The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-24

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tbinl hoon rostro;ncd bocouso T o;mnlr
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tboso f,r;cs bo wonlJ ofton so;ao md
bro,l onytb;,n vh;nL uns - LanI
lnmns alossoS u;rrors and somct;mos
tbo beov;or f,rn;trro of tho roo, Orton
he wonld risc from bcd in tbosc uncon.
trolIablc attacks of nossion tcorinc awov
all tbc he'd clotbing tcoring in shreds his
own NIGHT clotbing throw;ug ANYTHING
bo could find wh;cb wos broat9hle crasb9
inc about the unl;ghtc1 room t;ll II bos
seemed to me os if there could he no nan.
demonium worse tbon that in which I
lived. and all This he would do without
cxnlonation or even nrotaxt for com.
, plaint AGAINST me and when Iknew no
more what excited his frenzy than babe
unborn. He would sometimes keen up
this conduct and this abuse for hours.
without a syllable or a motion heinz made
on my part. and would then burst into
tears. bcc nv pardon. and say was the
best woman who ever lived. and then 90
to sleep exhausted. Sometimes he said.
f Your id silence irrctates me more than
if Won talked
" In the winter of 1863 and 1864. we
were Mr.. Sinclair's neirhbors. One night
while there. Mr.. Mcfarland came home
so bruised and BLEEDING from some street
, broil-not an uncommon occurrence on
his part-that was obliged to call in Mr..
Sinclair for aid in GETTING him TO bed.
This was only three or four weeks before
the birth Of nv Youngest child. or |
should not have done so. Then | kept
!, Mr.. Mcfarland in his room for more than
. a week, carrying his meals to him myself,
. that his disgrace might not be seen and
commented on bv the other boarders.
Mrs Ricbordson olso norrotes bor Of.
forts to supnort herself and her cbildreo
bv WRITING for the n,nors and m,oozpos
r the great part of her cornings beino an.
propriated by Mcfarland She declined
+ aid from the Sincloirs from natives ot
, pride. which could not allow her to re-.
; ceive charity Mcfarland nrocured \
, thousand dollars in January 1866. bv
r backmaline an oil land owner of Penn.
+ sylvania. threatening 70 oxnoso ;rreoular.
tiles in his income returns ;f he did NOT
give him money. In the winter of lSGG
She first met Mrs. Calhoun and January
= >, 1867, after unusually harsh and inhu.
man treatment from McTarl,nd wrote tc
her a letter. oivinr = statement or he,
wrongs. and anneolino far svmnotbv and
, advice, which Mrs Colboun answered in
3 the letters which were reoJ on tbc trial
In this letter Mrs R;cborIson savs.
Dear, | trv to write thoso tb;nas col1lv
and mechanicalv want 70 dD co co .,
not to he uniust but 7 n,,st wr;tc Won
, feel must let Won lnow somot5;no ot
5 my inner life, and of the STRUGGLES no one
, can see, or shall die. 7 don't know what
e to do-what course to take. | want to be
advised. have written these mild word.
: incoherently. know. since WRITING is not
: my natural method of EXPRESSION. TO oet
: this weight off me and Tbavc tried 70 write
= Justly. know must in some way nro.
D tect myself from Mr.. McFarland's mode
A of revenginc anv corcless word unon me
1 have half modo mn my mind to.do~ tc
tell the Sincloirs fcar tbc cpcroach.
j mcnts of his habits dread nv fntur,
: so much. and have my babies to think
I. of besides YcsterJov he drow two week,
1 of NV salary ,t tbo tbe,tor and mid tb,
: weekly boarJ hin and I fcor will sncnd
= GOOD deal of the money which we neet
G so much in liouor Don't come TO m,
i after reading This Gsor I sholl rencn
q writino if Yours ,lwovs Amy
"On the evening of February 20 1867. ;
q saws Mrs R;cbordson ..hoforo oo;nr T,
+ the thootor socreto1 b;s razor hi;
= noclct ln;fa nv sc;ssor., ord oil tbe ar
4 ticles I considered Jangerous os fro
q oucntlv did q, sncb occoe;ops and lof
/ him Whom 7 emma homo ho vos st;l
: rocino Ue froouonlv had unJo ,hroot
Of committing shields often goinc ont O
doors with that ovowed nurnose On tbi
h occosion about midnicht he bode mo a,
Y unusuollv solemn .ctern,I farewell, an,
. toll mo That tb;s t;mo be wos corto;nI,
aoinr out 70 destroy h;msolf ITO bo,
Jono t,;s 60 NOM, ,is,os Hot so;J 10th
o ;ng and modo NO. otlort 70 Jet,in him A
v tbo 1oor he bos;tote5 anJ osloJ ;fI ba,
= ;. notb;ng 70 say in tbe LAST nart;no 7 said
i II can onl,, sSr thotI am bonolosclv corr,
/, Gov Won, uo ,ron, o,,t mi ~ c;, ~; :,
"a MO: returreJ osI Lnow be woulJ coole,
-, au1 aoLana1 h.. .Lo ala ,;aL, a;n a,,
l. thon M Il ho;no noorlv mora;nG os m;ldl,