Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-28
in BED rHiRTy-EleHT WEARS
Wonan,l Would Now Like ctesWalk
Al; SEa Csnp

But shs carr, - -,
Thirty. .sight years agSS MIS- Alex
ander wicRhaniiTT';of OF Upton, 1ay, got
Angry and Went t6S bed. y So u
',tIf'm Ynieeter, never, neSef soings To-
get up again" she declared. =,
Ai'littIe 1w,hi,eS ago she changed her,
ifiitina and attenipted to get out OF bed
anu walk. But 'she found kheg was.
BAR ipSaariaiy9zed i9d rom heef waist tdo@h.o 2 Dur:
ihs 6et thirttSy!Lsigh9 yieasfis iasia III Bed hesi,
legs ifaa dtrophfed iand Had ;bec8me
aSsS Siidtefy useiess. NOV she lives In
sea an day saas s ant after day month al 4
/ tsfe month, yesat after year. because
she hass to, not SbseAta Use she Wants 70. !.
'N sHes rRslas az Young z wi wi i2s M when I she
vent t6 Bed she sissii IL y an an Std white
haired Woman Iriowss She SIS fiieh, but.
EalF the gDoSe her MONEY does ~ her, q To-
RESP. ere5odt 0ff the ipSof i iIouss y 'fti
tefmits her 70 employ sa woman 10
Siodk after Seir ~ z wssiffnts sifft ana TO eret
main In the foohI WITH r
|o9The brigham Atifoublf'eA' w was y between
Mis- Wfckhaffffil n ana her f9ather- IN law.
Intfediat eiy III teff ~ her ma fnairriags To-
tec HiWSSsknhfn IN qsRIe Re 4 I'd htsfr h,isbana
Vent t6' i've, with her husband 3 fath.,
ier.% NE fEaffn fEaAfsfin Vas 4 Joint affaffr: II be-
;f1Ess f,tEa 4 +ibSS I'D u snioeenr noeen F',rh ~ s
=, MT94 Wf,cssasfs sfS 4, ana ,:1hs thbe 1father.in-
law N5fd NOT esey Along together Mrs.
veiins ha X X iiraf53ed IA fhaf fhs farm be
iaG;y,aa,I 84a FIAT hSlsiih hSsssi ssbbaand nave his
me. ! i rhe oid nah re-
fSsaa aTSS ap;a pf;aii ne ttne
EhahSss Siys YfV {sk Saa "a WA ia
dc,,Sis tipD. i,,asan SaS 6;aaeakfasf sshs.;and
bs "a tbaSFsI n u .tS ere $ S,arfss arfs fling as
Gss,n5sAf afa9 To,fa;gn o,fa Z, III M made some
r4,, Il, tssssF s7eF y,4sasn riaH down
par bntcha kaifs ana }rE ;sis sarrIY;ssd rI;sd Tor the
'aS;sry Elf. fesrIted Ss& a. ',s :.
tfhatytiS,serss ar You nGeofihh Geofihhs neg ms
tSla3ndd asked -
.TTSh .Tlhi Fs8ihisgs' to bed, and .rihh nd Mnsver.
never, as6iIfhg going to get up again." answer
ed the sffe az she walked Into her
room AKA MA fairtnfffed the jido6r hik.Fet-
She STAYED in. bed all that day. Her;
husband, thinking 10 humor her,
bropebt her meals to ,ier, The next
morning she refused to get up. : Again
her husband brought her meals. The
Fthtrd day: was a repetition OF the first
land second. .Soy wa" the fourth and
the fifth and the sixth. " 4. I! 4. s,
"sber ret over itp said the neigh
pors when they heard Of what was
going ON over at the Wickhafn farm Z:
'"Sbe'l get up when Il die, Il reck.
On . said the old man. But the old
man lived 80 long Q, 81 she E couldn't get up
when he died .tyjj'- e..
; Mrs WickhaIm: spent her time read
| Ing books and writing poetry. After
tbirtt.e,eht wears Of such reading she
"a undonbt6aiiv the hest read woman
A. towa AjIsan, she has nrobtably writ.
Pan more .rosatrv than any woman I an in
Io,v. ~ -; = n .5tl ~ ~
Nimsh Neisbhho;rs ~; -, sme 10 see her after she
took 70 her bed But she refused to
see them Grad,jaIK these visits
4 icaa sed ana she was let severely alone.
Her husband dd-I -3IcalIed In a doctor.
aThber,e,5s 81 bnoth,np the the matter with
ha, said +ha nh;vs,Iian ashae, aasr, a. can an get
~ ,v,,or, ,sba no No NC * =
g 1,,,. ~ aSsi. ,sant -, sas' ~ .s,,,d .,,,tdi
s,,a i,t6,,,an,t %" 50. ~ ;.
q a.t, ,;st !. g fr,,,,, 1,es dosnea were
< ib{ro,,,ot,a NO tba case Tbev co,Id
| ara nn,biinos wron, 9th fha ;l1oman>
i mcst h.r. % sa,, sba yin oet nm and
y,. ,stu bs IN -Ifit;s,1lSf 1. Itihey saff But
bet hu;sfbSand tccojn,,3nt sg;at her "a want
to leave her had: ~ 8, 80,
y. Tb. srrs 1v,,n;s, y4rase ,reV inttS "a
| ;s,oiod ;siZadi Itown 4 railr6ad bnilt
tbrr6ne.b the, blaee - Mra Wickham
Eco,,1,d baar the whistle OF the trains
as thew nassed within d few blocks 5of
her bouse But" she couldn't see the
entine Fer room was on the op.
nosfta s,da ~ ine 1,opse And she re
frssd n IaaJ;e. $. her bAa ana go 10 the
window , -. -, -, -, =" :" y.
uybo,, ~ .o,o,hn,o ax.n nans,s w.,s
$3.50, Tl,.o, .,s uu;c,,ho,,s h,oa a
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