Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1879 — Drifted Together for a Moment [ARTICLE]

Drifted Together for a Moment

5mIit111« Americas. While walking around the public square yesterday, Mrs. Johnson, who is visiting here, her residence being in Pulaski, and Sam. Owens accidentally met ana recognized each other. They were married before the war, and had been separated. Owens suggested: “Let’s kiss,” but Mr. Johnson who Just then came along, demurred—“Oh, no, you don’t kiss my wife.” Owens said to her: “I have long thought you dead, and have only recently remarried.” “And I have long though you were dead,” said Mrs. Johnson, “and I now have a house full of children.” There wss nothing more to be said after this, and the parties went their respective ways. 1 A memoir of Beaoonsfieki has just made its appearance in London, bearing on its title page the following quoit&tion from Artemus Ward as a motto: “He asked me what was my prinserpuls. MI ain’t got eny, r I said; ‘nota prineurpul; I’m in the show badness.”