The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

pondent in the late divorce suit
brought by Lord ANlesford against
Lady Aylesford-and his boy, the
Darl of Sunderland, die now. Lord
Randolph would come in for the title.
So far as the individual character OF
these various scions goes-and IN TINS
country. that question would be Of
some moment-Lord Randolph Churc-
hill. although a little wild in his ear
lier years, is superior TO M~andevllle,
Darlington or Paget. as he Is not only
a man of fashion, but has shown that
he has brains.
These are the successes. and 1t IS
melancholy to reflect that for n Dill
liant achievement such as the above
there are fifty failures. we DO not
refer to the poor girls cured by I'M
pudent pretenderS, lackeys who have
stolen their masters titles with their
secondhand clothes. but sons of noble
families that nave fallen into decay,
and sell themselves and their positions
for the money the parent gives with
the girl. This dowry is generally
sauandered, and the poor girl returns
home with ruined health and bllghted
hopes. or parates upon a p'ay-blil All
that she has left, her title, as an at
traction.
Even in the successes it Is under
stood that the progenltors OF the nap
nv brides must make themselves
scarce. and not faint the palaces OF
their husbands with their lgnobie
presence.
COUNT CISCO.
BY the bye, there are stories afioat
on Newspaper Row anent our ancient
Brega. the Count Fosco, OF moth,
mold and mildew process, that was
also water repellant. One account
saws that as there is a grand jury mere
anxious to see him, he IS Hourlshlh@
abroad as George Washington Count
de la Mouth. Another is that he is
quite poor, having paid over all ms
iiI-eotten gains as a dowry with his
daughter, who is married to a French
count.
Attest.
In connection with the above sub
iect we are reminded by the Whitehall
Recietr, which informs us that the
latest Paris match about to come oil
is that of the American belle, Miss
Margaret Ridgeway, who gives her
hand land something in IT'D to a young
com-patriot of Irish extraction, named
OConnor. The American colony IN
Paris has its own ideas on the subject
of fortunes. "He is poor, SAID a
GREAT lady: ''only 100, 900 francs a
wear: but he belongs to our set. 1t is
better that Margot should marry him
than that she should have accepted a
rich offer she lately had from II out
of it."
THE PRINCESS SALM- SALM.
Some of our readers who were III
Washington during the late war will
remember the above named lady, who
graduated from the sawdust OF the
circus to be the consort of "a real live
prince. The real article was rather a
stupid fellow-would get drunk and
beat his fair wife, who was wont to
appear at table with her fierce eyes IN
mourning. And what made this treat
ment all the worse was that she was
his guide, philosopher and friend. and
kept pushing the blockhead forward.
A certain major general MIC was
rather sweet on the princess once re
demonstrated with a brigadier for
banishing the Prince from his staff.
ssWhat the, General" cried the
indignant brigadier, 'can do with a
fellow who tumhleS into the water
whenever his horse puts his head down
TO drink
Ding it, carry him about in al am
bulance them retorted the love-sick
commander, ''only keep him away
from me-.
The picturesque little town of West
field. on the New Jersey Central Rail
, road, about twenty miles from New
!, York. was all agog lately over a re
cent marriage, which made a ripple in
| the quiet life of the town. DR.. f. '.
Smith. aged forty. woed and won Miss
Annie Clarke, a maiden of sixteen. the
!, daughter of l.. V. Clarke, a wealthy
t retired merchant who formerly did
5 business in New York. The lovers
1 wished to get married %aconce, but the
parents of Miss Clarke objected, and
S told them to consider the step for six
or eight months longer. Finding en-
, treaties vain, they determined to a
. the matter into their W hands, and
in order to secure the personal proper
n ty of the would-be bride without
e arouSing her fathers suspicious, the
Doctor hit upon the novel method OF
, carrying them off under his coat. So
IL his devotion waxed stronger, his Wis
q its increased in number, and every time
$ he babe her adieu he stuffed his coat
't with dresses and all sorts of garments
Is and filled his pockets with bits o.
q ribbon. Even his hat was brought
: into service to carry off a pair O
curling tongs. Sometimes the cir
L; threw garments from the window
Ell which were caught by the Doctor il
l. the moonlight below.
After two weeks Of persistent in
d dustry the Doctor had accumulate,
81 several large Saratoga trunkfuls o
N clothes. and then one bright day Mis-
IS Clark, telling her mother she was so
% ing to the village, repaired to the rail
rs road station. joined the Doctor. an
De the two went to New York. wher
a they were married at the residence o
ST the Doctors sister. After the cert
IN mony the couple went TO Long Branc
he and opened negotiations with tn
u parents in Westtield. At first MI
ne Clarke refused to communicate wit
Ss them, but after a week of indifference
on their part he presented them wit