The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-10-26
Attempted Suicide-An Injured Wife
Seeks Reparation In Poison-An Old
Story Retold.

Attempted suicide-An Injured Wife
Seeks Reparation In PoisOn-An Old
Story Retold.
To those who carefully note the current
events OF the day, as recorded in newspapers,
II must sometimes appear that instances of love
and deserton are not more frequent than those
OF marriage and misery. 1t is possible that the
former oftenest appear before the public, and
that the latter oftenest happen; but which is
saddest it is difficult to determine, for both
cause wreck of hopes and oftentimes an
abandonment of life.
There Is always an tinutterable sadness about
an attempted suicide, whether It be successful
or otherwise. This Is not because an indi-
vidual has raised his hand against his life, but
because the evidence it furnishes that some
griefs are too great to be borne, would seem to
be incontestible. case was related to us
few days ago by physician of this city, which
we propose briefly to lay before our readers.
A couple, both Of whom were young, and so
far as persons could Judge from outward ap-
pearances, admirably adapted to each other,
about four years ago were married, and for
some time lived together quite happily and
contcnted in comfortable dwelling house, on
Eighth-street, below Mound. The business of
the man was in good condition; he seemed fond
Of his wife, and she was devoted to him. Sun.
shine fell from his smile upon her heart, and
flowers in the pathway Of life sprang up in
their footprints.
But this was not destined to continue. With
out any apparent cause, the husband almost
entirely deserted his home, his evenings, often
times his nights, were spent at gambling and
drinking houses, and at last the trusting crea-
ture who had linked her life with his was in
formed that her husband visited worse places,
in the eyes of society, than either of these. He
came home intoxicated night after night, and
during these fits Of lunacy--eortainly il was
nothing else--abuscd and even struck the ten
der plant he had sworn to cherish. ,s.
Her tears, her prayers, her entreaties, were
all without avail, and whether they appealed
to him or to the Deity, both remained alike un-
answered. No children had been piyen them
by tho bencncent hand of nature to strengthen
their union, and the poor wife had no one ex-
oept this man upon whom to lavish the wealth
of her young and affectionate disposition. Her
parents had been torn from her by the hand Of
tho ruthless destroyer, and although there were
those who called themselves friends, that sym
pathy which loving heart forever and forever
Graves was not to be found among them.
Under these circumstances what wonder is IL
it that her courage failed? What wonder that the
sunshine fed fren her eyes, and her hopes be-
came blighted and witheredf In all the garden
OF life there was not now single flower, and the
rosy atmosphere with which het life had been
surrounded, became hurky, dull and baneful.
The perfamed breath of youth was changed to
a pestilential vapor, and the halo which her
fancy had painted about existence seemed
now the leaden clouds Of adversely.
Weary of life,a couple of weeks ago, she
determined to abandon it, and for this purpose
procured heavy dose of strychnine, which
she immediately took and laid down to de-
Within few moments thereafter, although at
an unusual hour, her husband came home and
found her in spasmS. lie ran for a physician,
who, by the application Of proper remedies,
saved the life which had become so hateful to
its possessor. ..... ..
Tho wife is now we'll and tho husband re-
pentantJ but how long this will remain, Of
course, can not be determined. The story is
an old one, although none the less sad for
having been so often repeated; but as strong
diseases require strong remedies, let us hope
that the husband, awakened to full sense of
the ruin he has wrought, will now, at least,
mako IN effort to repair it.