Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-18
How A WIFE REFORMED HER
HUSBAND BY SEWING HIM up

IN It; and certainly the marriage q! I'll I
len Walters and Thomas Williams may h
be placed among them. We donot mean q
to say that an ill-mstche' couple is by q
any means an extraordinary thing No: h
but there appeared such All irreconeilIa- \
Bile dissimilarIiy to their tastes. Feelings, a
and ideas, that tits really surprising how a
their courting days were spent-but '
spent they were, and at length put an {
end to by marriage. Regarding the in
cident we ATE about TO relate we shall +,
"ot tell when or where il happened, ex-
cept that it was in town the name OF
which begins with N. I;
Thomas Williams was a shopkeeper.
and, we regret to write it, drunkard; he
was a liceHtio1s. III bred person and
coward wIthal, frequently b.ating BIZ
wife and Tlone but cowardly man will
do that, at least so we think. Tom was
rrckoned capital fellow among hi>
cOmpanions-men who, like himself
left their business TO take care of itself
while they wasted their time and money
in improper indulgencies There are
TOO many such men. niore's the pity - /
Now we are prepared 10 say that Mr.. |
Williams was not deserving of the treat |
ment sheJrecciyed at the hands Of her |
h'Isband; and was, Tar loo, good for such |
! a.nlsn as y ilT;ams She was wen ed |
ucatea woman, of 6ne ieelingk in taci
superior to her husband III a1I:that a.
dorns. elevates, aud ennohles humanity.
Ellen bore the ill-trratraent and abusive
language Of her husband for sometime
without telling any one.. Sometimes
her relations would interrogate her, sus-
pecting that he did not n~e her well bei
she generally evaded the Doint and be-
gan to talk OF something else At last
she told an intimate friend Of the way
she was treated.
All knew il. Ellen-I knew itf re-
piled her friend Emma Brown. Eve
rybody who knows you cal tell what
alls you: and even a stranger might
guess that YOU are the wife of drunk
ard The conversation concluded by
, Ellen asking EInma's advice in :he
matter; but Emma, poor thing could not
advisP-she knew not how to deal with
drunken husbands That night Williams
!, y returned home very late, aud, as was his
}, ;, custom, saluied his patient wife with
q vulgar and insulting language. She ven.
: 'ured TO reply, for she burst not be
: silent, for then he said she was IN the
Z sulks,'l and on several previous occa
/" lions he had struck her because she
' did not speak to him. tfter time, be
. went to bed. ellen sat up much Ion.
!, ger than she had need, nov that heI
% husband was at home but somethin
important was passing in her mind
s From that night Ellen was en- altered
>, woman.
1t was near ~ o'clock few nights af
:" ter that, Ellen sat alone ih her cherries
" dwelling, awaiting the return cf her hus
III hand she was reading, or trying 10 read
10 when suddenly she heard some one rat
'r fling at the door. Making sure that
10 sas him. she instantly opened it. wher
20 drunken man who had been leaninl
We against il, fell into the passage, Sh
- was someu hat alarmed and told him I
r get up and begoHe; but he paid iiui
It's heed TO her--his senses were too dreF
e " stepped 10 drink. H1wever. after
- little while, he managed to get outsid,
Is so as to allow Of the doors being closed
so Ellen shortly retired TO her room
20 but had not been there long before ,sIl
lo- he ard her husband abusing the druukr
a fellow, who had been lying at the doc
snh and was Just at that moment taking b
oh departure. illiams entered the hou,
la' in a state of frenzy. swearing that Il
stranger came out Of the house just.
10 he, Williams, reached the door. Ho
'nr pnor Ellen trembled In vain she to
iX- him how the matter stood; he would n
nat listen to her, but treated her most C.
he ellv and then went 10 sleep as thou.
he had done praiseworthy and comic
= creating action. When he had sic
as awhile, Ellen said 10 herself, I'll do
ihy whatever be the consequence it may
10 gond-l hope it will So saying 5
= folded the blanket over her husband, al
~ began to sew him up id it ! she had We
lnn little trouble in II e folding part of the !
ol siness for Thomas with the most
en- commoda'ing spirit in the world, had
ior- most wrapped himself up--to save
'"n wife the trouble, may be Thomas |
ayS very still while the sewing process W
ne going on when il was finished, Ell
an' left the room for a moment, and retni
on ed with the clothes line in her hand.
ION She then shook her husband 10 awak
PIC him; and as she did so she said Coz
nm Thomas. awake. and I'll tell you wha
nry am going to do You've often beat
ana an. ne-I have resolved now that my III
M M is come : am going 10 beat you Thu
MS as awokp and was about to turn ~
'orF when he found himself in fy.! :
y dom has any one been more surPri.
~ use than lom al finding himself SO shat
%'a1 led, but he had little lime for re1rcij
Oy for his wife heean TO deal him some su