Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-11-28
STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND

- County, RS
To The Honorable Supreme Court, next TO be
Dolden al Rutland, within and for the county
Of Rutland on the drst Monday after the fourth
Tuesday in January, A. d. 1868.
Humbly showeth unto the court the libellant.
Elijah NJ. LOOMS of Pawlet, in the county of
Rutland, aforesaid, that at Rupert, III the coun-
~ Of Bennington, on the 10th day Of Septem-
Der, A. d. 1861, he was lawfully married to
Dolly Clapp of said Rupert, by j. B. Clark,
Minister of the Gospel, thereto duly author
lzed; and that your petitioner, ever since his
said marriage with the said Dolly Clapp, has
behaved aud conducted himself as 8 faithful,
Chaste aud atfeCtionate husband towards the
said Dolly, and in all things kept and performed
the marriage vows and covenants, on his part
TO be kept and performed; and that he has
lived with the said Dolly in the strict observ-
ance of all the duties required by the said mar
rage vows and covenants, at PAwlet aforesaid
and that from the time of his said marriage to
the time wheG the said Dolly left your petition
er, which was on or about the 18th day OF De-
Cember, A. p. 1865, she has not treated your
petitioner az a wife should treat husband, but
has treated him with such jntOlerable severity
that your petitioner was ept in great fear of
bodily harm and Injury that she has, on di-
vers tim ana on several occasions, struck,
beat. bruised and wounded your petitioner, and
on several occasions threatened to kill and muir
der your petitioner; and that on the 18th day
Of Dec mber, A. D. 1866, the said Dolly deserted
your petitioner, at Pawlet aforesaid and has
ever since refused to live aud cohahit with him,
although your petitioner has always provided
her with n comfortable home, aud ey, rything
for her comfort and convenience.
And your petitioner further shows that he
was born in the town OF Pawlet, in the county
Of RutlaI d, nd has always resided in said
town Of Pawlet Al your petitioner further
shows that the said Dolly has left IOur peti
toner and gone to parts unknown, without
this State, and that he has been ana is unable
TO find where she is,
Your petitioner therefore prays that the
bonds of matrimony betweea him and the said
Dolly may he dissolved and bill of divorce
be granted to him.
ELIJAH NJ. LOOMS.
STATE OF VERMONT The foregoing Pc
RUTLAND COUNTY, SO. tition having been
presen ed to me, the undersigned, one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court, and it being
made to appear th4t the said Dolly LOOMS re-
sid Is without this State in parts unknown, so
that the petition cannot be served on her.
1T Is THEREFORE ORDERED, That the said
Dolly Loomis be summoned to appear to answer
70 said petition, at the said term of sad Su-
preme Court, next TO be holden at Rutland,
within and for the county Of Rutland aforesaid,
January A. d. 1868, by the publication Of the
said petition, and this order there upon, in the
Rutland HERALD, weekly newspaper pub
lshed in said Rutland, three weeks success
sively, the last of which publication shall be at
least six weeks next before the said term of
court.
Dated at Rutland, in said county, this 10Th
day of November. A. D 1867.
/. c. KELLOGG, Judge of Supreme Court.
j. E BROMLEY, Attorney for Petitioner.
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