Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1886 — Second Marriages. [ARTICLE]

Second Marriages.

“What a curious, questioning feeling people have about second marriages! And the feeling increases directly and with rapid intensity as marryings multiply. A Western widower was condoled with by his neighbor in this wise: ‘ I know what affliction means. lam living with my fifth wife.’ And the lone widower’s face lighted with a smile. A New England woman expressed her indignation because the Widow So-and-so was about to be married a third time. ‘But,’ said her friend, ‘if your house bums down, wouldn’t you build ano her?’ ‘Maybe I should,’ was the reply, ‘but if I’d been burned out twice, I should think ’twas time to go boarding.’ ”