The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-08
SEVEN TINES 4 WIDOW.

For the benefit of that venturesome class
Of people who, like those possessed Of an IL
reSistible desire to risk their lives among
savage African tribes, would-the sad ship
wrecks Of so many of their friends notwith-
standing-yentuTe on the treacherous sea Of
matTimony-for their benefit. / repeat, saws
a Vienna correspondent Of the London
Globe, it becomes an imperative duty for me
to make known a unique chance Of connu-
bal bliss which has lately come to my notice
It is Of Katharine Chasna, Of Verbo. in Up
per Hungary, that l speak, and let him that
would secure a prize in the marriage market
hasten to the land Of p0made and paprika,
and without moments delay make her his
own. For time is pressing: she has often
been snapped up, and viii in all probability
be very soon snapped up again. \ wife who
thoroughly understands her social duties
and who is perfect in her PAGES, is, take it,
universally acknowledged 90 be a "desidera-
tum ;" and if the lady have row the honor
to Introduce to public notice does not fulfill
this condition, then nobody ever will. For,
like her sister in 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 sevenfoId widow following
her masters Katharine Chasna is rs sound
as bell, and, if what is generally said be
true, has but one anxiety in life, and that is
to get married. 'sobald ais mOglich 80 Our
heroine-suTely she must be a heroiue-first
married at seventeen. She began her cru
SADIE against the opposite sex modestly
enough, for she selected 4 shoemaker, who
however, succumbed to consumption at the
end Of fifteen months. He hardly lasted as
long as one of his own pairs Of shOes-best
quality. Number two was a much tougher
customer He entered the list at the ripe
age Of eighty held cut thirteen wears.
and died fortnight after his Tooth birthday.
How long he would have lasted under favor
able conditions is ar interesting but now
bootless speculation. The affair 50 preyed
on Katharina's mind that she was fain to
marry within one month for consolation. and
this time it was a widower, who, however,
came to watery grave, for he died of drop
sy after four years Of bliss. All this n-luck
was beginning TO tell on Katharina's spirits.
and she determined now to invest in seme-
thing warranted to last" She lent a mod
est ear to the burning tale Of a stalwart far
mer Of %; but alas he succumbed to an
accident" almost before the expiration Of
the honeymoon (whether he committed sui
eide is not clear. l will spare you the next
three husbands, the last of whola died on
Wednesday. Suffice it that fate seemed to
pursue them all, and hustled them one after
the other into the great unknown If
Katharine does not marry again soon it will
be her own fault, for suitors are after her
Although between 40 and -, she is still
strikingly handsome, has a splendid figure,
abundant black hair, and does not look q
day over 35. But, ah well day she has
cast her flashing eyes on youth Of p, who
is himself over head and ears in love with
some one else. The mayor Of a Teighboring
town, rich widower Of II, IS said to have
become quite childish on the subject Of Kath-
arina, and humbly mumbles his suit. She
viii doubtless take him out of ''pique.''