New-York tribune., 1890-07-14
4 PERSECUTED HrSBfND.


our readers cannot have forgotten IN" crusade
which The Tribune carried on few months ago
Tor the relief of men who have fallen victims 10
their wives There was tie Indiana man whose
wife trirp.d him up in the haH with
string tied 10 the hatracl; the South Carolina
man who was shot by his wife because hc FORGOT
10 get spool Of thread the New-JerNcy man
whose wife. when running away with the hired
man. took tie best COW on the place, and many
others Our cforts, We are convinced. dill much
10 better the condition OF married men, and for
two months thcr have been no ouragcS by
women reported. Elt we are panied 10 Sc that
wiyi are again becoming aggressive.
In divorce case now going on at Paterson,
y. j.. the Only charge which the wife seems 70
make is that her husband gave her liver for
breakfast, while he al" roast duck. IL does not
sccm TO occur 10 ler that liver is good, nouri,h-
Mr article Of food. while roast duck Is apt 10 give
% person INDIGESTION. However. her husband de
ucs thc charge. and says t'nt they both Lad
mutton chops, Then he goes on and tells his
story, and pathetic tale it is. How hcart'ss is
woman after She is m1rricd. Says this poor man
in tie cours" of Dbl, testimony:
sometime, I would ret excited and then She would
usr.cd me- iu'f" tA"u began =" hpilcr 'd int nay
ar4., a.t SD" ra,-'d W" more vet. then began t9
s,iu and O." lIudcr screamed IL" m .r' 80" na--cd
me.
Docs TIL, Show any of that TENDERNESS, on which
women pride tAcuI,ciyc,' Very Wtl". 1t seems
- u,. When hr got excited Size na-1cd him
When he got more excited She only naggeI him
tie more When hc very naturally began -
"ho,lrr' and swing Lis arms She rcdonbcI her
ua--iue operations. When patience ceased 10 be-
"a yir'uc-whcu hc could no longer remain calm
and collrctcd-aud began ~ scream, what did Sire
do Kept on nag1ns. Not" the simple p'thoS
of tlis: The louder | screamed the more she
laracd Nlay not "A man scream in his own
house? May not hc hollcr and swing his arms
In the security Of his own fiat? II reputable
citizen, a taxpayer and The owner of clothing
store cannot relax a little at home without hov-
Ing frivolous yonng woman begin nncging him,
,yc can only ask: Were the foundations Of this
Republic laid in vain
Eut ;his is not al Of This wrctchcd business.
Continuing his testimony. the husband siys:
once he asked me for some money, and said II I
loved Lcr would give 10 t. her 1 put my hand in
my pocket and gave l. Sl7G. She laughed. / Evc
her - ont of another pocket. She laughed @2l!n: |
found quarter in another pocket and gave her that
Iut sho SIN uIFl"d. Then found ny last 10 cents
and .nyc it TO her, and he said " THAT, all right
LYMAN; Won can go nov. Ih"h tho "id man said 10
me: LYMAN there's the door
Observe. she not only nagecd but She huehcd.
And after laughing the last cent out of his last
pocket she tells him 10 90. Then the old man,
her father, comes in with an iron bootiacl in
one hand and shows him ont into cold world
without > cents for car-iarc; and he walks down
town and sleeps irregular pile Of neat but
not gaudy rcaI y-wndc clothing Liver, indeed !!
She deserved nothing less than liver three times
a day. II is clear that the Society for the Amcli-
Grafton of the Condition of Husbands must again
yet toecthrr and bc-iu its noble work.