Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-28

his wife's female friends" He speed
lily won the full sympathy of the court
by telling some Of the jokes which
had been inflicted on his suffering
ears.
A San Francisco woman secured
divorce not long ago because her hus-
Jand would not take a bath. She said
the resulting "menta anguish was
something terrible. In this class is
another woman who got a divorce be
cause her husband insisted on going
to bed with his boots on.
Women the Most Original.
The inspection OF a large number
of divorce cases goes to show that
women are most original in the forms
Of cruelty which they indict on their
husbands.
A man named Cornell secured a d.
vorce because his wife would get up
in the middle of the night, plant her
se.f in the rocking chair, bring her
heels, down with a bang at every rock
and sing at the top of her voice Tor
two hours at time:
Oh, won't it be joyful
When we part to meet no more.
Strangely enough. when he filed his
case she changed her mind and con
tested the divorce bitterly.
The wife of a Missouri man said to
him one evening: I'D rather have
the little finger of another man than
your whole body"
This was downright cruelty, and he
hurried to the Judge, who agreed with
him and granted the divorce
Butchered English Language.
she butchers the English lans age
every time she opens her mouth,
was the recent complaint OF a nus
band before a western court The
Judge finally granted a divorce.
He's a jiner" said a little woman
out in Ohio a few weeks ago, He be-
longs to more lodges than he has
fingers, and his being out every night
is the cause OF our trouble
During our whole married life,
said another wife, my husband has
never once offered to take me out
driving. This has been a source of
great mental suffering and injury
She admitted that he had not taken
other women to drive. and the judge
refused the divorce.
A wife recently demanded a di-
vorce because her husband never, or
almost never, came home before 10
o'clock, and then he kept her awake
talking nonsense. Still another wife
demanded a divorce because her nus
band kept a saloon, which sorely
grieves the mind of the plaintiff"
"What did he do when YOU married
him?" was one of the questions at the
trial
"On, he kept a saloon but I've got
religion since, and l just can't stand
it, the wife declared.
Remarkable Verdict in Utah.
The Utah courts record the strange
case of Hope Giddings, who, after
having been divorced twice on cruelty
charges. brought a suit for $4,000
because a third sutton broke off an en- :.
gagement After being out for three
hours the jury delivered this re-
markable verdict:
Eve, the jury, find the defendant in
this case guilty as charged and award
of marriage, % per cent of the dam
ages to the amount of $4,000 cash
money and one-half of the acre of
willow land on the bottoms; and,
finally, lastly and to the end, SLIGO for
attorneys fees and the costs of this
action;
Except that, whereas the plaintiff
has caused the defendant extreme
mental anguish and suffering in writ
ing the note which broke the contract
of marriage, 80 per cent, Of the dam.
ages is hereby declared cancelled.
"And. whereas the plaintiff has
been the cause Of greatly reducing the
pecuniary prominence of the defend
ant to the extent of allowing and per
suading him to make gigantic prepa-
rations in the, matter Of household
furniture and rented rooms, 30 per
cent more of the damages is hereby
declared cancelled;
"And, furthermore, whereas plain
tiff has caused defendant unlimited
humiliation, modification and isola-
ton in depriving him of the necessary
affableness and stamina requisite for
the procuring of a suitable, or, in
fact. any member of the fair sex, as
social companion and for causing him
to be sympathetically looked upon as
as a dismal, HOPELESS destitute
among the children of men, the re-
naming 40 per cent of the damages
is hereby declared cancelled"