The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
why Men Hesitate to Marry
Cruel Treatment Of Nus
bands.


bands.
we have always insisted that no ma
should ask lady to be his wife until b
t could ask her, if she pleased, to name tl
Wedding Day; and that no man shofl
ask her to answer either question until h
could offer comfortable home, bread an
meat for three, and at least year 5 al
iowance OF 'taffv'' for two.
But as We go stumbiln' along this val
o1 tears, other measures of preca utioI
against dreadful emergencies would seen
.. to be indispensable.
IL Is evident that something must b.
done to protect the male sex from th,
encroachments and usurpations Of Wo.
manklnd,-we mean, Woman unkipd
The papers are full of accounts of crue
treatment OF husbands BY wives Some
husbands get wallopped every day in the
week! Just think of the melancholy sit
uatlon, the lascerated feelings, ofa Lord
and Master who finds himself clicked" /"
and locked up in the closet among six
teen old hoop skirts, forty-'leven fruit
cans, and jelly jars, while his Better
Half or Three-quarters teaches the chill
dren to sing -"Pappy's hair is turning
greyw =.
This is serious! printer !, Put that in
Big Type y The gentle creatures
have sung and smiled, and leaned on
Masculine arms, for long time; but tbs
all delusion and snare They mean
mischief. Big mischief!
Now, for instance there was May Wal
ker,-trst she got to be Doctor. Then
she put on breecLes her own, maybe.
And now she wears stove pine hat. and
carries a stick
Then there was Mrs Belva Lockwood.
She began by studying law. Then she
fought the whole Bar, and Court in the
bargain, and got license. Now she rides
down street every day, astraddle, If
bicycle In the language of Patrick den
die. They mean to have the bottom rail
on top, if peaches neuer get ripe!
Why, isn't it fact that the dear crea-
lures are actually forming soldier com
panies, and training to Shoulder ArmsI
Present Arms "-''Fold your Arms -,
etc? First thing you know they'll shout
-"Ground Arms! And give up them
Breechiloons, you bold bad, awful men
Else we Il use the poker on you, sure's
gingercakes
Now some may make light of this
warning, and sneer, and say who's
AFRAID or even venture to cry-'Lay
on Mac Duff, ETC., or such-like thought
less and foolhardy phrases. But they
better not never done hadn't for the day
mag come when such dreadful fate as
In New York OF Thursday Mr.. Rail
asked for divorce from Mrs. Rahl on
| the ground of cruel treatment. He aver
| ed that she beat him. pulled his halr,
| ironed him out smooth with fiat iron,
and otherwise misused him. MIR. Rahl
stands six feet two in his stockings,
weighs 294 pounds and is broad in Dro-
portion. Mrs. Rahl was produced in
court. She is nineteen years old and
weighs exactly seventy pounds.
| An exchange says: Joseph L. Ad
dicks, of Washington, ID. c., who has
brought suit for divorce against Helen
l. Aidicks. alleges in his bill that his
wife treated him with great cruelty,
deluging him wrh kerosene oil, throw
ing dishes AT his mead, beating him tor
staying out ate q, n,2ht :ud on one oc-
casion lacked him up
This man Addick. was a South Carol
nian--an Ex- fire eai,i IRON York county.
Turned Republican after the war, and
now he has a little ''Rcheliion" { his
own. He is an ex army officer, tool
Then here is an Indian specimen =
"Eugene Schneider yesterday filed bill
for divorce from his wife, Eda. The
bill alleged that they were married in
1884, in St. Lnuls. and that they lived
together until 1879, when she left him.
He further alleges that sheis of morose
: aud ou rrelsome dispositicn. and when
a,gry she has often threatened to poison
/ him. so that he has often not dared tn
!, eat any food prepared in the elegant
nome on Prairie avenue they occupied.
| lie SAWS tncy hdNS i'N' 'P'N'~'J )
apar, for the past six wears, only meet
ing at table Finally, in 1882, on April
Is. III their dining-iorn, she attempted
10 xiii him with Carving knife.
Poor fellow! o re ! It'll ID i u :.
Ar was in more danger than even Ad-
dicks. ,hun.ii lie seems to have escaped
icing mode. IA Kerosene oil mop.
But Iic.go furnishes far worse sl'e
CHicu1o, hay john 5. Newhouse
one OF tie pioneers OF Chicago. died yes
terdav. aged seventy seven years A
one time lie possessed property worti
$500, 900. During the last few month
Of his lie ne was i'll treated by his wife
which not Only caused the interference
of the Humane Society and shairtabi
neiuhbors. bu, FASTENED his death. Al
though in reality Il lich man he died II
al,jcc, misery For the hast few year
!. his wife h comp, He'd him to live in
small room without any !uinlture. con
ID pell,np him 70 buy his meals at resiau
rant kent by a coIored man down star: