Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-04-08
DIVORCES.

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We are io6nitely amused with = 49,.
was told 10 the other days. s,e,v - -
tionably true. All our veaden k:s-
what extreme readiness and via ~ y
tie examination the Legislature s,,s ~. "
vorces during its late sessioa. 49,"
wags At Frankfort, It appears, toll 49,
;age OF this easy disposition Of ,he C...ss
assembly, to play of . practical - -
that honorable body. They haedsI -
application for the divorce Of cersa. 49,
and the bill, Is usual, was paseod 49,
particular inquiry. Some dave si,er...s.
4 Eentleman in distant lurt a - S
having read the columns Of he pssss
Commonwealth, closed the papsr = -:
and hurried of to his ns;gh6os. . vs.ss.sss
old citizen. and exclsimed-~W WIN. na;sS1s
am astonished; I never heard ~ -
between you and your wife! a. lerI.
mazementw "A quarrel besweea ~ ~
my wife!" CALCULATED the Old man-.vs.sI -
you meanr' @lmean no n...;:.s
the FIRST. '"but read your divorce = ~
per and was puzzled to account form. ~.
posed Of course that you and Au,, 49,,
had qoarrelled." .AHark ye, Sir, respond.1
the old man. II am seventy year, "a. ~
my wife Is sixtv-eight-we have lived tess,A.
torty-nlne years and raised thirteen ch;lsr..
and there has never been the FIRST illna,.,.
word between Us in Ill our lives. Diverre,
dsrorce? divorced from nv old ,r..s,s
Why, what the devil has sent YOU here v;,A
such a story!"--The neighbor made ma -.
ply, but coolly took the paper from hin l.,
and handed it to the old man, who. with ~
aid Of his spectacles, then and there read. u
MS utter disnay, an official statement ri IL
actual dissolution Of the matrimonial bond.
d himself and his wife by the sovereign A..
hority Of the state. The agonies Of the poee
Did couple. at finding themselves two. cM
readily be- imagined. That night thew weot
Dn separate pillows, but, early ON the foIov.
ing morning, the good old souls trudesd Of
Tor marriage l,cence, paid the fee, wens Be-.
ore the nearest magistrate, and were drv
oined second time together each fervesuv
praying, that the legislature would never !.
gain interfere with their connubial ties.
Lou'.v.,. Js~s.s,.
This brings TO our recollection . ci-cumseasce
which occurred in the Legislature ofthi. state, sess
'ears since. 10 which our fellow citi.es Ja.,.
eariden. Esq. was prominent member Of IL ~.
one. There had been an unusual number ef N.
ssCotsOos 70 Tue Ie&WsotVte LOT 01v01Cees 0ooA q
rhich were granted bills we're gottes ~ al
assed with but little investg alton, and anesg ~
lumber. our representative, Mr.. Rarides, pssses.
ed petition from person in this cossty, reqvss.
ing tho marriage contract betweea himself and
life should be dissolved BY legislative ssac.aest.
he petition was received, duly referred, asl .
i'll was Introduced for the benefit Of The pstitioasr.
u the st readilg Of the bill. Mr.. Rarides. o 10
aty bound. stated the case in his usual Impressive
amer. declaring il TO be aggravated il ~
xtreme. The most definite charge % which ~.
urged bis bill, vas, that . short time afer the
oplicant hal married his ''ladye love-" sAs -.
lime the mother Of . ukaIo Child. The menbsn
the legislature. without the least hesitatios, w.
d for the first and second reading Of The bill; ~
hen the question was about to be takes fos ~
'grossment oft. before its FINAL passage. IL. 3.
id. be did not wish bis fellow membsn 70 est
silly on the question-he " ished them = vote
'de acknowledgement was willing to give I'll ths
formation he was in possession Of oss fact -
Duid mention, and that vas, the hasbssd ss6
Their y - the Giackess Of the three. The bill -
definitely postponed. and MATE TONEI"
ed With his wife, NELLY" ustii the diapse-
Of life and death called h,m to his 6sal ~.