The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-10-01
AnInfamou, Lay.

Several years ago. citizen 81 Wash
ington who happened To- lie poor, mar
ried a young lady 81 great wealth.
They had tut one child, vino died.
The husband had entire control Of
his wife's property, and managed u
wisely. Al his death, not long ago, u
was discovered that nlmiust the entire
estate stood la his uanip, atid a. there
was no will his relatives got the most
of o. The n idow. who WIS worth
SIN 900 or S.lDD ,WD when she married
H. now comparatively poor, aud her
late husbands relatives who had Moth
Img, ARE comparatively rich Even
the huilse in which her father lived,
aud which was heT own when she
married, went Ia chem under an obi
Gus and wicked law which provides
that woman ia the district Of COlunl-
his has 40 right Oi dover Ia property
that II encountered. Ifw7Jcr's Week
~ commenting Un the aDove, says
'.if this story be- true. it shows what
Ouirages ART Committed la the name
uf the law, and 10 wumen had been
legislators, aud had PASSED such law
it would Ice cited ~ conclusive evil
dence Of their total incapacity Ia deal
wisely with the most important inter
ests, aud OF their prnclivity % tyranny
and injustice. IL h = generation since
Mr.. GlHdstuue described the English
divorce lHwz, devised by men ~ In
famous. such law ~ that men
toned in the WOmdn's Journal,
which enables husband even uncOIi-
sciOusly, To deprive "A wife of her prop
eTiy aud Transfer 10 to hts relatives. D.
worthy Of the same Cpithet. II L. Ia
famous Do would be Interesting To
know what kind Of people they are
who can enjoy without wihCing the
booty which such n law gives theni.n
Similar infamous laws are in Oper-
alton IN every state in the union.
Married women are universally
rubbed when estates are settled by
law. The New York Tribune, with
uut one word Of comment, gives the
following, also taken from tire WO-
sn0li's Journal:
"There is now residing in MassH-
chusetts widow uast ninety years of
Hge who tells the fol owing facts of
her experience. ~ widow with
whom the law dealt She married
young. To furnish her wedding out
ia She spun and we've Win the
money thus earned Sue laid la stores
Of useful things. Silver spnOns were
among the articles thus Bought. BY
these she st sIirrial store, tor silver
spOun~ in those days were HOt found
In every house.
1T WAS not long before this young
wife was "a widuw. Then the law
which had given all she pt-st.sSed Ia
her husband, uow iuierpo-ed az tin tO
see that nnthiug which belonged la
the heirs should fall iutu the hands OF
the widow. Tie spO,lis belonged iO
her husband they would go 10 his
heir. The young widow piraded iDr
her slinuns, aud &C WIS finally agreed
that if zllr would pay the money value
uf them she might have them.
Forthwith she began Ca weave and
spin, aud with the money ~ earned
bought hack her Spoons.
"By and by She married a second
time, and again the spoons belonged
acCordiHg tO Law 10 the hus-
hand. ln prigrrss az time, this hus
hand also died. Again his heirs were
entitled 10 the SPOONS and much be-
slider. but the parting Of those cher
ished articles gave 50 keen q hurt that
n special pain yet survives. She still
tells how for the third time she
earned the money 10 pay for those
sIoOus, and huw they were conceded
10 her only on payment Of their money
value"