Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1876 — A Carious Marriage. [ARTICLE]

A Carious Marriage.

A curious fact in regard to the marriage of John Kemble, the actor, is told m Bannister’s memoirs. One of the daughters of a noble lord, formerly holding high office, but then living in retirement,, had fallen in love with the graceful and actor, merely from seeing him on the stage, Kemble was sent for by the father, and, to his astonishment, acquainted with the circumstances. The noble lorfl told him further that it was in his power to do him either a great evil or a great favor; and that if he would do the latter, by relieving him from all apprehension of the lady’s indulging her fantasy, and relieve him effectually by marrying anyone else for whom he might have an attachment, his wife should receive a dower of £5,000. Kemble immediately proposed for Miss Brereton, a pretty actress in the company, and the marriage toefc place without delay. But the amusing part of the tale is, that the afflicted and magnanimous father instantly recovered his spirits and lost his memory. On being applied to for his thousands, he declared that he had no recollection whatever of the compact, nor indeed any of the idea, further than some general conversation on such matters with the “ very intelligent person in question ;’ J adding “ that if he was to pay £5,000 for every whim of his daughter he must soon be a much poorer man than he ever intended to be. ’ ’ It is believed that Kemble never got a shilling from this very sensitive nobleman, and that, for the rest of his life, he attached a new value to the vulgar etiquette of signing and sealing beforehand, even with the most plausible of mankind. A Cork for Burns.— The following is one of die best applications for bums or scalds, more especially when a large surfece is denuded of skin. Take one dram of finely powdered alum and mix thoroughly with the whites of two eggs and one teacup of fresh lard; spread on a cloth and apply to the parts burned. It gives almost instant relief from pain, and excludingthe air prevents inflammatory action. The application should be changed at least pnee a day.— Am. Manufacturer. South Carolina proposes to engage in the cultivation of jute, the coast lands being favorable for it, while the planters are becoming tfred of raising Sea Island cotton and rice.