The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-18
Personal JOURNALISM.
Editor Ciingman, of MontrOse, Tells
of His Domestic Troubles In His
own Paper.

Editor Clingman, of Montrose, Tells
of His Domestic Troubles In Hi.
own Paper.
From the Montrose Qa) Journal
My wife has applied for a divorce,
and will get one, or, at least, this act
of hers means that we, who became
husband and wife on Aug 5, $780, for
better or for worse, are to separate
from the sacred ties of matrimony
forever. We must live apart and I'M
der different shelter We never have
lived as one, but that was her fault.
Il do not wish to mention her faults.
but do believe that there is not a
man in the state of Iowa, with mind
and body, that could live happy with
a 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 / 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, like her
self, turned against me, but like the
foolish ass, l bore the burden with
only an occasional bray. My load was
heavy and my work was burdensome,
but l had twenty-four hours to do my
days work in, and on more than one
occasion have worked every hour
OF the twenty-four. l realized that it
was long lane that has no turn
and was looking for turns Final
~, my wife's mother was called to the
other shore; then her daughter got
married, leaving my wife, my little son
and myself in the family. The turn
had come sure enough. My wife turn
ed against her daughter and renewed
her enmity against me, and there was
not 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 eyes 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. She never want
ed for clothing, medicine, food or fuel,
and on the very day she filed her pa
pers 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 a fort
night. She had every obtainable lux
ury. 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
l have spent rubbing her aching head
and back with ointment, trying to dis
place diseases she was heir to. The
form of Regret will suddenly rise be-
fore her, from whom she can never
be divorced by any court this side of
heaven.
Mrs. Clingman has severed her con-
nection with the Journal, and it is
doubtful If work from her pen will
even find place in it's columns again.
AS for myself, 1 will continue in the
work and will exert every effort to
make the Journal the best local paper
in the Mississippi valley. / have Just
received a photograph of Mrs. Cling
man; taken a few weeks ago She Ia
smiling and never looked more beauti-
full. II she had smiled at her husband
just once in the twelve years of mar |
ried life as she did at the camera no |
judge could ever grant her divorce on |
good and sufficient grounds"