The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18


10 t,e done 10y our descendants, and so il
viii te anti the time when some future
SeheliDlaiiu digs up tie obscure :elica Of
our buried civilization. Rep York Sun,
1 s@slee9ag lzaFriagee.aaz 3
Fhcfee vws sFY @aSfl hAhss tho
otEer days&dls6uEsshE thG propriety df
second marriages, and all were very de-
claets ie pFdsddncipgi them wrong, and
Wanting ln love and respect to the mem.
cries Of their deceased partners. One OF
these lsdjes, who had not been married
udF1 thEa 5s1E oT :HG, AffseT sspress,rS
her opposition ia rery strong terms, ap.
pesled TO single gentleman who was
present for bis opinion on the subject
He replied y am MOI caly opp6sed TO
1econd marriages. but to frat marriages.
also -
Thia was something more than the
young married lady asked for, and she
expressed her aStonishment at the single
sentieman'd social hetrodozy A heresy
which the young gentleman thought
many married peraons had imbibed after
trying both states But they we're too
prudent to acknowledge it for fear Of ex.
communication.
The idea Of bcreavcd widow or vid.
over, in the flower Of life, spending his
or hor life brooding over their misfor-
tunes and cherishiug exclusively the
memory Of their loved one, will do for
tolnance, but not for real life. Thore
voS o gentleman, many years ago, who
potitioned the Legislature Of South Car.
fiina TO have double tax refunded him,
6n the ground tl,at Be, was SO distressed
st'tlie-seas of- villa, tl,at be- forgot TO
Pay his tnxes! This appeal to the House
pfodueed quite q senE,tioh. A member
Who bad been twice married liniseIf.
moved that the. prayer Of the petitioner
30 granted, as5lle thought it sikeiy the
poor fellow was thinking 30 much about
gettify married again that he did really
forge! TO pay hiB taxes
II 10 remarkable how MANY great men
in tho world have married widows.
Washington the greatest Of ali men, mar.
Iled widow with two children; Napo.
leon Eonsparte. the most intellectual
man that the world ever produced. like.
wi"e married y widow older than himself,
Fith twp children; Mahom,et, the erea,
prophet and fo'i:iter of the religion OF
th- EsHt. uiurrietl Hi did widow. Ben.
lnmip Erapk,H,, the philosopher, patrio,
anh atnte>uian, married widow, or nu.
6.nef man, vile, and he never knew
Fh.ch; Andrew Jackson married another
|nah's wife twice, before and after rlir
I'As1diy4rcrd irua her husband, ,Jstier.
PufmarFied widow MHdison married
p young, dashing widow, when he was
advanced rs bachelarjl THE present
Prime Minister of England married a
sfid"w older thnn himself Lord Coke.
he great embndimens of the common
law, married widow, who was great
taTiuagaHt; Ssui Johnson, the ieviaihnp
pr Engli.h literature, married AN old
widow Aaron Burr,,a man Of the n,ust
fascinating accomplinhments, aud who
could have married any young lady,
chose for bic wife the widow of an Eng.
Iiah officer. But this is euough.
Milton, tho prince Of poetS, 10 an ex.
eephon To great mon marrying vidows.
DE was married three timea, and every
tiino he chnae maiden lady. He said
.here gss. something ipdelicate in the
idees OF marrying awidow. Bat Why 10
that widows have been 80 successful
in Capturing great men2 Il Ia because.
having been maslied, they therefore un.
deratand the aTs Of fascinating gentlemen
better than inexperienced maiden ladies.
", - u SeS?stse 5ssss s.sL hays gsess
hearta AZ wsiL 90 great brains aud are
therefore more eaeiiy captured than or
dinasy men9 The fact that O woman has
been once married SHOVE that nhe did
hage chaFna enough TO fascinate some
ehg. Thia 10 moro than all aingle ladies
can prove
Adam Saith, In his Political Economy,
or Wealth for Nations," says that o
yidows. IN. America, with three or four
,cRl9Ten Is sought altar by the young
farmer 'as sort Of fortuna" He looko
forward 70 The work of the children ap
great help: IL ehis wan ever tue case in
the United States, IL La very certain that
ehe young Zen Of the present day ere
more enterprising chan the contempoya.
Eies of Adam smith were, for they prefer
mixing their own fortunes.
IL may DO said shaG she great men
eHassessssa ss marrying widows were
governed BY sordid motives moro than
love: Washington vas too pure and
good man 70 have been influenced by
any consideration Of wealth, although he
married lady po1seesed of FIVE or six
hundred slaves and valuable lands. Ma
poleon married ssldosR who had noth-
Ing. Franklin, Madison and Andrew
-'A sAtc "s-AlAos 0Ss tQuLlcO0B u
wife had nothing. Aaron Burr's wife
bad nothing. Mshomet, old Coke and
D'Isresli did near2y fortunes.
IL was naia by distinguished gentle.
man, yet living, that no one ever ,rnls
loved bat onca. Thts 10 certainly mt
the orthodox opinion &c sipgle gentlemen
and ladies. They. very often, are in love
half anyep times hefonl they are mar.
Fiedp There 10 more tsath Id tho eanres
zion of the facs, that heart which once
truly loves can never forget. It may
lpve again aud again, and still remember
its firss loge0 This y natural: 5egthatI
one love nhduid exhaust heart, Is not
the experience Of the world, ns second
cpnc!aaively, show. ~
YOubg iIien may, sometimes. r,arry old
gidowa, xs did ,Mohouiet, johnson. Burr.
D'laseal:, aud 6shegs. enumerated above,
but old men Salways. prefer marrying
young ladiee. We once. heard an old
yen,lGtu~c, who had risas9ied q young
wife. say odd laieh wege great fools for
yoabRl g;fis. We Thought
9oung gigls She ssA44ss-s ssA44ss-s;;ess! CID men we're
much greater fopie, and would be very
4Esh .to Nisoorey ltits;r .ioiiy ,;a aEter lire,
shitst waiting and nursing aud taxing
,are of'thsir ;oid husbands.t AfyounRil
hdy Who firss naFties an O:a tnagi, 'aei- |
Tom 6oea 20 again, in her second mar.
'iage. Thie' 10 q mistake sho never
e0mn.tls the eeccEd time.-Cb7. Green.
oiAs EnfeyPrise Gad Mountaineey.
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