Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-05
NUMBER 2Os.
DEAD SEA FRUIT.

ifo"otes Matrimonial of a WelI Kno,rn
fItsonr1h Conp0ser-A Suit for Dfrorce
on the Ground that Cosmetics, Hair Dyes
ana Other Patent appliances ,cere Used
10 stimulate a Proposal.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
divorce case, the testimony in which is
richness boiled down and skinned several
times, has been dragging itself along for
months, IN the dark to all except those i'm
mediately concerned. A few DAYS since
however, IN the cousse of human eyents'' il
became necessary for Messrs. Thomson and
Ihc0ary, to whom the case had been referred
as commissioners, to submit the testimony
70 tue court and an auditor incidentally men
tlonea some OF the developments to re-
porter, VINO succeeded in eliciting the cist of
tne testlmony as detailed by the libellant.
1t Will be recollected that five or six Years
ago Prsf. Horace Wadhom Nichon, organist
| and the public, who were wont to listen To
| his superb renditions on the organ. by mar
rylng an elderly widow lady, Mrs. Cassidy,
/ the librarian of the Catholic library, How
long the honeymoon lasted is not disclosed
ny the testimony, and is therefore only
known by the parties Immediately inter
ested.
In his Plalntive story told to Messrs. Thorn
! son and MeGary, the ibellant complains
that the fascinating widow lured him into
matrimony by liberal use of cosmetics,
mar aye ana all the patent appliances for
improving the female form divine, the uses
OF which are SO we'll known to most fashion,
able bellies as to need no extended explana-
ton here. Mr.. NichoI complains that SO
skllltully were these adventurous aids an
Piled that the respondent succeeded in in
duclng him to believe that she was an imma.
tufe young woman of not more than thirty
years. AS soon as this belief was estab-
hshed, two souls, with but single thought,
stimulated two hearts to beat as one.
ana the course of true love running
smoothly, after short courtship the twain
was made one flesh. Mr.. N. also submits
letter alleged to have been written by the
party OF the second part. during the halcyon
season OF courtship in which the lady pleads
Snllty to between thirty and thirty-tve
years.
Now the llbellant AYERS that the principal
object that led him to commit matrimony
was a laudible desire to carry out the divine
injunction, '.Be fruitful and multiply and
replenlsh the earth;' and being blessed with
an anatomy that would have passed muster
IN ancient Sparta, he looked forward with
JOY unconcealed to the day which should
bless the union with an olive branch. After
four years OF weary waiting, however, hope
deferred made him heartsick Instead,
though, IN going into court at first and ask
ing for remedy, he consulted with prom
inent physician of this city.
Blank despair succeeded his inquiry. and
1t Is to be inferred from the story told the
legal gentleman that a compromise was ten
dered by the lady, who, he says, as a concili-
atory measure, agreed to renounce her rights
as married woman, to the extent of allow
ing her liege lord to follow the example of
Abraham and Hagar. The liherality on the
part OF Mrs N. however, met with no response
on the part of Prof. NicholI, and after four
years OF domestic discomfort he resolved to
end i by procuring judicial severance, al
: leglng fraud, deceit and INSTRUMENTATION
on the part of the respondent. The case
was submitted to Judge Collier on Saturday,
Q and he now has it under advisement. The
!. lady makes no defense, evidently thinking
q that if the love-light of the household has
gone out. there is no possibility of restoring
happiness. 1t is said that she does not hest
8 tate to admit that three-score winters have
e caused the grasshopper to become burden
e but beyond this she makes no effort to re-
. flute the allegations the professor piles up.
= A number of persons conversant with the
: life and circumstances of the missmated
q and unhappy pair are disposed to accept his
y statements with regard to Misrepresentation
= with several grains of salt A legal gentle
!. man gives it as his opinion that the legal
q maxim, caceat emptor, should apply in al
= affairs of this kind. He thinks that nc
= woman can knock quarter or third of
b century off her age, and thus deceive per
a son of ordinary judgment. This gentleman
: argues that the shortcomings complained o.
: were not such as a man of common percep
!, ton would not be able to find out during al
= ordinary courtship.