The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-23
EXPERIMENTATION,

animation was continued by cx-Judge
Porter, She testified: Tilton was in
the habit of going around in his night
clothes. These sullen moods of his would
last for two or three days, and would
occur frequently. On one occasion, when
little Paul was very i'll, Tilton went out
and stayed the whole night. Mrs. Tilton
was very much troubled, and said so.
She indicated her trouble by walking up
and down the roem and stairs, and listen.
ed when she heard carriage wheels. APP
prehensions were expressed for his safety.
When MIR. I. came in Mrs. T. went up to
him and said, ooh, Theodore, darling, l
am so glad you came in. ! have been SO
troubled. feared something bad had
happened you; and the child is so ILL.,
MIR. L. threw himself on sofa, and said
it did not matter, and began stroking
his hair. I knew Of ore or two in
stances in which he offered objection to
her friends coming to the house, but she
always treated his friends we'll when they
came into the house. On one occasion
Tiltcn was away on lecture tour. and
Mrs. T. had trouble with her wet nurse,
Kate Smith. When he returned she
went to him and asked his advice, and he
said not to trouble him with her house.
hold affairs, but to manage them without
his Interference. That if she desired to
keep Kate Smith she might do so; bu:
that if she desired to discharge her, then
to let her 60, but in no case to come to
him about the matter. Witness was
asked if Tilton was in the habit of scold-
in5 his wife, to which Beach objected, but
the question was allowed, and witness
said: have heard Mr.. Tilton scoid his
wife frequently before the children and
myself. He has had her in a room sew
eral times, and the door locked, talking
harshly to her, and using profane express
sions. I never heard her voice raised on
these occasions. This habit of locking
himself up with her occurred at various
times, and the bell would ring frequently
for meals to which she would not come
down. l remember one Sunday after
moon two gentlemen were in the room.
and he talked to her in an angry manner.
l can't recall the conversation which
took place then. On one occasion |
heard him upbraiding, and she said she
would do all she could, and was trying to
make every dollar go as far as she could.
Tllton was very particular about his
food.
On some occasions when he came down
to breakfast he was angry because the
breakfast was dry, while waiting his COM
ing down stairs; sometimes dishes were
specially prepared for him. Parties were
in the habit of saying to the children that
their mother was a most unselfSh wO-
man, and Tilton would misconstrue this
and say she was selfish woman. Beech
er frequently called at Mrs. Tiltons. His
manner was gentlemanly,and never saw
any improperly in their conduct.
never observed any different treatment to
him as compared with other friends who
called. Remember him going up to the
sitting room and talking and playing with
the children. MIR. Greeley, Mr.. Owing
ton, Mr.. Bates, Rev. DR.. Haven, and 9TH
ers, were in the habit Of calling, but they
received the same treatment rs Mr..
,Beecher.
Shown some photographs.
This saw in the house. There we're
three or foar portraits Of Beecher in
different places in the .house. There
were books in the house presented by
Beecher. One particular occasion Tilton
visited my room in 1867. and we had
conversation. had gone to bed in the
second story bedroom, front room, off
the sitting room, connected by folding
doors. and had not been in bed very long
before Tilton came in and said he had
come to kiss me good night. l was lying
on the side Of the bed nearest the door
and he went around to the other side and
leaned over the bed and kissed me good
night, and
Witness--Shal l give all the CONVEX
sation?
Judge Porter Yes, give it all.
Witness-He strokcd my forehead and
my hair, and SAID what nice soft hair l
had, and how nice and soft my flesh was
on my forehead, and then put his hand
on my neck, and took his hand of, and
he said: "Why, Bessie. my dear, you are
painfully modest;;' and he said. 6 These
caresscs are all right; there are people in
the best society who do these things. 1t
is perfectly proper, and only persons of
impure minds think Of things like that as
not right said couldn't help what
they did in the best classes Of society. that
had my own IDEAS of what was proper
and what was modest, and was going to
carry them out, and that did not think
it proper for him to put his hand into my
neck. and was not going to let him do
it. | said it didn't matter what people
thought i'll the best classes Of society.
He then laid down and asked me if
would not like to be married.
"Why,'' I asked, "what in the world
put that in your head? % "Wcll,'' he
said, IL was an affectionate and true girl,
and ought to be married, and I ought
to have a true husband.'' said I sun.
posed when the time come, and the right