Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1868 — A Wife Disguises her Lover as a Woman and Introduces Him to Her Husband—The Gossips of Greenpoint Excited. [ARTICLE]

A Wife Disguises her Lover as a Woman and Introduces Him to Her Husband— The Gossips of Greenpoint Excited.

A curious phgse in elopements was developed .last week in the northwestern corner oi ' Brooklyn, otherwise knoyn as Greenpoint. The particulars, as fat as 1 ascertained, are as follows: A married woman, residing in Oakland street, between Meserole and Norman avenues, has for some time past frequently visited New York under pretence of seeing her sister. On the 23d of laas month, on returning from one of these visits, she brought upmea lady with her, who was.in-: troduced to her husband as Mrs. Cleveland, an old schoolmate of toe wife, who wished * to stay with the family for a few days. The generous husband acquiesced in everything his good wife wished, and no objection was made. t *,- The visitor was very timid and not nsed to the noise of the city, and was afraid to sleep alone, so the wife retired with her to toe room assigned her, while the husband slept with his children. ’ This programme continued until Monday of this woek, when too visitor, who had exceedingly enjoyed her Visit’ to hes friend and neighbors, departed for home. On eleoItoou day the wife took advantage cf her spouse remaining at home, to have, him assist her in getting carpets up and shaking toe same, preparatory to cleaning houee for jrinter. Thus on Wednesday morning toe house was iu the utmost imaginable confusion. On toe husband's ’return in the evening, be found kia wife, fondly and household articles all game. A - , Thursday developed . the foot that toe

wife had: shipped her children to Norwalk, Conn., to her husband’s sister; and she took tickets for a tour westward with the above-mentioned Mrs. Cleveland, who turns out to be a young man with' effeminate characteristics. * One of the children remarked on entering toe house, that she acted something like a map; but it was not then' noticed. Thefrimiiurc, money and vsluabfoe taken amount to nearly $4,000. The family has enjoyed a good reputation, and toii unlocked for incident has shbekdd the sensibilities of 41>e neighborhood, and afforded a topiofor what is locally knowh as “Orcfaard Gossip."—.Sunday Note*. . * , —Signor Hangieii, an Italian journalist, who spent two years in this country, say* that Boston rim bout of the moet beautiful women in toe United States.