Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-19
A HUSBANDS RIGHTS.
They Are Clearly Defined ny . Progress.
i've Legal Decision.

They Are Clearly Defined by = Progress.
i've Legal Decision.
A peculiar, though perhaps Just, de-
cision has just been rendered by the
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Last May, Horatio J Mickle took up
his residence near Guilford Court
house. and, shortly afterward. became
acquainted with Widow Sanders, who
kept boarding house. This acquaint-
ance soon ripened into love, as the
novelists say, or at least it seemed so.
for Mickle called upon the widow one
evening and declared that il she did
not promise to marry him, his body.
sadly mutilated, should be soon laid
away in the unsympathetic soil The
widow was tender-hearted and gener-
Gus. She had never caused the death
of any one. and, at her time OF life. did
not feel disposed to begin a course OF
such cruelty. She was married to Mr..
Mickle. He brought his valise over to
her boarding-horse lighted a cob pipe
which he found in a cigar-box on the
mantlepiece, and at once began to
make himself thoroughly comfortable.
At dinner time he paid high compli-
ment to the widows cooking by eating
in an unrestrained manner This
pleased the widow, undoubtedly. for it
was the highest praise which any one
could bestow upon her art, but as the
days passed-as the perfumed dew be-
gan to fall from the roses in the gar
den of the honeymoon-she became
less joyous, for her bills had material
ly increased. One day she limited to
Miclle that it was time he were doing
something. This deeply wounded his
sensitive heart, and, turning to his wife,
he said:
polly. must l conclude. with other
thinkers, that marriage is failure'
Are you going to shut out the sun
light and let dark shadows convince
me that the holy ordinance OF matri
mony has accomplished its mission
aud is therefore without that Divine
force given to it ly our anccstorsP'
She was moved ''Forgive me, dear
Horatio," she replied. at was only a
momentary fret. 1t shall not occur
again"
"Polly, please see that it does not
A few weeks passed. The dew wa
all gone from the roses. In truth, th'
roses were withering Another large
ly-increased bill had been sent in
Polly spoke to Horatio. Tears shon
in his eyes.
Polly" said he, "am I to under
stand that the bright star of marriag
has forever setp'
Yours has unless you get some
thing to do; I'll give you pointer o
that"
What would you have me do, swee
creature?n
.'Hustle; get out and hustle
.Hustler' he exclaimed. why, di
not drive up the cows yesterday ever
ingp Mermaid OF the ocean of my sou
how would you have me hustle?"
I'D have you chop cord-wood-d
something to lessen my bills" 1,
"Why, do you not know that chol
ping cord-wood would greatly increas
my appetizer
'But it would bring in more money.
ayes. but not enough to make Il
the difference l know myself bettt
than you do, Polly"
.'Then you must be disguised"
"Alas, you will drive me insane"
mo, but l am going to drive yo
away from here
She did. He sued her, not for a d
vorce, but for board The lower cou
decided against him. He took an a
peal. The Supreme Court decided
his favor. The following is an extra
from the decision rendered by IL
Chief Justice.
"The court holds that when n wido
is fool enough to marry loafer, tina
in case she keeps a boarding-hous
she must at least grant him tabl
board, and that when she finds herse
unable to do this. he shall, If so i
clined, be granted q divorce. II