Evening star., 1900-08-18

herself forever all access to the Japan sea-
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NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS.
People who Have Lived Together for
Years Without COnversing.
From the Chicago Record.
The other day 1 heard of a man of the
name of George Gould living at New Ro-
chelle. n. Y. whose wife has lived in the
same house and sat at the same table with
him without speaking to him for more than
twenty years. They were married in 1868
and have four children, who are grown and
three Of them are married. About twenty
years ago husband and wife quarreled. and
the latter. becoming angry at one of his
remarks, declared that she would never
speak to him again until he apologized.
He Is too stubborn to apologize, and she
has become accustomed to silence. They
sleep and eat and sit together like other
husbands and wives. They drive to town in
the same buggy, occupy the same pew at
church; she mends his stockings. sews the
buttons on his shirts and fulfils all the
other wifey duties in the ordinary common
place way except that of conversation, and
the husband has become accustomed to the
situation by long experience. He talks to
her without reserve, but when 1t Is neces-
SdEJ lOT leT 10 communicate WlIn MIN, SnS
does so through her daughter, who lives
with them and plays the part of telephone
for the old lady.
And yet people say that a woman cannot
hold her tongue.
There is another and a similar case at
Vestal, Broome county, N. Y, where two
brothers and two sisters named Glenn, all
unmarried, live together under the same
roof, and one of the brothers, John Glenn,
has not spoken to the rest of the family
for fourteen years. He is siXty-five years
old, a bachelor, and has always lived at
home with his brothers and sisters. In 1886
their father brought from town two suits
of clothes for the two brothers, and Will
liam, the elder, was allowed the first pick.
John became indignant at this partiality,
and declared that he would never speak to
them again. He has kept his word.
l have been told also of two other broth
ers. John and George O'Brien. who have
lived for sixteen years in the same house
on Beaver Island, near Harbor Springs
Mich, sleeping in the same bed, eating at
the same table and working in the same
cooper shop without exchanging a word.
When they were boys they quarreled over
some trifiing incident and vowed they would
never speak to each other again. Since
then they have kept their VOW, although
they are otherwise friendly
Down near Salem. Mass, are two old
maid sisters of the name of Witherspoon,
who quarreled over the seats they should
occupy at the funeral of their mother. The
elder claimed the privilege of sitting next
to the coffin. The younger assented, but
when the service began took her chair
around to the other side. so that she sat
next to the coffin also. and. as it happened,
on the right side. The elder, indignant at
being outwitted in such manner, vowed
that she would never speak to her sister
again. and has been stubborn enough to
hold her tongue.
Living near Newburyport, Mass, are two
sisters who, in 1879, quarreled over the best
method of preserving tomatoes. They sep
arated in anger, both refused to apologize
and, although they live in the same town,
they have never made up or spoken to each
other since. Their husbands and families
are friendly and visit back and forth daily
Near Rye Beach, N. H., lived farmer
who had two sons, both married and the
fathers of families. The three We're Well
Known throughout that section of tho coun-
try. and respected for their intelligence, in
tegrity and piety Philbrick, the younger
son, was famous for his fervency in prayer
and was always called upon to pray at
church meetings and occasions of religious
ceremony. He also led the devotions at
family prayers every morning at home. The
old man would first read chapter in the
Bible and then invite Philbrick to pray
When the angel Of death summoned the
father he called his sons to his bedside and
told them that he had made no will because
he had confidence in their brotherly affec-
ton and unselfshness. He hoped they
would always live together in the future as
they had done in the past and keep their
property in common, but if the time ever
came when they thought it best to divide
he was confident that they could settle the
estate between them without quarreling
The old man died about o'clock in the
morning. and couple Of hours later, as the
household assembled for prayers. accord
ing to their custom, JennesS, the elder son.
took up the Bible and read chapter as his
father had formerly done. Then. when he
closed the book, he cleared his throat and
announced that he would offer prayer him
self. The family, and especially PhiIbrick
were amazed. No voice but his had been
raised in prayer in that house for more
tran twenty years, he said, and he suggest
ed to JenneSs that their father had ex-
pressed a wish that their affairs should go
on in the future according to the customs
of the past.
This is the first time that he has had
nothing to say about it, retorted Jenness
with some temper. 81 will lead in prayer
The next morning Jenness and his family
brick and his family held theirs in another,
which was the beginning of quarrel that
finally involved the whole neighborhood
and, after numerous attempts at a settle
ment by arbitration, 1t found necessary
to sell at auction every inch of ground,
every head of live stock. every article Of
household use and every piece of property
because the brothers could not agree upon
anything. When the auction came they
bid against each other fiercely over certain
articles that both wanted. At the close of
the sale each took his own purchases and
his share of the money paid to the auc-
ttoneer and went his own way That was
early in the seventies. and, although they
have lived in the same township and have
The joys and sorrows that come
into the lives of men, they have never
spoken to or communicated with each other
in any way.