The Whig standard., 1843-12-12
If MY HUSBAND WERE TO DO so

,.& .e9aa4A A DOMESTIC INCIDENT N9i fsa99 eQ
n " Poor woman what thousand piues it is
for her" said Miss Grimes, with feeling, g /
wonder how she stands it. 4 my husband were
to act so, ii would kill me" ss
II could never stand it in the world, !" added
Mrs Pitts IT is dreadful situation for wo-
man 10 be placed in. Mr.. Larkin used to be one
Of the best Of men, and took the best possible
care Of his family. For years there was not q
happier woman in town than his wife, but now
it makes ones heart ache to look at her. Oh
it must be one Of the most heart breaking things
in the world to have drunken husband,p
= IS Well, allt I've got to say spoke up Mrs
Peters, with warmth, lis, that don't pity hel
much" .,,,s..f y
why, Mrs. Peters How can you talk so. ,
.sWel I don't! ANY woman who will live
with drunken husband, don't deserve pity
Why don't she leave him z" 4.
I" That is easier said than done Mrs. Peters I
81 should think it great deal easier than to
live with drunken brute, and have her life tor
mneted out Of her. If my husband were to do
so, reckon him and me would part before .twen-
ty-four hours" s
Now Mrs. Peters husband was most excel
lent man-and sober man, withal. And his
wife was tendery attached TO him. In regard
to his ever becoming dr,lnkard she had as lit
tie fear as of his running off and feaving her.
Still when she made the last remark, she look
ed towards him, Qor he was present,) with
stern and significant expression on her counte-
nance. This was not really meant for him, but
for the imaginary individual she had supposed
as bearing the relation towards lier--a drunken
husband.
" You would, would you !" Mr.. Peters replied
to the warmly expressed resolutions uttered by
his wife. s,i ~
eyes, that wouldu' half laughingly, and
half seriously, retorted Mrs. Peters.
"You don't know what you are talking
about" spoke Mrs. Grimes.
Indeed, then, I do consider any woman
a fool who will live with drunken husband
For nv part, / have not spark Of sympathy
live with the men who beggar and abuse them.
Mere disgusting brutcs-the very sight of whom
is enough TO turn a wonlan's stomach" h ef
"You were never placed in such situation,
and, therefore, are not competent to decide how
far woman, who continues to live with a
drunken husband, is or is mol to blame. For my
part, / am inclined to think that, in most cases,
to live with the husband under the circumstances,
is the least Of the two evils"
This was said by Mrs. Pitts - a'a-3s
.sI think you are right there" resumed Mr..
Peters. 81 " A woman feels towards her own hlls-
band, the father of her children, and the man
who in life's spring time won her best and pu-
rest affections, very differently to what she does
towards another man. She knows all his good
qualities, and remembers how tenderly he has
loved her, and how he still would love her, but
for the mad infatuation which he feels it almost
impossible to break away. The hope that he
will reform never leaves her When she looks
at her children, even though abused and neglect
ed, she cannot but hope that their father will
ultimately renounce his evil habits. And this
hope keeps her up" e tAa 3
81, aAll nonsense Mrs. Peters replied, warmly.
aAny woman is Tool to feed herself up with
such fancies. There is only one true remedy,
and that is separation. That's what I'd do, and
what every woman Of sense ought to do. Don't
tell me about hope Of reforming. its all non
sense. You would not catch me breaking my
heart after that fashion for any man.. Not !"
The more Mrs. Grimes and Mrs. Pitts, and
others present urged their side Of the question,
the more pertinaciously did she maintain the po-
sition she assumed, until Mr.. Peters could not
help feeling somewhat vexed and some little
hurt. He being her husband, and the only one
who ,uld possibly hold the relation towards her
Of drunken husband, he must be the man to-