Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-27
A RICH CASE AND "A RICHER REPORT.

An aged couple Of Cincinnati lately applied
to the Ohio Legislature for divorce. These
birds represent that they, OF their own choice,
w"r" married. in 1917, and that Tor thirty years
thereafter they lived together as man and wifi,
When' from some cause not stated, they -napp u
asunder the siIken cord, and ever since have con-
tlnued dlssevered-as two distinct inlividualites
and having now no desire to be reunited, (be-
ing antipoda in their oreanzatio1) they pray
the honorable Legislature TO put .eaa partl-
ton between them, as enduring as the Granpian
Hills They have thus mutually agreed to place
the matter heiore the Legislature, and with uni
ted voices pathetcaliy beseech The members to
take into consideration their unhappy condition,
unable as they are TO form new connections with
any other - comrades or companions "a worse
than exile in view of the inborn instincts of the
sexes.
Thus saith the committee:
The petitiOners-Jamcs and Maria Sutton
do not sufficiently set forth the cause why they
mutually severed and parted = and after CO.
habtaton OF thirty years, it Is necessarily very
important 10 know these reasons. They leave
an immense range Of inference in the minds of
this learned assembly They might have been
dissatisfied with each others personal beauty or
wearicd with their respective mutual attractions
The! might have been fighting constantly for
thirty years, and at last both been exhausted
they mutually backed out, fzzled, and crawled
away from the scene OF combat. Again. some
dlreiul hend in moustache and patent leather
boots may have lntruded his fascinating but dia-
boical figure into their peaceful. domestic circle,
poisoned the happiness of that shrine and finally
caused a separation between the blessed pair,
and a connection between his own back and
tough cowhlde Which of these is the cause of
the split, the committee are unable to say.
IL, ,,T.. Il. 1 =
ners, who have been in purgaory for thirty wars,
should certainly be put through in one direction
or the other instead Of being allowed to return
to the terrestrial condition of their former state.
y precedent will be found for this course in the
case Of " Orpheus VS.. Pluto" fret Pandemonium
Reports 129.
The committee could see no reason why these
evidently ancient turtle doves should not peace
ably and quietly pursue the course they prac-
tlced for thirty years, and mutually return to
each others bosoms and would advise this course
for reasons as follows
For high the Miss that waits on welded love.
But pure,t, emblem of the bliss above.
OF one fond heart TO be the slave and lord.
Bless and be blessed, adore and be adored;
To draw rapture from another'S 10Y.
To share each pang and half its sting DESTROY
To own the link OF soul, the chain Of mind
That hearts 10 hearts, and hands to hands can bind
Tor ever and ever-amen'
lhe committee beng therefore, unapprsed
of the causes of this separation, or its probable
monstrous results, can only recommend the
House to advise them to " stick it out" for their
brief iulare of this earth. Whatever their df-
culties or embarrassments may be. whether SEN
timental constitutional as, therefore, this
House wculdr't it it could nor " cotIdn't if
il would" they recommend the petitioners to the
Court oil Common Pleas, and to beware of Big
amy.
Signed by majority Of committee.
1t is sufficient to add that, after motion to
print 100000 copies was made by Mr.. West, the
report was laid on the table.