Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-24
WHOLE NUMBER 1908.
Whom Do Great Men MarryY


Women, of course. But they show
the same diversity of taste that 10 seen
in the lower ranks, and, on the whole,
making worse mistakes. They, however.
generally show the same sense IN man.
aging other peoples affairs, whether il
be good or bad.
Robert Burns married 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. lie was an austere, exact
ing, literary rccluse; while she was a
rosy, rOmping country lass that could
not endure the restraint imposed upon
her, 50 they separated. Subsequently,
however, she returned, and they lived
toleratly happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
cousins, aud about the only example in
the long line of English rnonarchs where
in the marital VOWS were sacredlY OBJ
served, and sincere affection existed
Shakespeare loved and welded 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 zoo little dis
crimifation in bestowing his affection on
the other sex.
Byron married Miss Millbank TO get
money to pay his debts. 1t turned out
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 arm, and his pockets
filled with dirty clothes. She had occa-
sion 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 to 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 John being
lawyer; he had bad opinion of the
morals of the profession.
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs. Martha
Skelton, childiess widow, but she
brough. 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 hustled around and re-
built it, while she seized the broom and
soon put things right. 1t is needless to
say that illay were happy, though Jefier-
o..t, ltx.1 IN
extreme liberality and hospitality.
John Howard, the great phllanthro-
pist, married his nurse. She was alto
gether beneath him in social life and in
tellectual capacity, and besides this, was
fifty-two years old, while he was but
twenty-five. lie would not take ''no"
for an answer, and they were married,
and lived happily together until her
death, which occurred two years alter
ward.
Peter the Great, of Russia, married q
peasant girl. She made an excellent wife
and a sagacious empress.
Humboldt married poor girl because
he loved her. OF course they were
happy. a,.
1t is not generally known that An
drew Jackson married lady whose hus-
band was still living. She was an un-
educated but amiable woman, and was
most devotedly attached to the old war
rior 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
States Rights" adv vJcate.
Edward Lytton Bulwer, the great
English statesman and novelist, married
girl much his inferior in position, and
got shrew for wife. She is now
insane.