The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-03

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Not many, weeks since as one of the
eastern steamboats, was leaving the
pier, middle7aged gentleman, appar-
emily in very discomposed state of
mind, was seen to rush down Battery
street, with his hat in his. hand, his
coat flying, and his face red with heat
and ,excitemento Hhile, he shouted at
the top of his lungs" Stop that boat
My wife is ON boardi She is running
awayi Stop, say !" AS he vocifer-
ated these words, pretty, youthful
looking woman came to the side of
the departing vessel, nodded with an
air of provoking nonchelance to the
clamerous individual on the wharf,
and said" Good bve, Timothy, my
love-I am merely goiug On a little
excursion to Connecticut, to visit
aunt Rebecca. II rgsiu s.zo-sI5-F Z :
"Stop that boat, or I'll have every
body on board indicted for bigamy
and abduction! Put that womsn back
on the wharf! Are you the captain p
Gay. ay, what's all this row about ?
The fellow must be out of his senses" ;"
aT6d see chat woman in white,
with the black silk nantilla! She is
my wife, and is running away. Stop
her. Land her on the wharf. My
name is Biodgett-Timothy Blodgett.
It's an indictable offence if you carry
that woman off,"
Smiling az the earnestness of the
iperspiring gentleman on the pier, the
captain ordered the engines to be
checked, while he investigated the
affair. In the meantime, number OF
those interesting characters known by
the name of "dock loafers," who sub.
sist much after the manner of wharf
rats, collected around Mr. Blodgett
and indulged in some free and philo-
sophical observations in regard to the
peculiar state of excitement under
whi6h1ie seemed to1labolsa
/ Cab, sir 2" asked one of them, by
way Of breathing the ice of conversa-
tion.
"Begone!" said the unfortunate
man, wiping his brow with banker
chief.
"Shan't we run and tell the hen
gines to stop, sir" asked shirtless
gentleman, who, for the sake of fresh
air from the Narrows, had passed the
proceeding night on a wood-pile.
"Vun might know that woman
vas in the vind!" exclaimed a hungry
looking yarlet, who, to judge from hi.
iaccentation, had not long been out o
hearing of Bowbells-"O woman, in
this world .lofadronrsl9 sas4 the poe
Etsays."
By this time the captain had mad,
Inquiries of the lady, which satisfied
him that che crimson faced gentleman
on shore really had q married claim
upon her, and so, backing the boa
towaHdsatbe pier again, he gave he
his hand, ordered the plank thrown
out, and led her to the wharf, to tn,
Harm Of the, diseopsolate Mr.. B., when
after bestowing gentle maledictiol
upon both of them, he returned to tn
boat which was soon again under way
b The passengers laughed-the gentle
men of the dock shouted-andtw two o
three newsboys, who happened to b
! witnesses to the transaction, signifie,
| their qualification by series of indie
scribable yells, which they had learne
from some sham Indians at the muse
um, who were in the nightly habit c
misrepresenting the murder of 1fis
M'Crea.
! Greeted by demonstrations of ar
plause like these, Mr.. B. proeeede
towards Broadway, where they got in
to Fourth streetaemnibus, and wer
lost to the curious public.
Thus much the reader may have a
ready been apprised offrom the new!
papers of the day; but the task II
mains forsmeJ to followthe inharmc
] NOUS couple to their home-to lift til
veil tfroma scene of domestic perse
cution, tyranny and cruelty. at whic
every humane and generous hea
must-recoil.
Blodgett was an old bachelor whe
he took it into his head to marry
precise, particular, formal, frigid o.
. bachelor. He had commenced life
! clerk, and for thirty years had bee
salaried man, during which time
q say that he. was, as regular as clocl
work in his habits would be to ps
: mechanism an unmerited complimel
no chronometer was ever so exac
Precisely las the City Hall bell a
: nounced the hour of seven, his brea
i fast must be upon tho table, and
= half-past eight you might safely sta
9 half your fortune aon the certain
. that he would be found perched (
the stool in the eauntins-reom OF I