Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-22
state of Maine

HANCOCK, ss.-To the Honorable, the Justices OF
the supreme Judicial Court, next 10 Ne holden al
Ellsworth, in and for the County OF Hancock, on
the second Tuesday Of October. A ID. 1875.
MARY y. WHITTIER, Of Franklin, in tlle t,oun-
NJ ~ OF Hancock, state of Maine, respectfully
abel and gives uis Honora bic Court 10 be Inform
81 that she was lawfully married - Albert Whit
~. on the 9TH day Of May, \. D. l-7.. at Lowell
Al>-ac hu-etis, by r.. II, Poster. Clergy man that
they have cuhabiteyi at Franklin aforesaid size.
and ntcrfarri &c AMI that she At the present
time his, The said Albert WhNtier'-, LAWFUL wife
and ht- htd by the said AIuert, two children who
are now living Ella Francis. three years oil
The .'ih day OF June, l-ih. ant Charles Edward
iWo YEARS OH the 3ith iay OI september, 1876 -
hat the hr-t yeai after their intcrmarrAze aiurc-
-Aii she -LppSr.ri herself by her own labor au
earnings in t. fictnry At Lawrence, Mass. b..
cause her SaI1 hn-6Hni tallci t. prlvIIc her a
home. That the seuonsl car After t,,-r rfarriage
tacy went 60 housekeeping st iiaverhil, Massachu
sets ami k.pl house about two mon, rs "A hen h,r
SAID husband iAile'l % support her aad for the a.
tll necessities uf fc she Obliged % leave her
saii husband and be- taken To her home or former
home, IN Franklin. Me, by her brother, Howard
W Dunn, and assisted by her brother lfurcraI
That she has hvei one year Il Franklin Aforesaid
In good iaith prior To the commencement Of pro
cee,iings IN tins case. That your hbeilant since
their iaiernarriIxe has always behaved herself a.
faithful. chasts and afecuonate wife toWarl. the
SAID Albert hitler. but that the said Albert W hit
tier wholly regardless Of his marriage covenant
and duty, knowingly willfllly and cr1miuallv ne.
slscted 10 provide with the actual necessar re.
OF life and subjected her To abJect want and misery
aud she and her said oldest child In order 70 pre-.
serve their lives we're compelled to be taken to her
OEotlrI NOME an Franklin, Maine. That the said
Albert is Idle shiftess destitute Of energy and all
apparent moral obligations to support Your libel
lant which renders him mere cipher 70 her. and
his lack OF energy renders him incapable OF sup
porting her. and he barely supports himself and
has no means whatever. That since their -aid In.
terInarriage. The first year he contributed nothing
and very little the second and nothing or con-
parauyely nothing for the last two and a half or
three years That she has been Obliged TO give
away her youngeHt child. the said Charles Edward
not being able herself To support him That To the
best information OF your hOellant, said Albert is
now out Of the state oil Maine, and liviog at Law
renee, Mass. Wherefore your said libelant Drayz
right and j. stice. and that she may be divorced
from the bonds OF matrimony, between her and her
SAID husband, that II Is reasonable and proper con
duciye To domest tic harmony and Consistent with
the peace and morality of society, and she would
further respectfully ask the care and custody OF
years. and as in duty bound will ever pray.
MARY h. WHITTIER
A + BURSHAM. Pies Atty.
STATE OF MAINE, Hancock ss-October att
and year last aboye named, Mary r. Whittier AMI
made oath that the foregoing libel by her signed Is
true a. +. BCRNHAM.
Justice OF the Peace
STATE or MAINE.
HANCOCK. ss.-supreme Judicial Court. ortoher
Term, A ID. lS7G.
Upon the foregoing Libel-orJered. that the ii.
oeLAnt give notice to the said Libellee To appear
before tne justice Of our supreme Judicial Court
10 be holden at Ellsworth within and for the Conn
y OF Hancock, on the second Tuesday ~ ApriI
A =. d; ~: BY serving upon him attes,ed COPY
OF SAID Libel and this order thereon or by pub
fishing the same three weeks successfully h some
newspaper printed in Ellsworth, in our County ~
Hancock, the last publication or service Aforesaid
TO be thirty days At least prior to said second J.s
day OF April next that he may there and then in
our SAD Court appear and show cause, if any he
nave, why the prayer of said Libellant should not
be granted. 4 ny
Attest H. b. SAUNDERS, Clerk
:, A true copy OF the Libel and Order of Court
3w' Attest:-H. b. SAUNDERS. Clerk