The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-02-23

Bouyenvals at Thenelles, . village
near st. Quentin. The girls fright WA
so bad that she had . terrible. fit OF
hysteria, followed by cataleptic coma,
in which condition, notwithstanding
the efforts Of doctors and electricians.
she has remained for more than twelve
years. On such occasions she has
moaned audibly. She is fed on milk
and peptone, and removed once day
from one bed to another. In 1898 an
American Snowman offered q large
sum to be allowed to take Margurite
Bouyenval to the Chicago exposition
The parents at first agreed; but they
were eventually dissuaded by the
parish priest and local doctor.
WIFE FOR A QUARTER.
A Remarkable Matrimonial Tsansactien
Made in Wayne County.
The transfer of his wife by "Kile"
Culliford to Ambrose Draft at Butler
Center, q few days ago for the princely
sum Of twenty-five cents turns ont to
be one of the most noteworthy COM
mercial transactions that the township
has ever witnessed, says the Rochester
IN. W Democrat and Chronicle. The
fact that the wife was an interested
observer of the transaction and by ne
means the least willing party thereto,
adds interest if not moral flavor to
the affair. The Cullifords are young
people, aged respectively twenty-five
and twenty-three. Mrs. Culliford, as
it turns out, had been married once be-
<r Mha 81,
obey Culliford was made. The namo
of the first husband was David Lobel,
from whom she considered herself legal
ly separated, when year ago she was
married to Culliford. Lobel was inn
prisoned for petit larceny, and his con-
viction, she thought, was sufficient
separation. Early IN the spring they
moved 10 Butler ind Culliford worked
BY tbs dey among the farmers to sup
port his young wife: .-
EARLY in August Cu1liford came ho@e
Unexpectedly and found Draft and hia
wife under circumstances which nade
him suspicious.
sis that what you have been coming
to my house for every night for
week, bringing your old fiddler ha
demanded of Draft. Then followed
war of words and Draft left the house,
to be followed by. Mrs. Culliford lit
tie later. The separation lasted sew
eral weeks and then friends succeeded
in getting the couple together again.
Then came the season for drying ap-
pies and Mrs. Culliford expressed . de-.
sire to earn some money. She went to
work in the evaporators at Loren
Gould's. Culliford heard rumors that
caused him to make trip to the evap-
orators. His wife was not in the fac
tory. Inquiry revealed the fact that
she was in the house with ''Ammy''
Draft. To the house he went. There
he found Draft and his wife. Had Gull
liford been made of different stun
there might have been a bloody time.
But Culliford had his own way Of
dealing with the situation. Moti0ning
Draft into an adjoining room, the wife
following, he turned on his heels and
said:
'Do you want tins woman more than
do?'
"Yes," replied the ready Draft.
swell, what will you give for ;.er2''
Draft paused for moment, then he
said, firmly, but slowly: Twenty-Five
cents"
''She's yours" said Culliford. "Fork,
over"
The quarter changed hands. The
woman spoke for the first time. "Well,.
don't care" said she between sobA
"If you did buy me, you have got to
support me-"
II WILL" said Draft, and that closed
the transaction. The transfer of prop
erty took place that afternoon. Draft
calling for his purchase with his horse
and buggy,