Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
LIFE OF MARSH IN MONTREAL.
How he AEr:ghted Tale-bearer and
His Vito are Regarded by tho Cam
adians - Reticent Heca. dinr the
Scandal


How he AFr:ghted Tale-bearer and
His Wife arc Regarded by tho Can.
adians Retioent Hega. ding tbs
Scandal.
Correspondent of the Graphic.
MONTREAL, March I3.-Mrs. Caleb
L. Marsh, it was very definitely re
ported, was to leave this city to &c
to Washington on Saturday, and dis
patches We're sent to New York news
papers warning them of her possible
advent there. She did not 60. The
lady cxcites her full share of the
very undesirable curiosity created by
the presence of herself and husband
in the staid Canadian metropolis
They occupy room No. 10 IN st Law
renee Hall, the finest room in the
finest hotel in the finest city of the
Dominion. When Mrs. Marsh ap
pears at dinner she wears diamond
earrings, three diamond rings on hel
right hand, four or five diamond rings
on her left hand, and Il handsome
diamond brc och. The stones are all
OF the first grade, and some Of them
are so large that the total value OF
her jewelry is computed at not less
than $4,000. This display at an
ordinary hotel dinner provokes end
less Canadian criticism on the man
ners of "these Americans" praise
which, when used in this connection
by the average British patron of the
hotel, affords a fine opportunity for
bitter and contemptuous aspiration
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh preserve
their composure wonderfully we'll I'M
der the constant evidences of no
toriety which they cannot help MOTTO
ing whenever they leave their room.
MIR. Marsh goes out so seldom that a
plausible foundation is discovered in
the fact for the story that he is en-.
gagged in writing Il statement in his
own vindication. Regularly three
times day, about ten minutes after
the dining-room door has been
thrown open, Mr.. Marsh is seen to
enter. He looks at least SIS years
old, and walks with a sedate, careful
tread that is Indicative of his charac-
ter. His head is bent slightly for
ward rs if in thought, but even a
stranger is made conscious that moth
ing escapes the observation of his
cold, restless dark gray eyes. When
he unfolds his oyerstarched English
napkin, he makes one think it Is part
of a carefully devised plan which is
in course of slow but memorable de-
velopment. "A look of trouble shows
in the lines of his mouth. SO dis
tincJ is this tn 1T it would create a
sympathy were it not that his bear
ing indicates too strongly that he
looks npon himself as martyr. Late
at night, when the corridors of the
hotel are nearly deserted, he frequent
ly PAGES back and forth in a slow,
noisless way, with his hands clasped
behind him and his head and should
ers thrown forward. TO all who in
quire as to his future course, or how
long he contemplates stopping at
Montreal, he returns the same an
swer, that he has resolved to con-
verse with no one about the matters
that have brought him SO prominent
ly before the public.
Mrs. Marsh is said to be the most
MISUNDERSTANDING little lady that
ever came from the States. She al
ways dresses in black silk when she
appears at dinner. Her manners are,
graceful and pleasing. Aside from
her diamonds, what is chiefly remark
able about her is her gray HAIR,
which she SO manages as to make
the envy OF every lady that secs her.
1t has Il soft, pearly luster that is
unique, and is put up i'll Pompadour
rolls. Those who venture to guess
her age put it at about 80. AT table
she talks, and her husband listens
with an occasional! brief reply or
smile. Her side face exhibits Il girl
ish grace of contour, and only Il full
view discloscs the fact that she is an
accomplished and adroit woman of
the world. People here who have
watched her closely since her arrival
say she has achieved a triumph
which she is inclined to enjoy, and
is not cast down by the exposure of
the plot in which her husband was
so deeply eliminated with the ruined
Secretary. She receives no friends
and once or twice only has ridden
out in a sleigh with her husband
she is always self-possessed, and fol-
lows her husband into the crowded
dining-room with the step of 4 queen
apparently unconscious of the furtlve
chances, half of admiration and half
of distrust, that are cast at her from
every table. Neither she nor Mr.
Marsh inspires much friendly crit
cism on the part Of the residents of
Montreal, and sojourners here from
the States are often made to feel that
the new guests are considered to be
fair specimens of the outcome of the
social system in the United States.
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