The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-08-26
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Bill AkPy,a resident Of Hunt county,
Texas, agreeing to disagree with his
wife filed petition in court pray ing
for release from one Mrs. Akry nee
Sarah Jane Maxwell, widow. Below
will be found an extract from said Pc
tition which is a peculiar document
tO say the least
Petitioner states that in the year 1862
he lost his beloved wife, leaving him
disconsolate widUwer, with seven chill
dren to mourn with him their loss.
In the fall of 1871 Sarah Jane Max
well crossed my ~ay, and il your petit
toner had followed the advice of Tony
Weller to his sou Samuel, this suit
would never have been brought Peti-
toner would further state that the said
Sarah Jane was a widow, and the moth
er of seven children, begUtten by her
former husband, thank the LORD.
Petitioner would further state that the
said Sarah Jane wa, a woman of nigh.
ty winning ways before we were mar
ried, and one Of the mildest hammered
women he ever saw. Petitioner would
further state that the said Sarah Jane
told him that all of her children were
angels, for they just looked like their
dad. Sarah Jane told petitioner that
she was raising up her child -en in the
fear and admonition of the Lord, and
that she required her children to repeat
the Lords prayer every night /; all of
which petitioner believed, for the said
Sarah Jane repeated to petitioner the
said prayer, which begins, Now lay
t, a, ,1-. -.
here let petitioner state that the said
sarah Jane is the last woman that ever
will wheedle him into malrimony on
the piety side of the docket.
Petitioner would further state that on
a Sunday morning in December, 1872,
the said Sarah Jane came to the house
of the petitioner, ,and by her fascinating 9
walk aud ptous conversation induced
petitioner to 90 to the house of that
godly man, Thomas Ready, and there
we were united in the holy bonds of
! lieVing that he had DOrcas for wife,
thought it his duty to follow the in
| junction of the Scriptures, and leave
home, father and mother, and ceve un.
to his wife so | left my home taking
with me my seven children, and went
to the hOme of Sarah Jane in TiIdwell
Thicket. And here petitioner would
like for the veil of Oblivion to fall upon
] the scene, and what followed to be lost
TO history and to man but as the veil
of oblivion will not fail, petitioner Is
bound to tell what happened.
Petitioner soon discovered that when
| hn ypAnt "a, th., h,,,r AF M nj Sar ral
Jane his D0rras was gene. and that he
had a Mary Magdalene with her seven
devils-for soon the Maxwells wanted
to know if the Akeys would mix 4; and
it Is well known that when the Akry
blood is up they will not be imposed
upon-and no mix it was. Your pc
tItiOner funded upon the head OF a bar
rel, ana, IN the language of our Presi
dent, cried out, Let us have peace. >
But about that time Sarah Jane mo
toned stick at petitioner-aud here
petitioner makes his head exhibit A, Il
show the result of that fight.
Petitioner would further state that, III
order to have clear and comprehensive
view OF this case, we must understand
the geographical position of the horst
of the said Sarah Jane. Sarah Jane /:
the middle man of Tildwell 1hcket
Plump in the center of said thicket L
where she lives, and to this place wa
petitioner conducted; and the place wa
gloomy enough, indeed for the SUI
only shone two hours day and ther
was let down by lead troughs but th
darkness would have been sufferable Il
a newly married man if it had not coil,
tinued so long, For three long week
petitioner worked night and day befor,
he saw the sun. Petitioner believes
and thinks the record will show tina
the said Sarah Jane wheedled him int,
matrimony for no other purpose thar
to clear up the thicket, because from tn
first she was abusive but at first he
abuse was hearable, but just in proper
ton as petitioner cleared up the thicke
she became more abusive, and whel
petitioner had cleared and fenced goot
field and planted and raised a goO'
crop, the said Sarah Jane-puHing OI
a full head of steam-told petitioner &
take his Akey brats and git up and git
aud it is needless to tell any one VIII
knows Mary Jane that petitioner hat
it to do.