Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-01


his wife's female friends" Re speed
lily won the full sympathy Of ne court
by telling some Of the jokes which
had been inflicted on his suffering
ears.
a San Francisco woman secured a
divorce not long ago because her hus-
Jand would not take a bath. She said
the resulting mental 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 infiict on their
husbands.
man named Cornell secured d.
vorce because his wife would get up
in the middle of the night, plant her
self 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 g time:
Oh, won't it be joyful
When we part to meet no more.
Strangely enough, when he fled his
case she changed her mind and conn.,
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.
s"She butchers the English language
every time she opens her mouth
was the recent complaint OF nus
band before a western court The
Judge finally granted divorce.
Hes 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 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 d.
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 hus-
band kept a saloon, which sorely
grieves the mind of the plaintiff. p
"What did he do when you married
him?" was one of the questions at the
trial.
"On, he kept saloon, but I've got
religion since, and I just cant 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 $5O,O0O
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 III
this case guilty as charged and award
of marriage, 90 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. Sl-5O 1oG
attorneys fees and the costs d this
action;
Except, that, whereas the p-aintif
has caused the defendant extreme
mental anguish and suffering III Wit
inc the note which broke the contract
of marriage, 80 per cent, of the dam,
ages is hereby declared cancelled.
"And, whereas the plaintl1 mas
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 pTeja
rations in the matter Of hoUsenod
furniture and rented rooms so per
cent. more of the damages is hereby
declared cancelled;
"And, furthermore, whereas pam
tiff mas caused defendant unlimited
humiliation, modification and lSoP
ton in depriving him of the necessary
affableness and stamina requisite ioI
the procuring of a suitable. or,
fact, any member Of the fair sex, as
social companion and for causing MIN
to be sympathetically looked upon aS
as dismal, HOPELESS destitute
among the children of men, J1e~,Is
naming 40 per cent of the damages
/ is hereby declared cancelled.