Connecticut western news., 1881-08-10
MARRIED FOR WORSE.
The Fate of Young Woman Whose
 Story Has Been Told.

The Fate of a Young Woman Whose
 Story Has Been Told.
 We have already printed some account of the matrimonial misfortunes of a young lady in Richmond, Va. The story may be briefly repeated. This girl, said to be estimable and respecta- ble, saw in the Chatrchmaan an adver- tisement for 8 governess. She applied by letter for the position, when the scampish advertiser appeared in person at Richmond, and was so pleased with the. young lady that he married her inn mediately, previously settling $30,000 upon heri The bridegroom has turned out to be forger and miscellaneous swindler. The bridal tour has been suddenly interrupted. The gentleman ly. groom has fled to Canada. The bride has returned to her old home in Richmond. This is the whole story. Is it tragedy or comedy? Something, perhaps, of both. At any rate it is @ warning, and as such we trust that all young as well as middle-aged will con- sider it. ..... ......
 It seems almost inexplicable that any woman not an idiot should run the frightful risk of marrying man of whom she could know accurately noth- ing, and with whom it was impossible for her to be sufficiently we'll acquainted to warrant such venture. Yet, it is 9 thing which happens constantly, and lamentable it is to consider its fre- quency. Certainly in so important and final matter as that of marriage, even though love should be out of the ques- tion, as usually in the nature of things it must be when the parties have known each other only for a few days, a req sonable degree of prudence would point ,to cautious delay. Yet this Richmond bride, at the shortest notice, accepted all the statements of @ scoundrel regard ing himself, his antecedents and his for tune, and now finds herself lamentably betrayed and deserted. Expecting to be rich, she is poorer than ever. Her settlement" of $30,0O0 is mere waste paper. Her husband will be sent to some State Prison for a considerable term of years, if the law is lucky enough to catch him. If this IS not ruin, it is something very much like, for such a marriage hardly saves social position, while, of course, it precludes, on the side of its victim, almost all hope of another and more fortunate union.
 We do not like to speak harshly of one who has been so cruelty misused !; but what shall we say of her "family and friends" who are said to have sanctioned by their approval this ill-omened mar riage? Really, they have no occasion to congratulate themselves upon the sa- gacity which they have exhibited, any more than the bride herself. Where was their wisdom, their sound judgment and their sense of decency, when they permitted kinswoman to join herself to an entire stranger? Did they never hear of adventurers Had they never read in the newspapers of forged letters of introduction ? If the women con- cerned, the bride and her poor mother, knew nothing of the wickedness of this world, were the male kinsfolk of the girl just as ignorantly verdant? MT. Thomas Marvin, the felonious adven- turer, with his clumsy forgeries, with his vulgar swindling expedients and cheap criminal methods, ought to have been able to deceive nobody in that in telligent city, and yet he was sharp enough to take in the widow and her daughter, and all the daughters uncles and aunts, and finally the officers of the First National Bank of Richmond. No wonder the rogues multiply when dupes are made with such facility.
 Answering advertisements is very natural thing, yet it requires caution, especially when the advertisements are of particular class. Women, especial ly, cannot be too much upon the alert, for the first expedient of knave with designs upon them is to advertise. So he plays upon their poverty, their cre- dulity, their honest desire for employ ment. He thus manages to make their acquaintance, and then proceeds to fur ther iniquities. A great deal of bigamy, a crime becoming altogether too con- mon, is forwarded in this way, to say nothing of other scoundrelisms, the per petrators of which richly deserve hanp- ing if anybody does. There is "s social sensation ;" there are paragraphs in the newspapers it is not for want of ex- posture that these knaveries are repeated; yet scandalously frequent they continue to be. They will be less so, if women will be little more cautious, and will remember that there may be worse things than life of single difficulties and unassisted struggles.-New York Tribune.