The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-19
Hope for the Hen-Pecked.

The army of the nen-pecked Is large
and Is constantly receiving new recruits.
Many man who begins bis married life
by hoping that all will be lovely, finds
himself before many months oF years,
the victim of the despotism Of the ami
able and accomplished partner of his
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 is
born to command. With resigned sub
mission the SORROW laden hen-pecked
takes back seat in the administration
of affairs which he yainly supposed 20 be
his own The question 10, whether hc
shall maintain O continuous wrangle,
sure to end in total defeat, or whether he
shall, with as good q grace as he can,
own himself vanquished and condense
pack him-elf into. After few fruitless
endeavors to assert his supremacy he
willis into insignificance and his voice is
heard oi..y in suppressed acquiescence
with the outspoken desires Of her to
whom ne is compelled to yield obedi-
ence. p"t
Hen-pecksd mankind may be divided
into two classes, the first of whom may
be called the Grinners and Bearers.
Patiently resolved TO grin at aud to
bear the expressions which are heaped
upon them, these men uncomplainingly
struggle under the absence of sympathy
and the persistent tyranny of their Bu-
periors. Well aware of the uselessncss
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 majes-
tic in an octopus sitting on a rock and
gesticulating with its long arms, to the
terror of all beholders. But the came
octopus shruken and preserved In alco-
hol is altogether n different creation.
So with the grin.and-bear.it hen-pecked
husband. There was day wien he
thought he was monarch Of all he could
reach. Bnt he hes been captured and
preserved, and now he sits in meek and
shrunken silence, like the alcoholized oc-
topus in the bottle, looking as if with
beseeching s!r for His ruler 70 come and
uncork him. The other class of the hen.
pecked Is the rebellious and indignant.
They may loudly assert their supremacy
at home, when madam's back is turned
aud the door secnraly iccksd. Or they
may go TO their club and there grow elo.
quent on mans rights. But when with
in tongues reach of their vanquIshars,
they are rs meek and shrunken as the
rest.
Good news for the hen pecked comes
from Owasso, Michigan. A bold Michi.
gan woman had made her husband's
life burden. He had contemplated
suicide and had even thought of divorce.
But he considered suicide M too compli-
GATED and troublesome method of re-
lief and remembered that after divorce
a troublesome lady could be fully az
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 aud hid himself
away from tnat tongue which was q ter
ror to him, subsisting as lie best could
on such lu3uries as the forest afforded.
At once the bereaved lady began to IN AXE
search for her loved and lost husband
The neighbors were alarmed and The
neighborhOod secured for hi, body, deaG
or alive. Though no reward of twenty
five or fifty thousand dollars wa.
offered, the police of Owasso we're rs 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
fled. The repentant lady, almost over
come with grief at having no husband to
peck Mt, 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 the power
which he long had drended. yielded 10
the persuasions of the fnii one and suf-
fered himself to be led into town.
There is victory in Owasso, and with
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 solemnly
made to him that he shall be hen-necE-
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