Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-06
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New York Mail and Express.
Most Of our statesmen have pure do
nestle records and the marriages of many
of them haNc been marriages OF love Old
Senator cuton was devoted TO his wife
and he would never attend any place of
festivity or amusement after her death.
The wife # senator Ailcu, better known
rs "Fog-horn" .tilcn, died here at Wash.
ington during the winter of lS4I before
the days of railroads and the old senator
carried her cory sc nome to Ohio over the
mountains, riding hcsdc. ii on horseback
during the day and watching it at night
throughout the cod, drcary journey until
he laid it at last beside her father, Gov
ernor Arthur, IN the beautiful cemetery at
ChilliColhC
Daniel Wcbstcrs two marriages were
both marriages of love. His iirot wife
was Grace Fletcher the daughter of a
New Hampshire clergyman. Webster
married her when he was 20 years of age
and while he was yet Il poor lawyer. His
popping the question was most dcicatcly
done Miss Grace had been winding II
skein OF yarn while he had hcld it for her
on his long arms The skcin had be.
come tangled and during its untwiSting
the heads OF the two lovers had come very
close t. gtshcr. AS the knot became un-
ceeded, Miss Grace, in untying this knot;
can we not now tie another which will re-
main tied as long as we live Miss Grace
bushcd and Il kiss, it is said, sealed the
bargain The two lived happily for eigh,
teen years, when Mrs Webster died in
New York, on her way to Washington,
where her husband was member of con.
gress. She was three weeks, durin 9
which time W cbstcr watched at her bed,
side but two Years after she died he mar.
ried again Wohsters second wife was
Caroline | c hoy, New York lady tall,
brown, haired and beautiful She pre-
sided over his establishment here, and &C.
companicd him to Europe where she
dined with the queen. he always ad
dressed her husband as Mr.. Webster.
and his iayorie term for her was Lady
Caroline.
Henry \. " Use proposed on the dome of
the caTtoi here and one of the results of
the marriage was John Sergeant Wise,
the present member of congress from
Virginia who was born at Rio .lanciro
where henry A. Wise was officiating us
minister at the time.
Senator sam Houston, the president OF
the republic of Texas, was the youngest
man who ever governed the state OF
Tennessee. when he fell in love with a
pretty girl at the state capital. He was
the governor of the state, good looking
and a splendid catch After his marriage
he found his wife loved another and that
she had been forced by her parents tc
marry him lie left the governors chair
and, telling his wife to get Il divorce or
the ground of descrtion, went to the from
tier and joined tribe of Cherokee In
dians. Here he married a S uaw il
Indian fashion and soon became a chief
He was drinking hard and goin to the
dogs, when oLe day he was told of tn,
troubles in Texas and the battle of tn
Alamo was described to him. lie
slaughtered himself up and was MAJ
again and went forth to his brave and
distinguished career in Texas. His wife
am told, rot her divorce, but whethe
she married her lover know not
ID Wy Crockett. another frontier states
man. fell in love with relative of hi
schoolmastcr; but while he was sparkin!
her richer suitor carried her away undo
his eyes. He next met "a beauty at ball
fell in love at first sight and became en-
gagged at the close of the nth dance Tn
day was fixed for him to announce tn,
engagement to her parents. He starte
to 90 to them, fell in with some boo
companions on the way and made, as the
say, night of ii. lie arrived day to-
late and found his lady love was to b
married that night to another. Crockett
made the best of bad bargain. II
laughed OF his disappointment aud dance
all night at the close of the wedding
the party given in its honor, lie 500
fell in love again and this time he becam
married.