Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-05-06
Four Times Divorced, Five
Times Married.

Chicago Tribune Three gentlemen hap
pcned te meet AT breakfast al the Grand Pa
cIfr Hotel one morning last week They
were strangers 10 each other. Suddenly one
broke the silence W III the remark: "By Juve
She's divorced again! Notlclng that his
words had attracted the attention of his COM
paniCns, he apolo.ized aud explained that he
had been somewhat surprised 10 see tue d.
vofce of his quondam lie chroncled in the
legal Intelligence. she and ! parted" he
>ald, III dreamy. retrospective manner, IN
August, lSI2--thls wife with potlId deter
mined TO destroy my LaTes and Peaate.-aud
two months aicrward she married up in
Peoria fellow named Tompkns"
"lomPkins,' said the second gentleman,
with sudden Interest; "Tompsiu>. Peoria.
October lS12-was her name Theodosia /,
Woman who bad limpid blue eyes and
always had rolling PIN under her pillow on
night. the lodge met
"lhe same, sifangrr, the Same Shake, Old
pard, said tie irs', and llIw va. She -
She was all my fancy 'psinied her. re-.
piled the second. But | had rival in a
stove litter, for whom she lad too much aiiec.
ton, ani IN January, 1875, the courts OF La
iayene, lndisra. dissolved the BONDS between
us. ! believe she married nsain-some roos.
ter named Green, ! heard"
:" | am the rooster nan,ed Green, and am
glad to make yonr acquaintance. Gentlemen,
knew your wife for over year, and bar.
ring her vivaci,y with toastIns iurks and long.
handled frying pans, better wife never
had. But we parted last December. as soon
as ! could get Out OF the doctors hands with
a fracture OF the skull (in conjunction with a
discussion concerning getting up to light th.
Ere--also bo0jack), ard thought the fact
OF Our divorce had been previously an
nounced.
But, said the first speaker, your name,
my companion IN dIvoice. is Green; the last
time she was divorced il was from Blown
Blown! Browus" said Mr.. rompsjn.,
retccrveIy; There was one fellow named
Brown used 10 lag alter her. 1t must be the
same one
Gentemen, said the first speaker. refle,
nveiy, tins Is a most remarkable coiucideuce.
When shall we three meet again. | don't
usually drink afier bre ikfist, bu, this is
speciaI ocrasion and We may, maynt ws.
- they weOt oiit 10 the Uar rOom together
to drink success To Brown, and as they
stepped up To the bar they met man WHO
SAID "Genilemen, this is my treat We lust
,een divorced, aud my name is Brown, aud
l'th Soibg to treat the house. Give il a name
ami call io' the beet in the house
His three fneuJs shook hands with him
soicmniy, exchanging three looks of inreIji-
sence among themselves. when a weak eyed
young man walked in dissonally, and sad
See here, you feilers have got to ,ahe bottle
OF wine with me. Ina newly married
man brIdes room rejoicing to run a race, you
know; have something! And 80 he wan
dered on I'LL, 10 get nd Of him, they agreed
to 20 up stairs TO the ladies' par.or and be
presented 10 bis newly made bride. They
did 80, and 10 and behold she was their wife
lhe situation was sufficiently embarrassing.
bn' the woman didn't faint, but simply re.
marked, "Oh, Mr. Green, glad to meet YOU:
your face seems familiar 10 me, Mr.. Tomp-
kinsf Somehow the nyne seems known 10
me, Mr.. Brown. seem to recoilec, your
face; any relation to the Browns of Lai,ye,te.
Iud-s"
Truly, truth is stranger than fiction.