Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-31
NUMBER 5.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

{ Talk not of Utah st. Jerome mention
: a widow that married her twenty-seconC
husband, who in his turn had been marie,
to twenty wives There is an instance re
corded at Bordeaux, in l172, of gentleman
. who had been married sixteen times. \ wo
; ; man named Elizabeth Nasc. who died il
:. Florence in lGGS. had been Married to sever
husbands. She was at the ripe age of seven.
ty when last led to the hymeneal altar, and
survived her ''belOved." When on her
death-bed, it is said she recalled the good
and bad points of each OF her husbands. and.
having weighed the pros and cons. deter
mined that the fifth claimed the highest
merit and ordered her grave to be with his
y French physician, one Dr. Chomet, saws
music should figure in the list of remedies
used by the disciples of the healing art. lie
claims that fiddling will cure nervous dis
; eases, and that a trumpet solo will lanish
catalepsy. Following the Nmiiid Simiiijus
clTGnf'tr theory, a bass drum recitatiyo will
drive away headache, and volOncello con-
certo would act benelicially on cold Noon
light excursion parties on the water will find
that band of tromboneS viii efectually dis
pei any inclination they may have to Seasick-
ness. AlsernOn will say u .Iasamine Ann.
at the promenade concert ''Don't Won
think, dear, that the violin allegro was 1--we
ly - and she viii reply ''Yes, Algy. but
the cornet solo was divine had such an
earache before it began. and now its quite
gone"
The Terre lIaute Express tells the story Of
an industrious and enterprising colored Lar
Der, who, twenty years ago, did business in
that town. Finally he took trip to Africa,
and in 50 doing he took goods out to the
value Of $1,000; finally landing in the brig
which he chartered in company with a
white man, in the Bay Of Monroyia with
good cargo, which at that moment was sal
able at his own rates He remained in Libe-
ria and married the daughter of ex-Goy.
Hicks, of the colony This waS a lucky hit.
for she could speak five or six OF the native
languages, which was Of much value in the
Advancement Of his prospects. Before he
had been in the colony three years he was a
wealthy man, and turned his attention to
| political Advancement. lie was Senator and
| Chief Justice. doing good and able service
| in both capacities. lie was three times nom
mated for the Presidency and defeated In
| lSGS. however, he was successful and was
| elected for two years But his party thought
tAtN were SLlbil- tifu-ii 10 llliti w NJ
seat without an election but failed. lie was
imprisoned for u~urpation, and was drowned
while trying to make hi- escape to a British
steamer in the Bay of MonrOyia. lie was
tie wealthie~i man in Liberia, and his idmi-
" VIII not want, though much Of his pro-
perty was c1ut>cated.
\ Mr. Lamalrid in Louisville, Ky. was
initiated into the mysteries of 1.-THE Knights |
of Pvthias." lie never got over it, bat soon
after died; and now the Widow Lamadrid |
brings an action against the Knights, seek |
inr to recover SlG0,0OO, and setting forth |
in her declaration that. during the aforesaid |
initiation. her poor husband waS beaten, |
bruised dragged and subjected To '-un- /
lawful, cruel, and wicked treatment II /
will be an interesting trial, but the onllS
protd1lA being upon the plaintiff. we fancy |
the Knights viii be able 10 maintain their /
little secrets. We have never before heard |
of anybody killed by the processes to which
the Pythian neophytes are subjected and
we suspect that Mr. Iamadrid couldn't have
been in very robust health when he was
put through Perhaps but for a reason
able pride the widow would set forth that
her poor man WAS ''~carcl 70 death - but
it makes a much better and more di-niied
case To declare that lie was put to inexpre>-
Sihle tortures, and Succumhel u the dread
ful inventions of hendish nalisnity.
Crushed and miserable. bleeding a 10
heart and disturbed d to digestion, a Young
gentleman of England hath sought damage
from daughter Of the same noble land for
breach of promise Of marriage. After she
had intimate,l that She would be his Own
One he visited her and her IaTa at her IA
pas house, and was struck by evidences OF
wealth and grandeur that he did not expect.
Like llr. George Sampson on the way To the
bowers Of luxury at HIrmon'S. he wa- over
come 10y q sense Of his own unworthineS-.
If this Is Carry Style ut home. lie wrote,
.'then George must give up real love and re-
tire from the field for want of gold dust
Then. ike the inacuanimouS layinia Willcr,
his Carry answered her George. No. my
dearest and hest. my new home does not
make the smalieS; impression upon nv mind
a. regards worldly matters and - George-
heart sill more firmly ciung 10 that gentle
being. The gentle being. however. after a
while grew tired Of seeing her George and
his letters. whereupon her dearest and best
Immediately found that 1t was pain To eat.
and got medical man toconiirm his opinion
Convinced that an application Of gold dust
would be good for hi complaint, he brought
suit against his Carry, and exhibited all the
kind and fattering letters She had written him.
She based her defence chiefly on the state
mcnt that her papa had At no time given hi
consent. But thi> did not save her. touched
by the un~eliish nobility Of the man in pro-
duciug her love letters and burning with a
fendi>h desire To ayense the wrongs Of their
sex As represented in hm. the jury instantly
and triumphantly awarded him in damages
the glittering sum oi-oue iarthing.
They have a queer kind of jurisprudence
in Omaha-an invention which, perhaps, i
the child Of social necessity, though at tic ,
first inspection it seems to be p little rough.
In the Police Court, we read. ii the 9TH of
Julv. A. in many other Police Courts on
that dav. "a lively business was transact
ell 1t wasn't, however, too lively for one
William Taylo-, "a suspicious stranger,
who was fined - and co~tS ''oH q rcnfars.
and ordered to leave. Ii does not appear
that William TAYLOR WAS suspected oi felony
or Of mi-dcmcanor or of intending either
he was simply "a suspicious stranger. and !
aS such ordered to leave. but not before he
had. perhaps. made it impossible Tor him t.
leave bv paving :, and co-tS-at least u
leave in any other way than ON foot. But
the man had or might have had company
for at the same session of this august tribun
al MARY Ann Tate was discharged on pro-
mise Of a hasty exodus from our midst.
81 Mary Ann and William might have gone
out into the wilderness tosether-sLe su~-
tanned bv his manly strength, and he re-
iuyenatcd by her womanly sympathy. Like
a new Adam and Eve they might have pass
ed out Of the Eden Of Omala. The world
was all before them where to choose, and
'.the hasty exit lrom our midst" was pre-
OBSTINATE Whether they went scle. or
whether they went aS 4 pair. let Us hope
that they found in valley or upon the hills,
some pleasant refuge not subject to the juri--
diction of Police Courts like that of Omaha.