The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-11

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A curious domestic complication 10
Gently occurred in ono Of the Baltimore
courts which reverses an old. proverb
and shows that what is sauce for the
gander il not always sauce for the goose.
however much it ought to be, and that
there are occasions when, everything elsa
being even. the goose has the advantage
of the gander. In this case Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonidas Tyler were the gander
and goose. For . long time there
has been an unpleasant jarring in the
Tyler household. which did not mani
fest itself in anything more serious. how
ever, than q wordy warfare, in which
Mrs. Tyler invariably came off best, as .
woman always will iD q tussle of this
kind. Angered by his numerous defeats.
Leonidas at last decided to make . bold
strike for his rights. and one bright
morning attacked Mrs. Tyler VI ct 0rmis.
without stopping to argue or exchange
epithets. He intended to cut off all fur
Their debate with . previous question
which should be settler, but, much to
his surprise, after q very lively set-to he
discovered that Mrs. T.. who was his
superior in q jawing-match across the
table, was his peer in q fair stand-up
fight. After firing himself out, Leoni-
das was willing to call it a draw, and
Mrs. Tyler was of the same opinion.
Like the monkey and the parrot, they
had time of it. but, unlike the Latter,
the parrot in this case took an unfair adj
vantage. Notwithstanding the game
stood six for Leonidas and half dozen
for Mrs. Tyler. and the probability that
LeOnidas would not be belligerent in the
future. she would not call it draw, but
went before the courts and charged him
with wife-beating, which is a pretty Sc
riOus offense in Maryland under the new
law on this subject.
Mrs. Tyler lodged her complaint with
the Justice, charging Leonidas with
beating her, and Leonidas swore in re-
turn that she beat him. Both displayed
their scars, and the puzzled Justice at
last cut the knot by sending both of
them to jail to await trial. Mrs. Tyler,
however, secured bail and was released,
to appear before the higher court.
Leonidas could not find bail, and still
languishes in his cell with the most dis
NAL of prospects before him. He is GER
tain to be proven guilty and go to the
whipping-post for dozen lashes on the
bare back, well laid on, for that is the
new penalty for this offense. She will
probably escape, but even should she be
found guilty she will be let off with a
small fine. Evidently there is no reci-
procityi in the law in cases like this. As
the battle was draw, and as there was
provOcation on both sides, why should
Leonidas, after being scolded to the
verge of madness, and disappointed in
his scheme to overwhelm Mrs. T. by
receiving an unexpected pommeling, be
led out to embrace the whipping post,
or. as they style it ''to hug Susan"
while Mrs. T. can stand by and enjoy
the operation? In such cases as this.
should not the ducking-stool or some
mild form of announcement but cooling
be devised, so that what is
sauce for the gander may also be sauce
for the goose? As it stands now, the lot
of Leonidas is simply distressing. He
has been outscolded BY Mrs. T. He has
not pOmmeled her any more than she mas
pommeled him. More than this, he will
have to take another beating at the
hands of tine sovereign State Of Mary
land. When he goes home he knows it
will be useless to get up another scOld-
ing match, as he will get the worst of
it. If he retaliates with physical as
sault. he knows that he cannot carry it
to logical conclusion, and then he will
have to 60 end thug Susan again.
Evidently this is one of those cases
which was not contemplated under
the law, and which will arouse wide
spread sympathy for Leonidas in his
present distressed condition. As there
is no hope of reciprocity, the wisest
course for him to follow would be to cut
and run. and not try hereafter to imi-
tate the martial spirit of his namesake.
Chicago Tribune.