Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-02-22

Asorr wonss--A BoslsaA girl, vao
had more than once daring Che eoptinuanee
Of ., long engagement shocked her lover,
= pious bdrgher os the Quaker CITY, By
her decaxmstinsn in fasor uf frss q iore,
eompsstcly disgusteA him yhea the tine
for the mssriage drew uear by refisiug to
submit TO the performance Of The Ceremony :
and offering herself 60 his ccnnubial en-
brace wiskcut sae ssucsicG sfshc religions
rite or legal auahositys Inssi6 he rsmos- :
s,ratrd. She psotesssa herselfrcady 70 an
dcrgo al the pains and, pleasures OF the
marriage STATE. bat aubmil to tie tying ci
the nupsial knot So wuald nos' Aud
when be dcmandsa her reassns fSr hes
estr.ordinsry dnlike n The idea q clcri-
iealer nagisterial korsenticn ahe claimed
thai were she bonnd irrevocabfy 70 him be
would take no pains to please her, but were
she free to leave him at any time her hap
piness would be his chief thought to pro-
vide for; and then. too. sue wished to be-
stow her affections and embraces on auoth.
er man IL at any time she would eease Ia
love him. At this candid asowel of her
versatile proclivities he professcd To con-
slider tue engagement broken. but this. She
would not allow. and has entered CON-
plant against him for breach Of promise
of marriage. The case promises interest
ing developments at its trial, rs. ofcomse
the defense will 10 as above, that ..Barkis
is willin'" but the lady not
A correspondent Of the Golden Age in
dulgcS in the following views GU the loss
OF individuality by the husbands Of famous
women:
However much man may have seem
ed TO DC before marriage With strong
minded woman. from that fatal hour the
process Of absorption begins, aud aeyer
ceases till he disappears utterly as an 10,
dividual existence. The case OF .ie hns-
band OF Elizabeth Cady Stanton is an in.
stance of this sort. Mr.. Stanton bcSnre
his marriage was young man OF hne cul.
turc. broad and liberal thinker. young
orator for whom great fame was predicted
by all who knew him, and for some time
it seemed that bis native powers wor,
such as to enable him to escape the action
of the general law-bui there is no resisting
the forces of nature; by slow degrees tho
process Of absorption went on; little by
little he sank from the public view till ht
disappeared from sight altogether as onC
Of the editors Of the Sun. The husband
of Lucy Stone offers us another variety
H. b. Blackwell was never much before
his scmi-union with Lucy Stone He i.
less than nothing now. The husband O.
Paulina Wright Davis is another unim
portant fact of conjugal history. The has
band of Mrs. Livcrmore is known only b,
tradition. There is myth TO the effec
'hu, an innocent and worthy clergyman o
that name and of the Universalist pcrsua
sion once married Mrs Livermore. Having
immor,alizcd himself by this feat he re-
tired from the public gaze to the modest SC
clusion Of the domestic circle-as was yer,
proper. The husband of Julia Ward now,
did not yield to his fate without struggle
He made su pefhun,an efforts to bring him,
self up by philanthropy. He grasEcd At III,
Santo Domingo Commission with the clutch
of despair. bu. il was all in vain. Dcsti
ny in the shape of Mrs. Howe was tor muci
| for him. let us respect the courage whicl
deserved better fate The husbands q
Vrtoria G. Wcodhull have climbed th.
hill of notoriety solely through her meJi
umshir. AS Agricola owed his immor
sali,y to the pen of Tacitas, 50 DIR. Wood
huil will he known to fame only iy N,
annals of his wife's biography. Colone
/ BLOOD IL doi,y his Intellectual best In rcts;s
I his individuality iu the columns Of Wonf
hull & G.gn's Weekly His struggles are
heroic, but be may rest assured that b,
cannot escape the general fate Of his class
Susan b Anthony has No husb,nd.--
! Though stern she is mcrciftfl. Varioul
desperate aud devoted ncn. -ensuared) by
her girlish charms. have essarcd to plung,
headlong into the mael>trom OF matrimony
but With finn though gentle hand she ha.
withheld ,heui from tie Essa, leap, nobl,
refusing to accept the sacrifice.
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