The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Says He Kisses Her Too Much.

Trenton, Neb, oct. o.-Mrs. Hen.
rietta McGrew insists that there Is "A
limit to all things, even to the kisses
of her husband, John h. McGrew. AS
a result of exceeding the limit she has
sought the divorce courts of Hitch.
cock county, where she has applied for
divorce, alleging that he has kissed
and insisted upon kissing, until the
cruelty stage has been reached.
In her petition Mrs. McGrew alleges
that she and John were married more
than a year ago and that for six
months she stood the kissing without
murmur, supposing that in time the
practice would be dropped to a Ger.
tain extent, but instead of the kisses
frequent.
The McGrews are occupants OF
farm where John is trying to cult.
vate and grow something like 100
acres of crops. Because of his great
desire to kiss, his wife alleges, he let
his crop 20 to ruin during the past
year, and that this year they will not
raise enough to feed a chicken"
Reciting the woes and annoyances
to which she has been put, Mrs. Nc
Grew alleges that the first thing in the
morning John insists upon not only
, one, but dozen kisses. Then he starts
, out to do the work about the barn,
returning right at the time when she
is in the midst of preparing the break.
fast. Entering the house. before he
sets down the pals of milk he de.
clares that he must have a few more
kisses. This operation is repeated
several times before they sit down to
the morning meal. After 1t is finished
| John takes few more rounds at
kissing and then starts for the field.
Along about 10 o'clock he returns to
the house and there is another session
of kissing, after which work in the
field is resumed
At noon, and before the horses are
unhitched, the husband enters the
house and no matter how busy the
wife may be, according to her sworn
allegation, she must allow John to rain
a shower of kisses upon her lips. AT.
ter feeding the horses he comes back
to the house and from that time until
the meal is prepared it is kiss, kiss
kiss, all the time without let.up of
minute.
In the afternoon Mrs. McGrew de.
clares that on an average of twice
each day between the time her hus
band goes to work and the time he
quits at night he visits the house, and
no matter who may be there he forces
her to submit to the kissing
The straw that fractured the camel's
back, she alleges, occurred a few
weeks ago when they attended coun
try dance. After a couple Of sets
had been danced, and while every
body was standing around, John came
up to where l was standing, talking
with a couple of women, threw his
arms about me and kissed me at leas
fifty times. People laughed and made
fun of both my husband and myself
humiliating me in a most shocking
manner"
Mrs. McGrew further along in he
petition AYERS that while her husband
has been spending his time kissing
the weeds have taken the corn ant
the cockleburs have grown highe
than the wheat; the cattle have tramp
ed down the hay meadows. and gen
orally things have gone to the bad
! all on account of the insane desire t
keep kissing all the time. In he
prayer for divorce she says that doz
ems of kisses are the first thing in thu
morning and the last thing at night