The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-19
Rope for tl,e Hen.Peeked.

The army Of the hen-pecked 10 large
and Is constantly receiving new Fecruits.
Many man who beglns bis married life
by hoping that all will be lovely, finds
himself, before many months or years,
the victim Of the desp0tisnI of the, ami
able and accomplished partner Of HE
Joys and sorrows. The joys vanish and
the sorrows multiply when she who
should be helper and comforter asserts
her dominion and insists that she 10
born to command. With resigned sub
mission the sorrow- laden hen-pCGled
takes n back seat IN the administration
Of affairs which he vainly supposed to be
his own. The question is, whether he
shall maintain continuous wrangle,
sure TO end in total defeat, or whether he
shall, with as good grace as he can,
own himself vanquished and condense
himself into as limited space as he can
pack himself into. After few fruitless
cndeavors TO assert his supremacy he
willis into insignifcance and his voice is
heard only in suppressed acquiescencc
with the outspoken desires Of her to
whom he is compelled to yield obedi-
ence. st
Hen -pecked mankind may be divided
into two classes, the first of whom may
be called the Grinners and Bearers.
Patiently resolved to grin at and to
bear the expressions which are heapcd
upon them, these men uncomplainingly
struggle under the absence of sympathy
and the persistent tyranny of their Bu-
periors. Well aware of the uselessness
Of resistance and Of the disastrous re-
suits of argument, they seek shelter from
the constant rain which drops from the
tongues Of their tormentors. This shell.
ter is found nowhere but in personal in.
significance. There is something males
tic in an octopus sitting on n rock and
gesticulating with its long arms, to the
terror of all beholders. But the same
octopus shruken aud preserved In alco.
hol is altogether different creation.
So with the grin. .and-bear-it hen-pecked
husband. There WAS n day when he
thought he was monarch of all he could
reach. But lie has been captured and
preserved, and now he sits in meek and
shrunken silence, like the nlcoholized oc-
topns in the bottle, looking as if with
beseeching air for his ruler TO come and
pecked Ia the rebellious and indignant.
They may loudly asser, their supremacy
at home. when madam's back Is turned
may 60 to their club and there grow elo-
quent on mans rights Bnr when with
in tongues reach of their vanquishers,
they are rs meek and shrunken az the
rest. '
Good news for the hen pecked comes
from Owasso, Michigan" A bold Michi.
gan woman had made her husbands
life burden. He had contemplated
suicide and had even thought of divorce.
But he considered suicide as too compli.
GATED and troublesome method of re-
| lief and remembered that after divorce
troublesome lady could be fully as
troublesome as before. So, after bear
ing his woes as long as he could, he
went to the woods, built hut in the
roots of fallen tree end hid himself
away from that tongue which was ter.
ror to him, subssting as he best could
ON such luxuries Us the forest afforded.
at once the bereavcd lady began to m AXE
search for her loved and lost husband.
The neighbors were alarmed and the
neighborhood secured for his body, dead
or alive. Though no reward of t.. .nty.
five or fifty thousand dollars was
offered, the police of Owasso were ms dill
igent AZ the searchers for Stewards re.
mains have been, and after two weeks
the lost was found, having stored nearly
enough chestnuts to see him through the
winter. Sorrow had Modified the asper-
ity of the tongue from which he had
fico. The repentant lady, almost over.
come with grief at having no husband to
peck at, plead with him to return, MAX
ing all manner of honeyed promises for
the future. For while he stoutly re.
fused, but finally, won by .he Dowsr
WHICH lie long had dreaded, yielded to
the persuasions of the. fair one and suf-
fcred himself to be led into town.
There is victory in Owasso, and with
victory, peace. The hen-p -pecked through
out the world may thank this brave and
ingenious Michigander for the stand he
took, even though he ran away to take
il. He dwells in security from molesta-
ton, the promises having been solcmnly
made to him that he shall be hen-peck-
ed no more. PHILADELPHIA Times