Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-09
dAisfelianenas.
summers Married Life.

i sumner MdIHIC0 ALlCs
The Washington correspondent ofthe
New Orleans Times says: 'i 't 80 io
"Any reference to Senator Summers
domestic affairs creates what the re-
pOrters call q sensation. He lives alone
in very handsome, style in q house
that was fitted up for Mrs. Sumner,
who prefers residence in Boston. She
was a CAV, fashionable widow, of rare
beauty and accomplishments, when the
Senator was weak enough to woo and
wed her. He was about the last man
to marry, or, If marrying, she was
about the last woman to select. Like
all eminent men, Senator summer mas
more egotism than intellect. Unless a
man. believes in himself ne cannot
make Others believe in him. And such
was Summers creed in the. worship OF
Sumner, that heswanted a wife to sat at
his feet while he was at home and pour
out unceasing praise. and during ms
absence read his speeches in the GtOoe,
or some of those heavy volumes called
his Works. Mrs. Sumner, however,
has other notions connected with do
mestic bliss. She married the Senator
the distinguished Senator Massa-
chusetts, and proposed to enjoy the
advantages, ina social way, her position
gave heF.ts-s AFT .d516i gnu0 srgign !, (
: Balls, parties, ,receptiOns, s1ppers,
dinners and thops' We're her entertain
ments, and the works Of the Statesinali
were nauseating to her, Instead or
poring over mustyr tones and heavy
State papers, and preparing from them
tremendous speeches and reports the
-Sehator.found himself dragged INTO en-
tertaiuments that he despised, and all
his valuable time frittered AWAY Do
mestic incompatibillty 1began to mani
Il was welded to my books before I
married you, said the Senator, grandly
and gloOmily, when his wife asked II
these entertainments were disagreeabie
why he sought her hand. 80 eL Hid =,
Such like scenes as the following
were common and repeated by social
gossip with gusto ,Iu> afs szlot t-.IT 1o
Summer and wife at a party-tlme,
past 2 O,clck. Mrs. s. whirling through
round dances, excited and merry-the
Senator grand, gloomy and bored. -
Sumner Qoquitorl MRS. Sumner,
your carriage waits. 3 glisI!1 9sno. Nd
Mrs. -Sumner-Well, Senator, let it
wait. .-l.f.,.,...f. =,
Sumner-But, madam, I wish to go
home.E rau> 'ri4"14 9 f3 q" Sin sf
Mrs. Sumner-Well, Senator Sum-
ner, you have my full permission. DO,
pray, go kome-you look weary and
exhausted. By all means go home.
Probably the Senator would have ae-
cepted this advice, given on this and
other occasions, and returning TO ms
studies, left the charming wife to the
gaieties of the season, but thata certain
handsome diplomat readily took his
place, and became her companion.
This became so marked at last that the
gossips took up the fact of the intimacy
and the saloons mot lager beer, but
socialArung with the talk. 80 a.
Senator Summer was not only Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs in the Senate, but he was an inti-
mate friend of the Secretary of State,
and one day the handsome diplomat
was suddenly recalled. Whether Mr..
Summer had anything to do with this
event or not, Mrs. Sumner, 1T Is said, 50
believed. But whether even this Is
sure. it is known that she was enraged
and mortified by the report. She left
Washington for Europe. Her brother
reached the vessel in time to prevent I q
scandal, by sailing with her. And
when she returned it was with the pos
tive determination not to resume her
place as Mrs., Summer in Washington
ccity, and she has since lived up to this,
having the eloquent Statesman to oc-
,.upy his handsome residence alone
This is the story of Senator Summers
married experiences, How true 1t may
be, I am not prepared to say, for am
not acquainted with either party, and
only gather up the gossip OF society Tor
your entertainment" IsE9g ZH;-iI -