Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-08

ily and sought q new abode In Londo.
It 10 evident that this injudged ma,
rage led him to the opinion that tn.
advantage Of yeA3 should be on IN.
husbands side, an idea which Is nesss
expressed In Twelfth Night" Vbsy
the "Duke" says to "Viols:"
-aLet stiIl the woman take
An elder than herssit; 70 wares she TO him.
SO sWays abe level In her husbands heart
There are some very striking instance
of reversal of this order working bsr.
moneously. DR.. johnson. married ,
woman twenty years older than him.
self. He loved her sincerely, and neye,
ceased to mourn her death. Wbsn
this occurred hs was f0rty.three, and
vet be remained . widower, dying At
the age of seventy-slx. john Howard.
when . very young man, manieds
widow twenty years his senior. Tuis
was an expression Oh nis gratitude for
her kindness aud attention daring ,
severe illness. They lived in great
harmony until her death, which DC.
CURED q few years a!terward. A see.
ond union was also sundered by death
and then Howard entered on that
career of philanthropy which has rem.
dered his name immortal. II may be
added that
John wilkes, the Noted Political
Leader
In London o century ago, married 4
woman ten years his senior. Mshomers
first and favorite wife, Cadljsh, Wa,
fifteen years older than her husband.
To this might be added that the late
Prince Albert was six months younger
than his royal bride, and . happier
union has never been known In ali the
history OF Windsor Castle. The bril-.
liant young Benjamin Disraeli married
the widow of his friend and patron,
Wyndham Lewis, twenty years his
elder, and remained till his death faith.
full to her memory.
Among those horrible pervenions Of
matrimony which occasionally deform
socisl history may be mentioned the
instance of Dean Swift and Stella. The
mystery Of Swift's conduct has never
been explained, but some have extenu.
ated It's worst features by the plea Of
lifelong insanity. Stella Miss John.
SOM was induced to leave England aud
take I'D her residence near his own, in
Dublin, In hopes Of speedy marriage.
After seventeen years OF painful delay
She was allowed to become his wife, with
the stipulation that they were still 10
live apart, and never tn meet except In
the presence Of a third party. The
history of "Vanessa" also occurs in
this connection, and may simply be
mentioned as aggrsvating the horrible
and unnatural baseness OF Swift's char
acter.
Southey loved Edith Frlcker, but
both were poor, and he was obliged 70
leave home (Bristol) In order to accept
an appointment to Portugal. Just b..
fore the vessel sailed they Joined their
hands In matrimonial bonds, the reason
being In order to permit the one to re-.
ceiye remittances from the other with
out scandal. Southey returned In six
months, and the union thus begun in
poverty was one Of prolonged happi-
ness. Colerid &c married Sara Fricker,
sister OF Edith, but though
More Intense In HE Feelings 'haa
southey
he was vastly his inferior In the duties
OF domestic life. II seems strange that
the man who could write:
"IAlI thoughts all passions. all delights.
Whatever stir this mortal frame,
Are but the ministers Of love,
And feed his sacred name."
should desert his wife and family dur.
ing half Q lifetime. Only SOuthey's
charity kept the latter from absolutely
want. Coleridge, however, wa tho
slave OF the opium habit, and this u
sufficient to explain almost any degree
OF domestic neglect. Byron Is another
instance Of one who could write beauti-
fully concerning love, while his history
proved how little he could appreciate
true wOmanhOOd.
AmoBg those men OF genius who felt
the keen disappointment Of their afiec-
ton were Irving and Gibbon, both his
torians who afterward reached fame.
GRAY, the author Of the Elegy, died Q
bachelor of fifty-five, and 1t Is probable
that he was u similar victim. such, NJ
least, Is suggested by line In that de-
scription Of himself which marks the
closing portion Of the EIegy.
"Hard BY that wood. now smJ ling ~ In scors,
Muttering his hayward fansies, lac woald
Now dropping. woeful. wan, like one, forlorn.
or Ct azed with care, or crossed In hopeless
love-"
AS Gray was never "crazed with
care" the latter clause In the verse In
the only one that can be applied TO his
case. He was OF q susceptible nature,
but poverty stood In the way ofs do
nesiio life. He had sure support ~
one of the "fellows" OF Cambridge
University, but this would have been
forfeited by marriage.
Goldsmith stands o. the Same List.
He was In love with the beautiful
Miss Herpeck, whom he fondly termed
the 'Jassamine BRIDE" but the slender
and uncertain earnings OF London
lilterateur in the eighteenth century
were not sufficient to Justify matrimony.
Cowper WAS also disappointed I'm love,
but he found q faithful friend In Mrs.
Irwin, whose administrations were OF
he most afiectionate character.
Pope, who IL also on the list OF liter.
airy bachelors, had deep emotional pow
er, AS Ii evident from some Of his poems.
1t Is matter Of tradition that he was
much attached to Martha Blount, 70
whom he not only addressed poem,
hut also bequeathed his entire estate.
He, however, was an invalid, aud
spoke Of his life as "long disease" .
fact which may have bad great influence
in keeping him . celibate. The most
incorrfgible and objectionable bachelor
OF genius was Sir Joshua Reynolds, the
famous painter, whose immense wealth
deprived him Of any such excuse ~ has
just been mentioned. He was, however,
intensely devoted to art, and bad nc
room for any other object Of the afec-
tons On one occasion meeting Flsxman,
who was then young sculptor strus.
Cling for . position, he exclaimed:
"Well, sir, learn that you have mar.
ried. Ifso, you are ruinedl for an art
ist." Flaxman, however. proved by
his success that such was not the case.
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