The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
IOWA EDITORS
POIGNANT LAMENT
Writes TearfuIly in His Paper in Re-
gard to Wife's Application for
Divorce,

This is the manner in which Editor
c. R. Clingman, of the Montrose
Oowa) Journal tells of his domestic
troubles in the columns of his paper:
My wife has applied for a divorce,
and Will get one, or at least this act of
hers means that we, who became hus-
band and wife on Aug. 5, 1890, for bet
ter or for worse, are to separate from
the sacred ties of matrimOny forever.
We must live apart and under differ
ent shelter. We never have lived as
one, but that was her fault.
Il do not wish to mention her faults,
but 1 do believe that there is not a
man in the. state of Iowa, with mind
and body, that could live happy with
woman of her disposition. She al
ways had her own way, and never
gave me fair chance. She was will
ing for me to take the buzzard and her
the turkey, or her the turkey and me
the buZzard, and that had to end it,
and generally did. She took for her
motto, Heads 1 win, tails you lose
and never deviated from it. She never
smiled-she never cheered me, and al
ways pulled in an opposite direction.
When we got married she had a
mother and daughter, who, with her
self, turned against me, but, like the
foolish ass, / bore the burden with
only an occasional bray. My load was
heavy and my work was burdensome,
but 1 had twenty-four hours to do my
days work in, and on more than one
occasion have worked every hour of
the twenty-four. 1 realized that it
was long lane that las no turn and
] was looking for turns Finally my
Wife'S mother was called to the other
shore; then her daughter got married,
leaving my wife, my little son and my
self in the family. The turn had come,
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her daughter and renewed her enmity
against me, and there was not a ray of
hope in the Clingman family-things
had gone from bad to worse and had
continued so.
IF Mrs. Clingman had weighed all
matters on the scales of justice in
stead of Jumping them off with ewes
of prejudice, she would have learned
to love instead of hate the husband
who so faithfully shaved for her so
that she might live in luxury. SIZE
never wanted for clothing, med; gsne,
food or fuel, and on the very day she
filed her papers for divorce the cellar
was filled with fruit, the flour bin was
filled with flour, the hen house with
eggs-and there were groceries enough
on hand to supply an ordinary family
fortnight. She had every obtainable
luxury at her command Her railroad
fare was paid from one end of the line
to the other; she went and came as
she pleased. She bought what she
pleased, and 'Clingman paid the
freight and the bills, too-(and did
the cooking while she was gomez.
AS she goes through life with her
soul burning with revenge and. spite,
they will cease when she arrives at a
point where the. paths appear to meet
she will think fast and recall the
hours 1 have spent rubbing her aching
head and back with ointment, trying
to displace diseases she was heir to.
The form of Regret will suddenly
rise before her, from whom she can
never be divorced by any court this
side of heaven.
Mrs. Clingman has severed her
connection with the Journal, and it is
doubtful if work from her pen Iill
ever find place in it's columns again.
AS for myself, I will continue in the
work and will exert every effort to