Here are two short articles from Bristol’s newspapers of the 18th century:
“A woman at Batcombe being jealous of her husband, went and hung herself. The good man found her in that condition, immediately cut her down, but she, being resolved to plague him as much as possible, hung herself a second time. However he cut her down again and with much persuasion prevailed upon her to go home with him.”
“During Divine Service a woman in Tucker St found her husband in bed with another woman. suspecting too great an intimacy between them she flew at her rival in a rage and turned her headlong and almost naked into the street. a mob soon gathered round her and treated her unmercifully but fortunately some parish officers dispersed the crowd and the offenders conducted to Bridewell.”
The first one is very sad. Spite or self-loathing? We can never know.
I think she was feeling lonely. No mention of any kids.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:37 PM, texthistory
she only suspected too great an intimacy? A generous soul indeed. ha ha
I think that’s journalism
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:36 AM, texthistory
The more things change..
Exactly. It’s why I love history so much.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM, texthistory