Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-07-31

nesses, aud the returns Ut the consta-
BILE and sheriff.
"There 10 some informality, but the
court thinks they will do. We now
come to the great question OF the case: :
Is the defendant an able bodied manf
Yes, Mr.. Brown, that is the question.
You plead we'll On that, but It WAS
nothing but the plea of q lawyer; you
admitted that the man who stood be-
lore us was your client, and the Court
Will take notice '.6shio," as the law
books say, that lac is AL able bodied
man, and no mistake; judgment ior
lwo doliars. THIS Was The great
.eading case, and settled ail otDcrs.
ny ciionts PAID my ice OF i've dol
,ars, congratulated me- upon the re-
suit, anu years Afterwards gave me
.heIr uhItcd support ior Con6iess.
FAMILY DIFFICULTY, AMI HOW II
WAS sxr9LkD.
After ] went TO Connersville,
purchased tarm below town; xnu
vuilt the house the present resldencc
vi my friend Samuel w. Parker. lLe
uuliaer was laying the foundation
Ole morning wncn my next neigh
Uor, Capt. Larkin Sims, VINO owneu
Tie farm immediately adjoining mine
came " where l WAS standing. "Good
morning, Mr.. Smith; you are build
ing new house. 1t IL said tnat
lawyers houses are built On tools
nsads, but you will never get my heau
dnder this Foundation" "lhope not,
captain" and he passed on. Some
weeks after the Captain came to my
office, and reminded me- OF what lac
nad said, but, says he, Il have come
70 tee you-myseif and wife cannot
live together any longer" my,
Captain, what does TINS mean, you
nave got one OF the best wives 4
know among all my neighbors. /
will call down this evening and see
you both--there certainly cannot be
anything irreconcilsble between you.
The Captain lett without word OF
reply, and that evening / walked
down to his house. | was met ut the
door by the Captain and taken into
his parlor. Sally, his wife, soon came
IN, and seemed glad to see me. Each
party related their disagreements
with the cause, not forgetting the
most minute particulars The prin-
vipal cause OF the difficulty, at least
vn the surface, was, that one morning
Sally requested one of her sons to
take up the ashes from the fireplace.
The Captain sent him OF to plow,
and Sally took up the ashes herself.
decided that the Captain was inthe
wrong. lie smiled aud said nothing,
but Sally, perhaps to warmly, ap-
plauded my Judgment. Ithen began
to suspect that there was more at the
bottom than the ashes. Some days
after, the Captain called and required
me to file y bill for q divorce, on the
ground that their difficulties were
lrreconcilable, and they could no lon
ger live together. They had ten
grown children, several Of them mar
ried, with families. The bill was filed,
the divorce granted, the property anu
children equally divided, and Sally
moved to the house, and part Of the
farm assigned her. The Captain kept
the house steady, and soon after mar
ried a young woman in Rush county
and brought her home, but the emu
was not yet. The Captain Was soon
laid low, as all believed, upon bed OF
death, his youngwife refused to nurse
MIN, and took her household goods
and left. Sally heard Of his condition,
and went to his house, nursed him
oy day and by night, watched over,
comforted and encouraged, rs in theii
corner days. The Captain was finally
restored to health, obtained divorc,
from bis young wife, and in . iew
weeks afterwards the second marriag.
was solemnized between those, VIII.
should never have been separated
rhey sold their possessions, and re
moved to Missouri; the Captain was
soon after taken sick, and died, anu
his faithful wife, after nursing hin,
through his last sickness, closed his
eyes, and followed his remains TO biz
last earthly resting place.