Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-04

I'm go whether you can cook dinner or not" The
some one In and starting to do 80, the defendant a.
sauted her and hcked her out Of the front door and
told her to leave. He then went up stairs and out
the fancy work Of his said daughters into shreds
About one month previous to this last mentioned
occurrence, the defendant came home at O'Clock ct
night, and not finding hot dinner, which had been
usual supper spread on the table, III great rage he
kicked the table over. smashing crookery, glassware
and ID, nearly aa'l every thing on the table.
CAL industrious and faithful In the discharge of her
domestic duties that the contrary the defendant
mas been extravaganza, exacting, improvident and
self and for himself, end cold, calculating and pc
murious In the expenditure Of money for his fam
n.y.. :
That rs to what is the actual income of the defend.
ant, plaintiff s uniformed aud has no means Of
proving definitely, but plaintiff AYERS on information
ana oelief the tho same exceeds the sum of one
The plaintiff denies that the defendant has made
expenditures beyond his income to crafty or pro-
wac 1or her or his family and AYERS that the OK
The plaintiff denies that the defendant lie at Dor.
son to have the custody Of the said children
she AYERS that his manner Of life at home s inimcal
Sat That
tendsnt would invite his boon and convvial compan-
ions to his home, sometimes six or eight 1T time
n%d WITH them and PLY At cards tn
cook and prepare for those gentlemen, to some Of
whom she had not even been introduced. . warm
sup. supper In doing which she had no other aid than
that OF nurse girl, and when at tho hour Of mid.
night they had partaken of supper, these worthy
companions and guests Of the defendant would re-
and their they
III daylight, when the defendant would 60 to bed.
That on the occasion of these orgies the Of de-
wine and such other drinks as were adapted to the
usts OF these guests and would witness their trans
actions, while at times he would drink the wine from
the glass they had left unempted. ,-.-
The plaintiff admits the Rverments in the answer
that the defendant is possessed Of impulsve ma
tro and hasty temper" and she that in add
to those qualities, he is inordinately selfish and
dommeering, and to crafty his appetite and desires
would utterly disregard the feelings and comfort Of
the plaintiff, and require of her the submission Of
slave rather than the devotion and love Of wife.
The plaintiff denies that she is calculating secretve
or scheming but she admits that in all her sufferings
at the hands of the defendant she has tried to
come el sense of resentment to keep cool and make
use OF that intelligence she had to conduct her
sef that her domestic griefs and personal fears
would not break mp the family and consgn her chill
dren to the possibility of separation from her in
case OF separation from her husband.
Plaintiff admits that she abandoned defend nt's
nome during his absence, and that her personal
fear of defendant led her to do co. she would no.
dared to have left had he been at home
The defendant admits that her brother Milford
Harmon is indebted to her, but she AYERS that her
cause of action against him accrued more than six
the said demand cannot be collected. t.
The plaintiff denies each and every allegation In
the answer that Is not contained in the complaint
herein admitted or specifically quslined in this re-
ply T..
wherefore the plaintiff demands Judgment as
prayed for In the complaint. 8. L. PIERCE,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Ramsey County-ss: Helen M. Huddleston on
oath says she is the plaintiff in this action and that
the foregoing reply is true Of her knowledge
cept as to the matters therein stated information
and belief and as to those matters that she believes
them to be true HELEN NJ. HupD1EsToN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sd day of
December, 1879. 8. L. PIERCE,