The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-12-30
Seven Times a WIDOW at Fortv.

For the benefit ef that -YenturesOme
class Of people who, Ike those possessed
Of an irresistible desire 20 risk their lives
among savage African tribes, would
the sad shipEFecbs OF 50 many OF their
friends Notwithstanding on the
treaeherous, sea Of LnatrimSny-for their
benefit, / repeat, it becomes an impera-
tive duty for me to make known a m
1que chance Of connUbial bliss which has
lately come TO my notice. It Is oG Eatha-
rina Chasna, of Ferbo, in Upper HIM
gary, that I speak, and let him that
would secure u prize in the marriage
market hasten to the land Of poInade and
paprika, and withouk q moment's delay
make her his OHn. For time Is pressing;
she has often Been snapped Cp, and viii
NAL probability be very soon snappedup
again. 4 wife who thoroughly under.
stands her SOCIAL duties, and who is per
feet IN her PAGES, Is, I take it, universally
acknowledged to be e "a desiGeratun .
and i the LADY I have now the honor to
EtFoduce TO public notice does noe full
I'll this condition, then nobody ever VIII.
EcT, Ike her sister IL holy writ, she has
had seven husbands, and the last one has
just died. Here, however, the simile
comes to an end; for, instead of the
seveniCId widow following her masters,
Katharine Chasna 10 as sound as bell,
and Il what iE gsneTall5 s. sllid- -laa- -sAsssas-=
has but one anxiety IN LIE, aud tlslt IS,
20 get married" sobald s.als SaoelIcEI
Our rherOine-surely sho@s7fst be hero
ine-frst married at II. She began her
crusade against the opposite sex modest
y enough, for she selected a shoemaker,
who, however, sHceumbed to eonsunp-
ton at the endof fifteen months. He liard-
III Z 3
shoes-besb quality Number two was
q much tougher customer. He entered
the list at the ripe age of, az, held ont 13
years, and died a fortnight after his
10eth birthday. How long he wOuld
have lasted Under favorable conditions Is
an interesting but now bootless specu-
lstion. This affair SO Preyed on Katli-
artna' q mind that she was fain to marry
within one month for consolation, and
! this time 1t Tas a widower, who, how
ever, came to & Tatery grave, for he died
OF orOPsy after four years OF bliss. All
this Ill luck was beginning to tell on
/ KathaTina's spirits, and she determined
nov to invest in something '' warranted
30 last. She lent Q modest ear TO the
burning tale of staIBart farmer of %,
( but alas he Euccunbed to an ''acci-
dent, almost before the expiration Of
/ the honeymoon (vhether he committed
suicide "a not clear) / viii spare you
( the next three husbands, the last Of
whom died on Wednesday,. Suffice 1t
/ that fate seemed to pursue them all
/ and hustled them one after tbs other into
the great unknown II KathaTina
/ does not marry again soon 1t wiz be her
own fault, for several sJitors ara after
/ her. Although between 40 and 45, she
is still strikingly handsome, has splen-
! did figure, abundant black hair, and
does not look 2. day over 35. Bat, al,
! vel a-t1ny she has cast her flashing eyes
on g youth Of Il, who Is himself over
head and ears IA love with someone else.
/ The Mayor Of 8 neighboring town, rich
widower Of II, IS said to have become
quite childish on the subject Of Kath-
arina, and humbiy mumbles his suit.
She VIII doubtless take HIM cut Of
"pique. - Vienna Cor. London Globe.