Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-06-03
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Trivial Things That Have Strewn
the Sea of Matrimony With the
Wrecks of Married Lives Before
the Voyage Was Fairly Begun.
"The only reliable thing in marriage
Is its uncertainty" Douglas Jerrold
once remarked in a cynical moment,
and, like many sayings to which one
may object, this aphorism contains at
least an elementary truth. 1t is Gu
rious fact that while some matrimonial
barks survive fifty or more years of
voyaging and come safely into harbor
at last others are wrecked before they
leave the still waters Of the honey
moon.
This was the fate Of couple known
to the writer who were married few
years ago under the brightest Of aus
pices and for whom their friends pre-
dicted nothing but happiness. The very
first day Of the honeymoon their we'd
ded lives came to an abrupt and t.aslc
termination from the simplest OF
causes.
The bride had brought with her on
the honeymoon a parasol of n vivid, az
gressive red color, to which her hus
band objected. He begged her not to
use it, but she persisted. The dispute
grew warmer and warmer. heated
words were exchanged, until at last in
an impulse of anger the bridegrCO.I
snatched the sunshade out of his wfes
hands ard threw it into the sea
Thus ended their life together, for
the indignant young wife tooE the L'At
train to her mothers home. and from
that day to this the foolish people have
never met
In another case, known professional.
" to the writer, dispute as 10 the
pronunciation of word completely
wrecked the married life Of youn-
couple and brought their little tragedy
into the light OF the law courts.
1t came out in evidence that dUriu-
the honeymoon the bridegroom lad
ventured to correct the bride, who had
mispronounced Il word ut the brcaktaSi
table. She resented the correction.
maintaining that she was right and 'H
lord and master wrong. The argument
thus begun ended in Il bitter quarrel.
during which each disputant no doubt
said things which had much bette
have been left unsaid, with the result
that the silly couple separated, each r"
fusing TO yield to the other
Efforts were made by their friends
and relatives to heal the breach, BIT; u
no purpose. and the little tragedy end
ed in q judicial separation.
1t seems almost incredible that peo.
pie should allow their lives 10 be wreck
ed by such trivial causes. but In boIl
these cases actual fact proves stranger
even than fiction.
More ludicrous, II not more trivial
was the cause that separated Il coupI,
who were united less than year "@o
In a suit by n husband for the rcstitu
ton of conjugal rights the wife de
clared that it was impossible to live
with the plaintiff because he snored so
dreadfully."
But, surely" the judge remarked,
this is not n sufficient reason for stay
ing away from your husbandE You
would think it was, my !ord,' the lady
replied, ''if you lived with him.
couldn't get wink of sleep in any par;
of the house. and even the neiShhors
complained of his snoring. II will Kill
me if have to go back.
Unreasonable suspicious have con
tributed us much as any cause TO the
undoing of husbands and wives In one
domestic tragedy which was uniolded
in the law courts few years ago Il
newly married wife had received let
ter addressed in Il masculine hand The
husband. who was of Il jealous temper
ament, demanded to see the letter
which the wife refused to show him.
High words ensued. and in moment
of uncomfortable passion the husband
struck his wife. with the result that she
went home to her parents and refused
to live with him again.
The most tragic and dramatic part
of the story was the lady's statement
in court that the letter which had
caused all the trouble had been writ
ten by her brother.
A clergyman told the writer that he
once married rustic couple whose
matrimonial life terminated at the
church door at the conclusion of the
wedding ceremony.
1t appears that the bridegroom had
discovered that his bride had sold her
mangle, which had been one OF the
chief inducements to marry her ani
she had made an equally DISAPPOINTING
discovery that her swain had sold a
handsome clock on which she had set
her heart. Thus were two lives wreck
ed by mangl" and clock. however
strange and foolish it may seem.
In another case yourg widow who
had married an elderly bachelor who
was reputed to be wealthy found
after her marriage that her false lover
had parted with every penny Ct his
fortune in purchasing an annuity for
his own life and was so diSguSted
with his meanness that she left him
to the undisturbed enjoyment of his
annuity.
One recreant husband gave us rea'
son for declining to live with his wife
the discovery that the hair which had
constituted her chief charm in his eyes
was false and that he could no longer
either love or respect wife who had
so deceived him.-London Tit-Bits.