, 1879-03-16

SIMON AND TEE WIDOW.
| The Hon. SIMON CAMERON, bustling youth
of so, and alleged gay triaer with female
| affection, has been ordered to stand befora
! the bar andshow cause why he should not pa,
$4,000 for the damage he has occasionsd Il
the susceptible and confdiug heart Of plump
| blonde Widow OLIVER. Of Georgia, "fair,
fat, and forty" "-or fifty. The widow tells O
straightforward story and, as simple SMos
| was given to letter-writng, she may have
damaging documents, penned in his softer
moods, that may sustain the story. As the
suit is on the calendar for trial, we may soon
know. It appears from tie widows story
that after the close of the War she went to
Washington, and made the acquaintance Of
the gallant Senator. It must have been
case Of love at first sight, for she says he
took Is q deep interest in her, and, as SIMON
never took q deep interest in anything un-
less ho wanted to acquire it, this looks
suspicious for him at the very outset.
She left Washington aud went to New
Orleans, and shortly afterwards Sn1oN met
her there and took some moro deep interest
in her, and urged her to go to Washington
and be would procure her profitable employ
ment. After his return homehe addressed her
a letter, recommending her claims to Secreta-
r. BR1srow, and he closes that letter with a
gush of sentiment intimating that employ
ment will make her happy, and that he has
often found happiness in making others
,yo1, ~ L.
ion usually entertained of old SIMON. Sec
retary BR1sTow gave her clerkship, and
then she says .SndoN wrote her: "I will
carry you to better home than Washington.
You shorld not stay there. think I shall
have safe place for you with relations to
protect You. You will be my wife"
If this letter is genuine, it is very blunt and
to the point, to say the least, aud indicates
degree of certainty without previous court
ship that could not have been very fattering
to the widow, who, like the rest of her
sex, did not like to be carried by coup
det0t, but preferred protracted siege by
gradual approaches, SO that she might have
the luxury Of a struggle before capitulating.
SIMON must have felt this, too, for subse-
quently he addressed her some tender epis- |
ties, making protestations Of tho deepes.
love, and reeffirming his desire to marry her. |
Encouraged by his letters, the widow COM |
menced on her trousseau and things but, as
the trousseau and things advanced, SIMON !
began to cool. There Was m area Of low |
thermometer in the CAMERON district that
lid not suit the widow. She lost her posi-
lion IN the Treasury Department, SO that
Sue was out of place and out Of lover She
vent to see her ardent suitor; but his fame
lad expired, and he was as cold rs if he had
1rst been Pre7ared by Signor RoruRA's
process IN the freezing chamber to run
or the Senate century hence. She man
'ged to support herself by getting position
Il the Patent Office, and, after q thorough ex-
animation Of her affections, determined not
0 let concealment prey like worm in the
'ud upon her damaslz cheek, but to bring
u1t against her perfdious suitor. When
Ib1oN heard Of it. he came down with 81 1000
. the widow, which she claims was in no
roy connected with her claim for damages
! tue hreach-of-promise suit. After further |
1vestigation she decided that SIMON had in
1red her affections so seriously that it
'ould take $50, 1000 to repair them and make !
lem as good as new. Hence the suit.
On the other hand, it must be admitted
lat SIMON does not put il very vigorous
nswer. He admits that he wrote to ]
ccretary BRssrow asking work for the
ldow, and That this, Of course, created an &C. ]
ua'ntance between them, and "a kind Of I
nillarity sprung up." It may be in this
that SIMON inspired passion {
the widow-sort of kindled little flame {
l the altar Of her beart-withont knowing
Such cases have occurred, though not c
'ually where the ADoS1s is a dry old oc- '
genarian like SIMON. Whether Or not this I
IS the case, the widow was touched, and t
i'd court to SIMON so assiduously and per- /
'tently that he became annoyed aud re- e
[ested her to discontinue her visits. Moth. f
6 daunted. and perhaps believing that he
IS shy and needed pressing, she removed o
T suit more boldly, when, to use street y
rnse, SIMON ''sat down upon her" Then C
q began to talk, and to stop her talking e
,1oS gave her 81, ,oo0-as if that tride were o
f6cient to stop widow from talking! As "
the promise to marry, SIMON says it is all 4
sh, and plainly intimates that the widow Il
hfacknniIir<r biy, p,4 how oLo,,+ ~, | 4