The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-03-08
CHAPTER XN.VIi,

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CHAPTER XVII.
AS haze said elsewhere, each state Of the
Union makes its own laws. The result is
that Il thing which is legal i'll one state is not
necessarily legal in the others,
The most curious, and those which differ
most, arc the laws upon marriage and di-
rorcc.
If it is rlsy 10 get married in the United
States, it is still more easy to get unmarried
In the state Of New York, for instance, if
you go to hotel with woman, and put
down Mr.. So and So and Wife on the regis
ter, the law looks upon you as legally mar
rictl TO that woman, but the marriage is not
recognized as valid in some other states. To
obtain divorce in the state Of New York
you must prove infdclity on the part OF your
wife: but just across the Hudson, in the
state OF New Jersey, it is to be obtained on q
proof of cruelty or iIicompatibility Of char
acter If this is not easy enough for you,
take tho train to Chicago, where divorce is
to be had for the asking, almost.
The court of divorce in Chicago, called by
tho Americans ''tho divorce mill, u decided
Gs1 cases during the year 1857.
This institution is just as hourishing i'll the
state Of Indiana rs in Illinois. The casterners
jokingly pretend that us the trains roll into
tho capital of Indiana, the portecs cry out,
"Indanapolis, twenty minutes for divorce"
SO that couples who may have fallen out on
the journey can part company for good.
Docs the husband slsore or chew; has lie o
disagreeablo breath, or clumsy manner of
kissing his wfe7 Does that lady wear false
hair Cd, teeth, give her tongue too FREQ play,
or hnbitunlly take up the newspaper as soon
as her husband shows signs of dropping into
scntmcnt' All these ofenses are serious ones
before the aforesaid tribunals,
| Without troubling to SO and settle in Utah,
! an American may set up harcm Of legti-
mate wives. Each lawful spouse might be
concubinc outside the state sho was married
in, but by carefully studying the laws of the
different states Jonathan could, if he pleased
indulge in polygalny without fear Of being
prosecuted FOR it.
have read in American papers divorce
cases tha, were really most comic,
| When Il will has TO hs administered mat
tcl's often become very mi&@i up, rs you may
easily imagine. Who are the legitimate
childreni
OF course all these confusions make work
for tho men Of law, who naturally think
American legislation the finest in the world
The city of Chicago alone possesses seven
teen hundred and siNty-cight lawyers, al
thriving.
What n capital subject for an opera boufc
might be got from some of those Chicago di
vorce cases! What merry quid-pro-quos
What amusing scenes! Choruses OF lawyers
choruscs of lawful wives, with the refrain:
I'VE are Mrs Jonathan. ira lar
"DArrEN VS.. DArpEN."
Iextractea from u Chicago paper tho fol
lowing evidence, full of originality ant
h,l,nor Tho plaintiff is ut the bar, being
examined:
'What is your husbands oecupation7'
asked the counsel.
'uabit,lal drunkenness, SIR said Mrs
Dappen
" refer to your husbands profession"
HE made cigars"
Good cigarsa"
Occasionally"
Here counsel drew a cigar from his pocket
''This, your honor, is ono Of tho defendant
cigars"
mark it Exhibit A. " said the judge.
"IIad Mr.. Dappen any other profession!
continued tho lawyer.
'Not to my knowledge" said Mr.. Dappcn
wife.
"Never practiccl Us Il dentists"
"Not professionally"
"Now, Mrs Dappen, on your oath, did M
your husband extract six of your teethf'
Mrs Dappen looked timidly around. MI
- Mo-, el,
whispered, "He did"
''Dd ho administer gas, or ether, or IN
anfnsthcticl'
'No, sir"
, .sDil ho extract the teeth ono after tt
. othcrzr
"He extracted them all together"
"Had your husband any license to practit
as dcntists"
II never heard of it. IIe used to say:
will allow you a dollar day. Bring mo tt
, accounts every week, and if l ever find
cent missing will knock your teeth out. !"
$ "Did he find any deficit in your accounts
= Zone Saturday night 1 could not balan
l tho books I was ID cents short. Without
: word my husband struck mo in the 1nout
Six of my teeth were knocked out. I sws
:, lowed two"
I; "Havo you tho other four in courtT'
$ eyes, SIR"
"Mnrls them Exhibit b." said tho judg
Eventually the divorce was granted.
To be continued.l
Slightly Mixed. -=z-
% Talking of Mme Modjeska, whose name
y. its present cuphonious and pretty fornl is
- adaptation of Barton Hills from tho Polls
10 don't think confusion could go much furtt
than it did i'll the mind of tho servant of Q
n of her eastern friends, Mr.. Glider, of
IL Century. Her husbands name is, us ever
i body knows, Count Bozenta. Mr., Glide
"a servant camo to him one day and said:
"a "If you please, sir, would you mind aski
~ Mr.. Presenta if he will gvo mo pass to I
q Mmc. Digesta play How Do You Like 1t
l, sam Francisco Chronicle.
is
in Fishermen Make {. Note Ont.
i'd y quaint old book of folk lore, publisl
" at Dublin in l7U0, says that If the wi
"a blows hard upon st rntricll's eve
at betokens IL death among them that
learncd and much fish shall die in tho folio
ot ipo simmer - n mint that fho ITnito,l Cta