The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-04-09
InsSEnGAEE1%Ss
How "a wife Reformed her Hus.
band by sewing him up"

BdHU nv ScWunS uiiti ~.
TINS IS a strange, queer word; odd and
unsccoln,able things come TO pass 20 u; aud
cet,5ia,y the marriage OF Ellen Walters aud
Thomas Williams may be placed awong them.
We Do not mean TO say that an Illmslched
couple is by any means an extraordinary
thing. No; but there appeared such an IRE.
conl able dissimlarty 10 their tastes, feel.
ins., and ideas, that It Is really surprising
how their counting days were spent-but spent
ihey we're, and q. length put an erd TO BY
marriage. Regarding the incideut we are
s5sui 10 relate ne shall not tell when OF where
. Unopened, except that it vas 10 q Town the
name Of which begins With \.
I1omas Williams was shopkeeper, and,
W F6LIet 10 write il dfuukafdi be was II.
ccn!,5us, III bred person; and coward wuh
~ ,fgqaeutly beating MS aie--and none but
q c14srdv man will do that, at east we
ID ak. Tom was feckoned c,pltal fel!o"
az org bis paaions-men 10, Ike HIN.
Sc Ell their business 10 take csre OF itself,
~Lie hey wasted their time and money IN
improper induigencies. There are 100 many
sgca men, .nn!e's The pity Nov We are
prepared 10 say that Mrs. WlIlIlms was not
deserving OF the treatment she received al
iho hands Of her husband and Vas far too
vel educated woman, Of 6ae feelings;
~ fact superior 10 her husband 10 all bat a.
o3fs. esyates, and enaobes humanity. r.
lea bare me I!.irealment and abusive language
ri her husband ior somstime, urAout tell.
.. any one. Somsiimes her relations would
laisrIoga,a her, suspecllog thai he did not
use her veil but she generally evaded the
port, and began 70 TAX q something else
A, lssl she tod 40 laumae trieGd Of the way
,ne was treated.
al kne II, f len-l know It 7 replied
Ter fusad, Emma Brown. Ever body who
kuoas you can tell wha' ais yru; and even
aNeNrri tLlzUA S1Cts tuat w oiS auo NV
Of dru1kard. The conversation concluded
by Eaen askng Enna's advice 10 the mai,
ter but L nma, poor thing, could not advise
she knew not how to deal siih orunker
husbands. Tha, nigh. Williams returned
home very late, aud as vas bis custom, salu
ted his paten. wife with vulgar end lnsulln
language. She yentured 10 reply, TOR SD
durd 90, be silent, for then he SAID she "a
" IN the sulk., and on several previous oc
essions be had struck hsr because she did no
speak 10 him. Alter time. he seot to bed
Esn sst Up much longer than she had need
now mat Der husband was al home but so ne
thing imporiau; was passing 10 her mind
From that night Ellen vas en- altered ~c
man.
Il was near IL O'Clock few nights sfte
'hsl 7 len sat alone 10 her cherries dwelI,ni
awaiting the return OF her husband she VI
reading, or trying to read. wheH suddenly u
9ssrd some one rafting a. the door. Ma
iGg sure that ii vas him, she instantly ope
ed IT, when a drunken mao who had bee
leaning asalns, II, el into the passage. ST
IVES somewhat alarmed and told him to q
Up aud begone; but be paid little heed 10 h
his senses ere too deeply stepped 10 driu
However, after little while, he managed
get outside, 20 as to allow of The doors beir
closed so Ellen shortly retired o her room
but had not been there long tefofe she hes
her husband abusing he drur k q low. vi
hsd been lying al the door and sa- lbs,
that moment isking his departure. Wilma
catered The house 10 state OF i,enzy. swear,
tatttbs stranger came out Of the house ii
as ~, Wiiissas, reached the door. FL
plsI Z len ;remblsd! Ia vain he told ii
hoN the matters TODD be would DOT listen
her but treated her most cruelty. and IN