The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-04

herring his promise go hcr. one night when he
was drnnk and lal 30 hi- money. his stop
witch. and ~" OF r,r 'Nr ,lWp yiuE
Forwarded sjDlN rail luny muil T.. Th" next
dnv Wh.u ho .hurtod mc viii taking the money
/ did net deny it n"tn.r lid 'Na'ly admit II.
lie wac very ANGRY. and few DAYS after this he
vulgar. H. with gentlemen whom | scarcely
know. Ituil him would talk to him when h.
was sol"r. Hc took one meal with me while we
wotg ia san Frgnrlscv. and then ignored me,
John visited all the Groggrrics in the city,
70; into Two rows which cost him $40 and SO.
ana did thu town generally. as thr OPPRESSION
ostnsihly on the ground that ! would buy
whisky with If. altl.u-h h. knew that If
disposed II some Of my icwcry. At one time
senator sharon invited some of his friends to
40 To belmont. HAl-lonS old place. and re-
uurslcd them to cNtrnd the invitation IT,
me. Tie was surprised to i,urn that my husband
was IN the city with me- and ut once srnt
his absence at The table on tue score of sickness.
John went with us-hc was My too glad OF the
chancc-tnd was drunk all the time he was
There. Although there was plenty OF Liquor to
b. had ON tn sidrhoarl, AMI W" had four or
five kinds of wine ut the table. there was not
enough Tor John, and he hrihd the butler to
keep his private Task constantly llllrd from the
cellar. drank nothing AT all during our visit
at Belmont. one day i'll san Francisco he
abused and neglected me. and wi!s in horrible
condition, and was weak enough odrink. and
must acknowledge that was under the inilu-
cnrc of liquor H. had urged me repeatedly to
! drink. when had refused.
one day in the Palace Hotel caught him
| on his kn"rs, before the girl. Lena, and hc
caculatrd; My God. there's my wife! won
& Y ~ W wns nay h "rS yVu s spIs i9
paid LITTLE attention 10 the Incident ut the time.
"On July my aunt was sent for hy my hus-
hnui 10 see mo III a hcn-ly stat" OF intONiratiun.
She came out AMI found that had been sick for
/ two days. AN! that was all that allied me-. The
next day my husband drove ~ both away from
/ NJ hon-, IL w"nlin even eat win my aunt
! at thr tAnlg soon after that he actually hugEcd
thr other servants To SEQ i'm mug ana Kiss her.
| and in th'ir rrUsrn e. ~ hod her e. marry him:
/ Whcn dischnrscd her. slg impuicntly replied
! that would hay" To- l"av"th house first John
/ WIS perfectly furious. and said the same
/ On Monday cn thc house. rs John Ind or
/ derc mot to- Ca the following saturday. Larkin
and my mother came out. and the former in
| husband had nrih;d man to Kill mo. H. also
! ,i-rd m" to leave. ] had stnid at the house all
! through this horrible week becaus" Of my little
huhy, hut they huI not LET me- touch II during all
/ that time. | then l'ft and went to the Dcs. On
luy p ! returned, and I.grkin informed ,ine,
! that Alexander Mitchell. who was absent had
/ W. : insane. When he came he said To- Inr:
/ You hay, got t. separate. John is no son Of
/ mine. and hasn't boon for years,
keport'r-Mrs. Nit he'll. you have. Of course.
read numerous articles chargihg YOU with cx-
cossiyc inlulecn~ in liquor. Do You wish to
-" confess thrt have at times INDUCED too
! freely. II is only four years Sin'e eyer drank
| torNecs-. John kept a sort Of tavern on the
farm. He didn't care to participate in polite
society ami ms society wns composed Of card.
f"w lalics. II was only drinking people that he
wanted around hun He was an atheist never
Chur.6. He hated his niothCr and souldp't
| bear To hear her name or her voice. Since the
last trouble commenced h. has seen her for
the first time In four years never had II harsh
Eer ami She nysr oSnd SH %h me 10 "a
ilrr FOR The nrst two years OF my married life
knew nothing q LIQUOR. Then John sSt mo
into the habit u drinking it Tor my health; il
7 was prescribed for me-. MS, | was inclined 10
.Nfter atime the habit diminsh he'd from seeing its
| tNrcts upon ny husband. and the condition he
was in. got 50 that didn't want it; and seldom
touched IT, have been at times under the inhu-
lie proved that | have been in that condition
/ more than three times III years. Whom was
ii1udr would make me- feel better. il invariably
fa@e was ushed john aV woal S say was axcit@S
with wine; If 4 was pale. he would say was
| delirium: II they were duh. was stupid drunk;
! II was noisy. was hilarous-in short. was
h. was. although had not tasted even glass
| of vine for weeks"
Who, is tins Frances Schneider Harmaicr
! who makes affidavit to your drunkenness p
" She WAS IA servant in our family. at Ia" farm
with whom my husband once had improper re-
Your husband could hardly be called social
| drunknrd. | should think ?"
NO: he wa- solitary drunknrd. When
company came out 10 the farm he would fro
qurntly tax" u jug Of liquor and secrctr himself
in the garnet or the hrnrOOst for hours. with his
lux by his side. and lie there and suck rather
than meet his friends. He did not want to be-
annoyed. he said.
- By the way. Is that the piano your husband
sent IN from the farm with the remainder Of
your things 2"
q" 1t t.. And you should have seen the caval-
| cad" when II arrived. The piano wHs inirustod
! TO regular piano dealer. which was all right.
! but the other things were tumblcd promisru-
| ously into "a hay-rck. John sent my dead
chidren'- things to me-. hut not those belonging
to the living. | UNDERSTOOD he gave the latter to
| his prostitute. For years | had kept all the
| toys. clothing. everything that the little ones
! had ever touched. sacred. and locked in n room
that was visited only by myself. He had broken
open the door and tossed these sad reminders
| OF a mournful past as he terms them, | be-
lieve. into II haS-rick. Nothing Of any real value
save the piano and my writing desk. was sent"