St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-24
The Wife Blew Her Nose Too Often,
Moaned in Her Sleep,
AND LEFT THE GAS BURNING.
Trifles as Light as Air Which Made
Their Life Unhappy--Varied
Testimony.

home, when he made some suggestions
about the way she was dressed and was
told that he was intermeddling. Il
also reprOved her for eating too fast at
the table, and she seemed to be irritated
about it. l also objected to her reading
novels when there was plenty of good
books to be had"
Ibid you tell her that the house on
Fremont avenue was palace compared
to what she was accustomed to?" asked
Mr.. Miller.
"She says SO, but do not remember
saying So"
do you remember of the occasion of
your buying her sealskin sac0ue?''
"Yes. | did not wish that she should
be exposed to the inclemency of the
weather, and asked her what kind of a
wrap she would like. She said she
would like to have a sealsiin. | told
her didn't know whether | could af-
ford it or not, as had been to consider
able expense, and tried to talk her out
of it without telling her that | would
not, because | at that time felt | could
get her anything. My overcoat was
thln, and needed something heavier,
and L told her L had about enough
money to get her a reasonably good
me II she could not have a SealSkin she
would have nothing. Matters went on
for several weeks, and | relented, and
told her that she had been a good girl.
doing her own work, and that / would
get her the Sacque and let the coat 60"
"One evening she said, Il want you
to get girl to do the work in this house.
L looked up III surprise and asked her
what was the matter. She said | did
not appreciate her work and was not
satisfied; that | had found fault with
everything she had cooked. l tried to
argue the matter with her and show her
that it was her wish to do the work and
enlow the privacy of her own home and
al! that; She said if l expected my
wife to be a hired girl l ought to have
married hired girl. Her manner was
very annoying to me, and | believe |
showed my irritation for the first time.
we had been housekeeping not quite a
month";"
How did you go about procuring a
servant?'
"Well, hadn't had much experience
in getting girls and l probably went
about 1t in peculiar manner. | went
down town and asked number of my
gentlemen friends if they could tell me
where could get girl. made every
effort to get one. My wife knows that"
"Dld you ever say, as your wife stated
yesterday, that you would have to buy
Sacque and diamonds every Winter?''
II don't like to say that she made a
misStatement, but | don't remember of
making that remark"
w hat have you to say about your tell
ing her she was not like other women?'
"Well, she was always imagining that
| was unkind, and | tried to argue with
her and convince her of this fact.
When l said she was not like other
women | merely said that other women
did not imagine their husbands were
unkind."
what provoked the remark of your
wife that you ought to have married
Ellen, the servant?"
lit happened in this way. l had been
brought up to look upon people who
performed manual labor as all right: |
thought this servant was respectable,
and she could make very good bread.
remarked that the woman who could
make good bread was as much of an
artist as one who could paint. | did
this 20 impress upon my wife the re-
spect due to all people who were honest
and respectable, no matter how low
their station. She took otfense at this
and said that | should have married
Elem
The examination of Mr.. Dobbin at
this point was deferred to allow several
witnesses from out of the city to testify.
Mary johnson and Ellen Day, former
servants, both testified that they never
saw any very great domestic disturb
ance between Mr.. and Mrs. Dobbin.
Mrs. Ada Lee testified: II am pro-
nj 4<x,, H. IL
went there the 5th of May in the even
ing, and Mrs. Dobbin's baby was born
the next morning. Mr.. Dobbin was
home the day the baby was born. | at
tended Mrs. Dobbin three days and he
was in his wife's room a good deal of
the time. | have been nursing for three
years and have attended a number of
cases of childbirth, and / saw nothing
to indicate that Mr.. Dobbin was not a
devoted husband. The next day after
the baby was born l went home after
some clothes. Mr. Dobbin went with
me and drove the horse. We were gone
less than two hours"
Mrs. Catherine Miller testified: Il
am a nurse at tie hospital. went
with Mr.. Dobbin to see the nurse who
attended Mrs. Dobbin. 1t was about
the middle of last March that | went
with him. She stated in my presence
that Mr. Dobbin was kind to his wife
while she was at their house." Mr..
Dobbin then resumed his testimony and
said: Il never got up in the night and
sat up as Mrs. Dobbin stated. After
Mrs: Dobbin's recovery. [ procured a
carriage and drove her out about four or
five times week, hoping to benefit her
health. | took her out to Lake Mime
fonda on the Fourth of July and
stopped at the Hotel Lafayette.
l also let her go to Ashland with the
McMurdys. L never talked to her
about extravaganza nor told her that
had made ID fool of myself in
marrying school teacher. At this
time L was in very poor health, being
troubled with SleepleSSneS."
''Did you ever tell her that she was
trying to bleed you and that she only
married you for your moneys" asked
Mr. Miller.
II believe l used such an expression
at a time when the water pipes froze
up and bursted and [ was angry"
Did you constantly complain about
the expenditures
Il did tell her that she should see
that the girl did not waste things. She
said that she watched things very close,
dllu Illdt NOIDlIlS was wasted. 90. W06n
l found some biscuit in the slop barrel,
l went and told her she had better put
on my glasses and go and look there
and she would discover some waste.
At another time we had turkey for
dinner, and l did not see it put
on the table again and l made inquiries
about it, for l thought that there was
enough of it left to warm over. When
l said l wished | was dead, it was be-
cause of my poor health. One Sunday
evening l had headache and there was
something came up in our conversation,
l forget now what it was, and said we
will not have any controversy about it,
and left the room and went up stairs
and was walking around up there
when she came up and
said l had talked to her in
very cOwardly manner. / told her to
go down stairs and leave me alone, and