The Hartford republican., 1907-04-05
WOMAN Who IS
HER own MOTHER
Married Three Brothers Di-
y0rced From Each.
But That Wasn't all She Then
Married Father of Her Three
Divorced Husbands.

Jim and Jack, have had quite an even,
full career in the matrimonial line.
Their next door neighbor was
Spruce Williams, and Spruce had a
daughter born on the same day the
youngest Primm boy was born and
they had been reared together and
played with each other every day of
their uneventful lives. Some ten
years ago or more John, the elder of
the Primm boys, felt that he was old
enough to get married, and on looking
over the field he found none that suit
ed his taste better than his playmate
from youth, and he paid her court
and in due time the ceremony was
performed. She came to the Primm
household, which had stood for long
time in great need of womanly care,
and assumed her duties.
boy, and he was named John Primm,
Jr. Differences soon arose, however,
and one day she took her child and
returned to the parental roof, declar-
ing she could not longer live with her
husband. He tried to induce her 20
return, but she would not, and so af-
ter two years he filed bill charging
desertion, and obtained a divorce.
BY this time, Jim Primm came to
h. hot titnan fnr
him to take unto himself wife. He
had never stirred around among the
young people to any great extent and
his acquaintance was extremely linn
tied among the female sex. But there
was one woman that he was acquaint-
ed with, and that was Mrs. Mary
Primm, the divorced wife of his broth
er, John. He laid the matter before
her and in due time they were mar
ried, and she returned to the house
she had left some two years before
as the wife of Jim Primm. Her first
husband made no objection and things
ran along nicely for some twelve
months when another boy was born
and he was called Jim Primm, after
his father.
Soon after this, however, household
trouble came up and her husband in a
fit of anger, took a buggy whip and
gave her a threshing, whereupon she
took her two children, and left and
filed a bill in court for divorce and
obtained the same. She lived quietly
for a year or more at home, attend
ing to her own business.
In the meantime Jack, the younger
of the Primm boys, had become of age
and got it into his head that he ought
to marry. He had always been in
love with his sister-in-law, although
she had been the wife OF his brothers.
and he called on her. At first she OBJ
jected but he insisted and finally they
were married. She got her things to-
gether and a third time resumed her
station in the household she had
twice filled before as Mrs. Primm. No
particular objection was entered by
the two elder brothers, and she went
ahead with the housework for them
all. In due time a child was born,
also a boy, and he was called Jack
Primm, Jr., in honor of his father.
Christmas came on and jug was
ordered. After all had imbibed pref
ty freely they got into a dispute about
the relative mental capacity of the
children. John Primm, ST., declared
that John Primm, Jr., was the peach
of the bunch; Jim Primm, Sr., stated
that Jim Primm, Jr., was the whole
cheese; while Jack Primm, Sr., We
hemently announced that Jack Primm,
Jr., lad already forgotten more at
the age of six months than the other
two children would ever know. A free
for all fight was INDUCED in, ending
up in Jack Primm beating up his
wife's head with a pot id,having got
ten 1t into his head in some way that
she had sided with his brothers and
their children against him and Jack
Primm, Jr., in the quarrel. She took
all three of the children and left for
home and refused to return. Jack
tried to get her back, but she would
not come and he got divorce from
her on the ground of desertion.
In the meantime her father and
mother died. In some way they had
lost their place. The mother died first.
and then the father. The day old
Spruce Williams was buried.old man
Joe Primm attended the funeral. On
his return home he stopped at the
Williams place, now in the hands of
aliens. He saw the divorced wife of
his three sons in her anguish and
and his heart went out to her.
He told her of his respect and tender
ness for her, and that as she had no
home and was without friends he
would take her in and take care Of
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