The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-06-18
MlSCELLANEOU
A Congressional Romance.

There is romance enough abou,
the late marriage OF the Hon. Omar
y. Concer, Of Michigan, and Mrs
Sibley, to Fl. out a halt dozen yeung
er couples. by tho side Of it the
Grant Sartoris affair sinks into insight
ficance. There was Conger, who
twenty seven years ago was q poor
lad in Milan, Ohio, struggling with
algebraic problems and cube roots
in the Huron Institute. But not
withs'anding he grappled SO bravc!y
with these tough and .tircsome studies,
he had a susceptible tcart, and SO,
when his eyes fell upoa the beautiful
Miss Humphreys, then reigning
belle in that part of Ohio, lie hauled
down his colors at once, aud sur.
rendered uncondltionally. The
young lady was interested, and
encouraged him. In ! short time
they were engaged, an ! happy. But
dark clouds will come, and some
times they got between two hearts
and SO obscure the vision that neither
can discern the other. SO it was
here. In those days young ladies
were given to kind OF queer pas
times called flirting, happily done
away with in these better times.
Miss Humphreys was addicted to
tins kind OF amusement, and she
followed in faithfully, notwithstand-
ing her engagement. MIR. Congcr,
objected, a quarrel cnsued, and the
match was broken off. Attcrward it
was renewed, but the young man
protested once more at tho conduct
Of his faacse, and they finally cried
quits for good. In the full belief, no
doubt, that his lie was blasted, and
that he had nothing to hope for ex-
cept an carly death, Mr.. Conger
rushed out into the wilderness with
a surveying party, and tor three years
carried the chain in tho mineral ro
gions of Lake Superior. Then he
wandered to Pot Huron, Mich, and
astonished to find that he still lived
concluded to settle down to the
practice Of the law. He did SO, and
succeeded. Not long after, lie LETT
anew the touch OF Cupid, and soon
surrendered himself second time to
new love, and was married. In
the meantime Miss Humphreys had
also found another on whom to be
stow her affections, and had married
Major Sibley, OF the United States
Army. After this the young people,
who had until now watched each
others movements, lost sight Of eack
others altogether. Mr.. Conger rose
in his practice, was elected Judge,
State Senator, and finally, in 1868,
| was elected TO Congress, where he
has since eremaincd. A few years after
his marriage his wife died, and he did
not marry again, but devoted himself
to his children. This, in brief, is Mr..
Conger's history.
Mrs. Sibley had gon. out upon the
ocean OF life in different direction,
and had become an accomplished
lady OF society. Twelve years after
her marriage her lnsbund died,
Childless and lonely, the widow loft
for Europe, and after lengthy stay
upon the Continent returned q short
time ago, landing AZ New York.
She was preparing to Focced TO her
old home in Ohio, wha she took q
strange fancy to visit Washington.
She went. and for several days
amused herself in ramHes about the
capital. One day SLY was sitting
listlessly in tho Housekallcry watch
ing tho restless swaylig OF political
wisdom on tho tipr, when Q
member on the left II the Speak