The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-12-20
Man-KtlIers.

Several months ago, Miss Marry Harris, Of
Burlington, Iowa, sho. an affiarced lover, Mr..
Burroughs, of Washington. Mary was arrested,
tried, proved guilty of murder, pitied by the
judge, kissed by the counsel, and declared
''innoccnt p u told his love, was accepted,
&c. &c Finally he married another, and for
this, Mary shot him. Not long after this, a
young lady c. Chicago, who had clipped with
one Beach, and became his wife. contrary to
the will of her parents, got mad at said b.,
and in the Museum at Chicago, she played
tragedy" some hat by shooting her husband
pretty nearly dead lie "still lives" but the
probability is that the wife will again Ego for
him" when he "comcs to time" We give no
opinion relative to the conduct Of this pair Of
rcvcngers-many desperate acts in life are far
from legal, but not SO far from just as mere
outside view would lead US to believe. Until
We become "perfect" ourselves, we should be
modest in censuring the acts, or condemning
the motives or weaknesses of others Of whose
lives We have only faint knowledge. But we
did not intend to so extensively into the subject
of matrimonial or pre-matrimonia infelicity |;
some people are unhappy till they marry, and
some are unhappy afterwards. Some men are
bachelors by nature, and want neither wife, set.
tied home or other responsibility. Some
women are "old maids" by nature-particular.
exacting, and disposed more to censure than to
conciliate. When these two sorts get together
the devil will be to pay as certain as the collsc.
ton of taxes. There are many worthy people
who are called old bachelors and old maids,
who would have long since married, adorned
the ''doublc.harness" circle, ard raised large
familics-but carly disappointment, death,
fathfulness to first love and other causes,
broke all their hopes to pieces, and they now
arc entitled to respect rather than half.ridi.
cule. .a 4. .s...
The above observations were linked out by
noticing in the columns of the Chicago 7'imrs
(some months go) comical and somewhat
truthful pasquinade on the Beach shooting
affair. IT'S trfle old in the order of events,
but it will read well yet. We clip:
Harris killed Burroughs because he had
married somebody else, and Mrs. Beach at
tempt to kill her husband for reasons which
mainly grew out Of the fact that he did Marry
her. From these two cases, men will see that
they are liable to be shot if they do not marry
woman, and equally liable to meet the same
fate it they do. TO marry or not to marry has
become rather delicate and diaicult question
when the result in either case is bullet from
the pistol of an infatuated woman. 10 be of
the asCnIipQ ID ia nrac MI, md
undesirable and particularly so when man
finds himself confronted with the alternative of
shooting with matrimony or shooting without
matrimony. We are allowed IA choice as to
the matrl mony, but none AS to the shooting.
About the only question that is left one, is
whether he will have the pistols with matrimo-
ny or without
Perhaps one kernel Of instruction NAV be
extracted from all this mass of vicious fruit !;
and that is, that young ladies, in selecting their
husbands, will do well to secure the paternal
blessing before rather than after marriage. A
1.-THE form surmounted by coronal Of golden
ringIets, coming down a rope-ladder, by moon
light, into the arms OF a young mar, is a per.
torrance that succeeds b. ter on paper than in
real lifc Rope ladders are indispensabeto
every wel!-conducted orthodox newell; but they
are misplaced, ano are humbu2s and invariable
failures in every day existence This little
morceau Of morality is about all we can get
from the Beach case in its present shape.
Another reflection may, perhaps, be apropos !;
aud it is that it would be economical, 50 far as
the young man is concerned, if the young
woman should shoot him six months before
marriage, instead OF a year after. This would
enable him to save enough in millinery bills to
pay his own funeral expenses. We hope that
this suggestion Of thrift will not be without
weight among young ladies who are securing
their revolvers and whetting up their stlettoes
in anticipation of the wedding-day. In fact, it
Is advisable on other accounts to shoot man
before marriage, because being more tie nder, a
bullet will penetrate fV-.her and be more like.
~ to be effective. To kill married man is
like shooting an old prairie chicken-it requires
more powder and heavier shot. The light PTS.
tolls fashionable among ladies', are scarcely
heavy enough to kill man toughened by
some months or years of matrimonial expert
ence. Therefore, on account OF economy and
the certainty OF killing, we would respectfully
suggest to OUT tar executionefs the expcdien-
cy OF shooting their man before marriage.