Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-11-12
A "s7uNgE7" one.

ern sDOfe OF virginia, gives the fOFs
lowing in one of his letters:
We turned aside from our path fof
space to visit All object of somc en-
.riosity WHICH is one. of the ''lions' OF
he Eastern shore. This is an ancient
vault, belonging to a member of the
Gusts family. branch of the same
stock with which Washington inter
married.. it lies upon fine old farm
stead looking out upon ''ahe bay" an'
occupies the C. a,re of large field, tn,
My prominent object, sheltered tf
some old trees. The vault is of whit
marble, deliberately carved in Loueos..
in state of partial dilapidatiop Thn
curious feature about it consists in is
inscriptian, which runs thus:
'Under this marble tomb lies the body
of the
Hon JOHN CusrIs, ESQ,
of the city Of Williamsburg and paris,
OF Barton; formerly of Hunger's paris,
on the Eastern shore of Virginia, arr
county of Northampton; aged II year,
and get lived but screen gears, rhic6
ao1s the time he kept u bachelors horps
at Arlington, Oh, tho Eastern shore o.:
Virginia" ..-..
The inscription, we are told by ano.
Their on the opposite side, was put on
the tomb by his own positive order
The gist of it, a. our lady readers will
be pleased to perceive, consists in the
lines we have italicized; the force O.
which will be better felt and under
TODD frcm the additional fact, whci.
does not appear, that this bachelor, VII,
lived only in his bachelor condition,
as actually married three times His
experience, if We are to believe his
epitaph was greatly adverse to the
idea of any happiness in the marriage
state, yet how strange that he should
have yentured thrice upon it! Tl.,
natural conclusion is that the Hoi,.
John Gusts was y singularly just ami
conscientious nan, who, unwilling to d.
the sex any wrong by a premature
judgment, gave them full and fair
trial at the expense Of his own happi
ness and pronounced Judgment only
after repeated experiments. Tradition
has preserved some anecdotes of thu
sort Of experience which he enjoyed ia7A
the marriage state, one of which | vii:
relate. 1t appears that he was driving
ont in his ancient coach with one of his
wives, land to do him justice, We mus.
assure the reader that he had but on"
at time,l and in the Neighborhood q,
the very spot upon which we ourselver
are now stsmlinc, CAPE Charles, =.
matrimonial discussion ensued betweesl
the pair Which warmed as they pr.
ceeded. The lord grew angry, the Ia.
dy voclftreated.
at was diamond" said one.
sand insist" quoth the Other" thst
it was club"
"You will drive me mad" en,4
John Gusts.
al should call this admirable DRIVING!
retorted the wife.
"By --l" he exclaimed, eff you a..
another word will drive down int.
the sea
They we're eyea then upon Vt
beach.
Another word I" screamed the lad,
Drive where you please she added.
''into the sea, | cap go as deep SIS SO,
dare go any day
He became furious, took her at u
word, and drove the horses aud chari"'
into the ocean. They began to swim.
He held in, looked into her face a,.s
she laughed in his.
"Why do you stop!" she demanded,
exul,ingly, not whit alarmed.
"You are a devil r he exclaimed.
flinging the horses about, and MAXIM.
for the shore with all expedition.
"Pooh pooh J laughed hls torrnes
ter, s1.earn from this that there is l.
place where YOU dare go where | dsrs
not accompany YOU.
"Eyen to h--ll" he eroaped
"The only exceptiou,' she answered
with a chuckla--" there, my dear, !
leave you" 2
She had conquered He never dross
in at Cape Charles again, but groaned
with the recollection of the seven
years bachelors lite at Arlington
A Nashville preachers little boy wss
reading religious work the other day,
and coming across the word "matrimo--
n.y. was somewhat puzzled as to
its meaning Turning to his brother.
who stood near by, he asked what it
meant. What do you think it meansi',
was the reply. "W 81. | don't know;
if it don't mean h., ldont knoN what
it does me an" responded the spright.
ly urchin, F
--s>e-
The other daya munster afFcrtl
prayer at the laying of acorner stone. A
brisk younp ,epert.r hnstlei mn aud