Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-04-20
a Little Matrimonial G. oinci-
dence.

Three gentlemen happened to meet at
breakfast at the Grand Pacific Hotel one
morning last week. They were strangers
to each other. Suddenly one broke the
silence with the remark: "By Jove
She's divorced again" Noticing that
his words had attracted the attention Of
companions, lie apolcgized and explained
that he had been somewhat surprised to
see the divorce of his quondam wife
chronicled in the legal intelligence.
"She and | parted" he said, in dreamy
retrospective manner, ''in August, 1872,
this wife with pot,lid determined me
to destroy my Lares and Panates-- and
two months afterwards she married up in
Peoria a fellow named Tompkins." p"
"Tompkins Z" said the second gentleman,
with sudden interest: "Tonpkins,
Peoria, October, lS72--was her name
Theodosia? Woman who had limpid
blue eyes and always had rolIingpin
under her pillow on nights the lodge
met = The same, stranger the same.
Shake, old pard," said the FIRST speaker /;
"and how was s..e?' "She was all my
fancy painted her, replied the second.
But | had rival in a stoye>liiter for
which she had too much affection, and in
January, 1873, the courts of Lafayette,
Ind, dissolved the bonds between US.
believe she married again--some rooster
called Green, | heard" Il am the
rooster named Green, aud am glad to
make your acquaintance. Gentlemen, !
knew your wife well for over year, and,
barring her vivacity with toasting forks
and long-handlcd frying g-pans, a better
wife never lad. But we parted last
December, as soon as | could get out of
the doctors hands with fracture Of the
skull Gn conjunction with discussion
concerning getting up to light the fire
also bootjack,) and | thought the fact
of our divorce had been previously an
nounced.' But" said the first speaker,
your name, my companion in livorce, is
Green the last time she was divorced it
was from Brown."1 "Brown?" said Mr.
Tompkins, rehectivey; "there was one
fellow named Brown used to tag after
her," ''lt must be the same one"
Gentlemen" said the first speaker. re-
hectivolJ, +" this is most remarkable CO.
incidence. When shall we three meet
again, | don't usually drink after
breakfast but this is a special occasion and
we may, mayn't we?" So they all went
out to the bar>room together to drink
success to Brown, and as they stepped up
to the bar they met man who said !:
Gentlemen, this is my treat. I've just
been divorced, and my name is Brown,
and Pm going to treat the house. Give
it name and call for the best in the
house." His three friends shook hands
with him soIemnly, exchanging three looks
of intelligence among themselves, whe
weak-eyed young man walked in diago-
nall ) and said: "See here, you fellers
have got to take bottle Of wine with me.
I'm ncwly>married man; bridegroom
rejoicing to run race you know have
sOmething?" And so he wandered on
till, to get rid of him, they agreed to 60
up to the ladies' parlor and be presented
to his nowly-made bride. They did 50,
and 10 aud behold she was their wife
The situation was sufficiently embarrass-
ing. but the woman didn't faint, but
simply remarked: "0h. Mr.. Green,
glad TO meet you your face seems ia,
miliar to me, Mr.. Tompkins? Somehow
the name seems known to me, Mr.. Brown.
| seem to recollect your face; any re-
lations to the Browns. Of Lafayette, Indi>
anay' And so on. Truly. truth is
stranger than 6ction.- Chicago Tribune.
Monr .,rioy ,ba troron ,,;tLo,t 49,