The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-11-30
Where Divorce Is Easy.

Pennsylvania is a Slate of easy di.
vorcs, the prevailing case being "incom.
patibility of temper" A correspondent
of the New York Sun, writing from Rou.
lette, Potter County, mentions several
interesting cases which have come over
the border from New York. One farmer
from Allegsny County, N. Y, well.to.do
and third time married, has sued for
divorce on the usual ground, bis COM
plant being that, having prayed for his
own children at family devotions and
forgotten those of bis wife by former
husbands, she commanded him to 90
through his prayer again and mention
the whole family by name. This he
refused to do until she had grasped him
by tho hair with both hands, and pulling
him down on his knees, held him there
until he had amended his prayer to
order. Of course he would have no
standing in a New York Divorce Court.
Rather than grant separation for such
cause the Judge would fix up prayer
for the pious couple on which they could
agree unless the woman had q countless
army of relatives.
Another suitor for divorce from Alle-
gany County is young woman Of 1S
who married a man of 10 years. A week
after the wedding q neighbor on an ad-
joining farm died, leaving his widow the
estate and $4,000 in securities. When
the old husband heard of this he seized
his young wife, who had brought him no
property, and shaking her with violence,
swore that but for her he could marry
the rich widow. After shaking her all
around the house he locked himself up
in a room, from whence be emerges once
day to shake bis wife and eat meal.
As a Pennsylvania divorce is absolute,
allowing both parties to marry again, 1t
is supposed that the young wife took
good care to ascertain that the old man
couldn't get the rich widow before begin.
ming her suit. There is not enough
incompatibility on earth to induce q
woman to open such an opportunity for
miserable old curmudgeon of hus.
band.
A young man from Cattaraugua Ceun-
ty seeks divorce because be has never
seen his wife since their wedding
day. After the ceremony she went to
change her bridal dress for travelling
costume with which to make the we'd
ding tour, but while he was waiting she
sent him word that she would not 60
with him or see him again. She was an
orpbcn of independent means, and
nobody can surmise the reason of her
conduct. The husband believes that she
is in Europe.
A woman from Stuben County seeks a
divorce because her husband broke out
into terrible yolley of profanity while
trying to put up atovepipe. She fed
from the house, but he left the pipe, and,
following her to the door, assailed her
with the most horrible imprecations,
concluding with the threat that if she
ever returned he would blow the house,
the stovepipe and herself to Tophet with
dynamite. She did not 90 back, but
made bee.line for the land OF facile
divorce.
There are now pending in the Courts
of Potter and two other counties of the
Pennsylvania northern tier forty 'six
divorce cases in different stages of lii.
CATION. Among those who seek this sort
of relief are Brooklyn physician, q we'll
known actress, the wife Of conspicuous
New York politician, the daughter of 8
prominent New York State preacher and
Lake Erie steamboat captain. Out OF
twenty-five degrees of divorce granted by
the Courts of the northern counties Of
Pennsylvania last month twenty were to
people of New York, who came into the
State for that especial purpose. But New
York gets even by marrying hundreds of
couples from across the Pennsylvania
border, who do not like the strict license
Law of the keystone State. That is to
say, New York does the marrying and
Pennsylvania the divorcing.