress, and the happy couple ssia
r ty dollars to pay their fare on the
9 tinatrimoaial tfip.. itl'i 1',,. oIo'n 5',.li
k They repaired to the Office Of til
t Police Court, The police magistrat
II has an original way of doing thing
J They said they wished to be marrie'
! The magistrate, with uplifted ham
], said. ots,t,,,..,.. -. -. ..
4 "Jim, you do agree to take Molli
70 and live with her, and go to Cheyenr
d with her, and stay with her regardle'
i of law and consequences? ?" Yes.
n "Mollie, you do agree to take Jir
/ and live with him, and go to Cheyel
d nc with him, and stay with him irr
1t gardless OF law and consequences p.
d Yes.
10 aa. Then I give youthese two railfos
M tickets, and order yoibttosstay the
m until the vigilance committee do
p hang you both.5 Amen" sFso5 bHr
& And lMollie and Jim took their d
40 parture. asoqsuq gsli oi a7ou
0 /; t9dAs weigo on inlife we find we ca
c. not afford excitement, and we learn