The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-10-31
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20 TO this or that place, or to speak to
such and such Young meuf Either she
will boldly refuse to obey him, OF she will
promise only to deceive TO watch her
day aud night Is mAnifesty impossible
The husband must occasionally so 10 see
friend, and the moment his back Is
turned the wife is at liberty, lie may
hire a man TO watch her In bis absence
but as the man who can be hired to watch
a man, is necessarily open to bribery, be
will certainly be bribed by the wife or by
her friends. The Turk Is enabled TO
calm bis jealousy by keeping his wives
locked up, but there is no English wife
living who, II locked up in the third story
back room, could not contriye 10 escape
within fifteen minutes after her husband
has departed from the house. Among
certain tribes Of ssyages, the husband
breaks his wiies nose, or IN some other
equally effective way renders her no
longer attractive to young men but these
wretched beathen have never card Of
tho. proverb OF bling-or otherwise dis
figuring ones wiie's nose in order 10
spite ones personal face, II some asso'
citation of philanthrophic business men
were TO fit up safe deposit office, where
wives could be LETT whenever their bus
bands were absent from home, jcaloue
men could fee reasonable confidence IN
the permanencc OF their domestic happi-
ness; but the experiment is yet TO be
tried.
Various crude aud unsatisfactory
schemes for the prevention OF flirting on
the part OF married women have been
tried from time to time. There was
a man somewhere who cut of bis wlie's
beautiful yellow hair on the psetext lha'
IL was vain and unchristian adornment
OF her person, but really 10 order to pre-
vent her from receiving visitors until the
hair should grow again. This, however,
seriously impaired the wiie's value and
was merely modification of the savage
nose-breaking process. Another man
constantly spread abroad rumors that bis
wife was suffering from diphtberia or
scarlet fever; but finding that there were
young men who could not be thus terri.
fed, he finally contrived TO have he innoc.
ulated with the small pox. For about a
week be enjoyed the success of his ingen.
ious plan but at the end ofthat time bis wife
died, putting him TO the expense Of fun
eral and the annoyance OF being without
wife for nearly five months.
The most noteworthy plan which was
ever devised for enforcing marital faith
fulness was that tried by Yorkshireman.
Two years ago he married widow of re-
marksbIe beauty and a we'll earned repn.
tation. She had never been accused OF
any really immoral act--such as clipping
with poor man or an lmpostor--b be.
ing extremely fond OF admiration and So
ciety she was the center OF Il group Of
young men who were currently said 10
bask in her smiles. though there IL a dii.
ference Of opinion among scientific an.
tborities as 20 what constitutes basking.
The latest husband Of this charming
woman l. man OF particularly jealous
and his acquaintances proph
esied that the widow would drive him to
insanity, murder or suicide, IN vefy
brief time after the honeymoon lie wss
well aware OF the difficulties Of bis posi-.
ton, but calmly determined 10 prevent
bis wife from flirting, and was strength.
ened IN that determination by The open
pity which his friends expressed for him
II so happened that he bad learned,
through some occult source, that the
widows teeth, which we're maryellously
beautiful, were false. lie was the only
human being besides the dentist who pos.
sessed this terrible secret, aud be felt well
assured that II would enable him TO re.
press all flirting tendencies on lae part Of
his future bride. The honeymoon was
passed al the Lakes, and no opportunity
was given TO The wife TO indulge her
foudness for society other than that Of her
husband. On the very irst morning after
the pair returned 10 Yorkshire the bus.
band rose early, put bis wile's entire set
OF false teeth In bis pocket aud cody in.
formed her that hereafter be should
never leave her alone without taking her
teeth with him. Tears, enirealies and
threats bad no effect upon him, spd be
carried of the teeth, rcmsrking as be
went out Of The door that II was bis duty
az husband 10 guard her from the hp.
prosches OF designing men, aud 10 thus
prevent any shadow OF diEeord from
bligbiing their married happiness.
For the next three months that nnhsp.
py wife wss never teen apart from bef
husband. Scores Of young men who
called upon ber 10 biz absence were po-
Iiiely told that she vas not st home.
Obviously, ibis wa the only course which /
she could pursue. Every day y ben her
husband went 10 business be carried her
teeth with him. aud she would sooner
have died than lave shown herself 10
ioothless state. Every evening her teeth
we're restored TO Der, sud she was permit.
ted 70 receive calls 10 Der husbands pres.
enee. The wh0le town was lost In won.
der Al her absolute cessation Of iiiriing, /