Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-21
Five Husbands Of the Name wife.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Three gentlemen happened to meet
at breakfast at the Grand Pacific hotel
one morning last week. They were
strangers to each other. All were
reading the Tribune, when suddenly
one broke the silence with tho remark
by Jove! Shes divorced again. =
Noticing that his words had attracted
the attention of his companions, lie
apologized aud explained that lie had
been somewhat surprised to see the
divorce of his quondam wife chron1-
cled in the legnl iDtelligeLcp. "She
and parted" he said, in a dreamy,
retrospective manner, sin August,
1872, and two months afterward she
married up in Peoria q fellow ramed
Tompkins. ''Tompkins p said the
second gentleman with sudden ill.,
terest "Tompkins, Peoria, Octoner,
lS72-was her name Theodosia ? Wo-
man who had limpid blue eyes and
always had a rolling pin under her
pillow On nights the lodge met p The
same, stranger, the sume." "Shnke,
old pard," said the first speaker; "und
how was she ?" 'She was all my fancy
painted her." replied the second. But
[ had a rival Ill a ve-lifter, for
whom she had too muck affection,
and in January, 1875, the court of
Lafayette, Indiana, dissolved the bonds
between us. / believe she married
again-some rooster called Green, l
heard" 81 am the rooster called
Green, and [ am glad to make your
acquaintance. Gentlemen, [ knew
your wife we'll for over a year, and,
barring her vivacity with toasting-
forks and long handled frying pans a
better wife l never had. But we
parted last December, as soon as 1
could get out of the doctors hands
with fracture of the skull Gin con-
junction with discussion concerning
getting up to light the fre,-also a
boot-iack,) and thought the fact of
our divorce had been previously an
nounced." But" said the first
speaker, 'syour name, my companion
i'll divorce. is Green; the last time she
was divorced it was from Brown. !"
Drown Brown ?" said Mr.. Tompkins
refectively; "there was one fellow
named Brown used to tag after her. :"
cit must be the same one." "Gentle-
men," said the first speaker, refec-
lively, "this is a most remarkable CO.
incidence. When snail we three meet
again! I don't usually drink after
breakfast, but this is special oc-
casiop, 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: Gentle
men this is my treat. I've just been
divorced. and my name is Brown, and
I'm going to treat the house. Give it
q name and call for the best in the
house" His three friends shook
hands With him solemnly, exchanged
three CLOCKS of intelligence among
themselves, when a weak-eyed young
man walked in diagonaIly aud said:
'See here, you fellcrs have got to take
a bottle OF wine with me. I'm a new
II mar led man; bridegroom rejoicing
to run race; have something?' Ard
so he wandered on till, to get rid of
him. they agreed to 60 up stairs to the
ladies parlor and be presented to his
newly made bride. They did so. an /
10 and behold she was their wife
The situation was sufficiently embar-
RAISING. bat the woman dldn't faint,
hut Slnp. y rem tTi,ed: oh, MIR.
Green, 9tai TO met YOU; yOur face
seems familiar "a me. NJ /, mpk'f.s.
Some how the name seems known to
ut. Mr.. Browa, [ seem to recollect
yonr fee; any relation 10 the B.owns
of L .fnyett,'. Id ? Aud so on Truly,
truth IS stranger than Il ton.