The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-08

one WoMAS's WoRX--IT CONSISTS CHIEFLY
IN SMASHED SALooN-WINDows.-[ Wilmington
G1I.) Correspondence of the Yorkvile Re
cord.] IA tirst-class excitement came OIL
here last Saturday morning. when many Of
our citizens were aroused from their sltlm'
berS BY the sound of breaking wiDdoW-gass
and q general smaSh-up.
To give the reader q correct idea of the
situation it will be necessary to 60 back sew.
eral years-to the marriage Of Mr. j., who
is a man of property aud most respectable
family, with young woman who had been
an inmate Of his house for several years, and
we'll knew of bis intemperate habits but,
like many another silly girl. she expected TO
reform him after marriage, which turned out
as such cases almost invariably do, as will be
seen by the sequel. Mrs. ]. was unable to
reform her lord and master, who seemed 10
entertain a greater affection for his drink
than he did for his wife, which is usual with
that class of men; and, after exhausliuS the
thousand articles SO often resortcd to by
her sex in like circumstances. without avail.
Mrs. j. became discouraged and at times
desperate. TO render matters worse, Mr..
j. usually kept more or less men about him
who were as fond Of liquor as he is himself,
and occasionally they have had lively times
all around. Mr.. j. has several times at
TEMPTED reformation, but it is the old, old
story. Occasional efforts to reform have been
followed by, if possible, lower depths
of drunkenness, aud madam has quite
naturally come to the conclusion that
so long as her husband can get liquor he
will drink ii, and is consequently opposed
to all saloons in general, and Wilmington
saloons in particular, the keepers OF which
Stoutly maintain that they sell nothing but
"pop"; but rs J. is continually at the sa
looms, returning home most beaStly drunk.
Mrs. J. has become decidedly opposed tO the
sale of pop. 1t is generally believed that
many men who drink TO excess will lie, and
if occasion seems TO require. some of them
will swear TO it ; hence the difficulty Of Oh
tanning evidence against Slluon-keepcrs. So,
early on Saturday morning, Mrs. j. decided
not to wait the delay and uncertainties Of
law, but to take the business into her own
hands. Accordingly she left home at 3
o'clock in tue morning, going to Millington
OH foot, distance of over mile. After
crossing the bridge she armed herself with
several stones preparatory to making raid
on the saloons, which she did by breaking
all the front lights out Of Hathron's estab-
liShment, when she went to Munch's saloon
and served that in The same way; after which
she went home very quietly. Some people
consider Mrs. j. crazy, but think not, as
there was too much :" method in her mad
uess" but she was certainly very foolish,
Is the law would have been better. But
who can say what they would OF would not
An undpr like circumstances
Of course the saloon-kecperS buzzed
around like Il lot of hornets when their nests
nave been broken into, and MuDch was in
errible state of anxiety about his family, us
Mrs. Munich and all the little Munches were
nearly parayzed with fear; just as if, haV-
ug lived in saloon the most Of their lives,
hey had never heard row before; but,
upon J.'s paying the damages, Munch's So
icitude for his family abated wonderfully,
md in his magnanimity he concluded not
20 carry the case any further.
People who profess to understand the law
oil us that husbands are no longer RESPONSE
HE for their wives "torts," and if Mrs. US
little erceutricity wasn't "tort," what was
tp It is probable that j. was willing to pay
Iamspes. otherwise be might not get his fa-
yorite beverage; and the saloon'keepers
were glad to take what they could get, and
have no investigation. The foregoing little
episode in Millington life presents several
morals. Among them the two following
must be apparent to most minds: if young
ladies' will marry iutemperate men they
must come to grief; and if saIoon-keepers
will persist in selling pop" likely as not
they'll get their windows smashed.