The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-14
A Novel Way of Settling n Domestic
Difficulty.

\ Michigan paper tells the following:
About four years ago a family named
Wymans, consisting of the husband,
wife and three children, took up home
stead near Baldwin, Lake County, and
ND to some four weeks ago pursued the
even tenor of their way, in no manner
doing aught to attract public attention.
They conducted themselves in all things
as good citizens. 1t was known, OF
course, in their neighbOIhood that they
were in Strengthened circumstances, but
as they were doing apparently as well
as the general run of new settlers, no
one thought the worse of them for this.
A short time ago they moved to Bald
win, and Wymans, the husband, went
to work for James Tinney, cutting logs,
etc, while the industrious wife gave her
| best assistance toward supporting the
family by.taking in washing and dong
such other work as came to hand. Not
long after taking up their residence at
/ Baldwin Tinnev came TO board and took
up his quarters with the Wymans family.
Then it became apparent to the nus
band, and the idea grew more and more
obtrusive, that the demeanor OF his Wlfe
! and of Tinney was not consistent with
proprietv. to say nothing of virtue.
Finally WvmanS mustered courage to
free his mind and spoke to his wife
about her conduct in the friendliest
manner in the world. Not to be out
done in civility, she frankly replied that
her affections were firmly and irrevoca-
blv centered on Tinney, and that she
greatly preferred living with him. Wy
mans is a philosopher; he realized that
the discarded man who suffered HIM
self to be deluded with the hope that he
can revive the affections of false or
tickle woman is a fool. Once let
coniugal life become contaminated with
infdelity and there is not in the whole
chemistry of love an agent powerful
enough to eliminate debasing suspicious
of criminality, or restore confidence IN
that purity which of all things else goes
TO make up a perfect domestic union.
Wymans had thought of all this, and
Immediately, without showing feeling
or passion, proposed separation, say
inc if she loved Tinney best and wanted
him he would sign over all right, title
and interest which he had in her to Tin
nev. provided the latter would covenant
TO take good care of the children anc
allow him to visit them as often and stay
as long as he desired. The alienatec
: wife, with flushed precipitancy, under
L took to procure Tinney's signature to
contract of that nature. That very fore
t noon she accomplished her desire, anC
the contract was signed and delivered
+, The three parties concerned-leayln9
d out the children-being then disposed
to amicably arrange matters betweel
S them, Tinney suggested that it woul'
) be the proper thing to record the trans
S action bv bill of sale, an instrumen
a whose undisputed validity would pre-
vent anv after-claps, should either sid
. repent of the bargain. There was som
e higgling as to the terms, none whateYe
% to the proposition per sc. The CONVEX
V sation ended in document being draw
e up and signed which specified that, tc
E. and in consideration of fifty dollars
e, hand paid, Wymans conveyed to Iii
IS nev the woman, his wife, his three chl
D. dren and also COW and one calf. III
Is woman was described by name and a9
Is with almost as much particularly
" the COW and calf. This bill of sale
recorded in the Township Clerks offi'
in the Township of Pleasant Plain
ut Lake County. Tinney and Mrs. W
ne mans are now living together.