Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1893 — Wives of Famous Men. [ARTICLE]

Wives of Famous Men.

Nero kickod his wife Poppa?a, to death. Tea. dyspepsia and a scolding wife made Hazlitt’s life a burden. Lessing married a widow with four children and mado them a good stepfather. Moliere. at the age of 40, married an actress of 17, and soon separated from her. The married life of the famous Palestrina was long and unsullied by domestic clouds. The married life of Lord Nelson was made miserable by his infatuation for Lady Hamilton. Horace Vernet, the French historical painter, was twice married and both times happily. Verdi married young, winning a charming Italian girl, who made his home ideally perfect. Dr. Sir Hugh Smithson married a Percy heiress for love and became Duke of Northumberland. Abraham’s married life was rendered miserable by the jealousy his wife, Sarah, had for Hagar.