Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-11
HIS SIXTH WIFE.
And How he COuTted Her Mar,
riAge without the PrelimlnaIi les.
Wha Rnffaln EYnrnss aaue.


The Buffalo Express says:
A widower who lived near Ron
dout, in this State, concluded one
day last week, that he had lived alone
long enough, and hitching up his
team, drove into town and to the
house of widow whom he had
never seen, but whom he knew by
reputation, and invited the lady to
ride, The ride was taken and the
two returned to the widows house
for dinner; after which tliey went
for another ride, and returned in
the evening man and wife. 1t is
we'll never to put off till tomorrow
what should be done to-day, per-
haps; but those two persons are go
ing to be very much astonished be-
fore they get as thoroughly ac-
quainted as man and wife ought to
be. There are thousand peculi.
arities which can hardly be under
stood until after marriage, but there
are thousand others a knowledge
of which previous to marriage is in
dispensablc toIdomestic peace when
it is time for that consummation.
For instance, this widow had for
her first husband the only perfect
man the world ever produced, while
the widower was equally happy in
his first selection. These remark
able facts will be presented after a
day or two, to the intense surprise
of the persons hearing them for the
first time, and there will follow the
first difference of opionion and the
first tears and adjectives,
What will be the end Of it heaven
only knows; but if two tombstones
are not ruthlessly tom from their
positions and broken against the
nearest trees or stone walls it will
be very singular, that's all. We
are not prepared to say that mar
riage after a oourtship of one hour,
the parties having been entire stran-
gers previous to the hour, is not
safe, so far as younger aspirants to
matrimony are concerned but it is
very difficult with persons who have
been through the-we believe it is
called the mill. There should be a
thorough court8hip in their case.
There should be many visits aud
solemn and thoughtful discussions
Of what has been as well as of what
il to be. There should be precisely
such aetiQp as was taken by Mr..
Thomas Thompson when that gen
tleman courted the widqW who be-
came his sixth wife.
. 81 will tell YOU" said Mr..
Thompson, taking pinch of snuff
and looking wise, "what | expect
of you, my dear. You are aware
that l have had a good deal of mat
rimOnial experience. Ho-huml it
makes me sad 10 think of it. My
lot in the cemetery is almost full,
and | may truly say that my cup of
misery would be running over at
this moment IL it were not for you.
But to business. vas about to
remark that Jane, my first, eoald
make better coffee than any other
woman in this world. l trust you
will adopt her recipe for the prepa.
ratiou Of that beverage
MY first husband frequently
remarked began the widow.
And there waS Susan" inter-
rupted Mr.. Thompson. "Susan
was the best mender that probably
ever lived. II was her delight to
End a button of, and as for rents
in coats and things, ! have seen her
shed tears Of Joy when she saw
them, she was so DESTROYS of us
ing her needle for their repair.
Oh, what q woman Susan was"
Many is the time," began the
widow, "that my first hus -"
"With regard to Anna, who was
nay third" said Mr. Thompson has