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Mixing Drinks.—About eight miles 1•jnorth of Iowa FUls dwells a “cullud ; ; pnsson,” by the mine of Banks. Banks I has a very seductive way. with him,and i as no Dinahs dwell thereabouts, be,4turned his sable battery towards ona Mrs.* Merriss, a widow lady,aged about thirty years, gooi looking, smart and intelligent. Barks was so earnest in , his attentions that the lair widow yield ed, and they wen married on last Saturday, one elder Green tying the knot. We understand bat the young men of the neighborhood came very near rais-ing a “tar snd lerther” party to apply to this black and white ebony couple. Love is love, thej say, but we fail to1 see the good sense ot any white woman • in marrying a ne'ro when there are plenty of white nen around. We do not wonder at the indignation of the bride's friend at tais act, and the man who tied the knot s aptly named Green we should say.— hra Falls Sentinel.
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Ottumwa Democrat
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 21, 1872
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