HIS GROUND FOR DIVORCE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2509, 20 January 1877, Page 3

HIS GROUND FOR DIVORCE.

A Raleigh lawyer was interviewed recently by an agriculturist living a score of miles from the city, who said he wanted to secure a divorce from his wife. " You don't live happily with her, eh ? ' inquired the attorney. " No; we don't seem to hitch wuth a cent," was the quiet reply. " Does she scold and fret and make your home a hell upon earth, so to speak ? " continued the lawyer.. " That's her, exactly." "And are you prepared to prove that you have a peaceful disposition, and that you have done everything you could to make home pleasant?" "You bet I am! Anybody as knows me will swear that I wouldn't hurt a flea, and that I move abound home like an angel." " Well, I guess we can make a case," said the lawyer, as he, took up his pen and began to jot down the points. After a moment he inquired, " Do you think your wife will contest the case ? Has she any defence ? " " Wall, now, I never thought of that," slowly replied the farmer. " I didn't know as she had anything to say about it." "She may have. Has she any groundsfor complaint against you ?" "I don't know much about law," answered the client in a hesitating way. "I know I've got a hankering after her sister Mariar, and her sister Mariar has a hankering after me, but whether them is good grounds fof complaint I don't know." The lawyer hasn't filed a bill yet."—American paper.