Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1909 — HANK SOAKS OLIVE JANE [ARTICLE]

HANK SOAKS OLIVE JANE

On the Crock With a Butter Plate Draws $lO Pine Prom Squire Irwin. The beautiful romance of Hank : and Olive (also the butter dish) j was shattered Friday night when the cruel Henry sloughed his tootsiewootsie with a butter plate. The parties are William Henry Gray and his wife, Olive Jane Beezy Gray, who resided in the north part of town. The latter had been at Motion for several days, "spreeing around/’ Gray alleges', and Friday she came back to pack up and vamoose. Life was one merry-go-around of pleasure till the faithless Olive listened to the pleas of her fond parent, William Beasy, begging her to come back to his board, and two weeks ago she packed her Saratoga and hiked to Monon, leaving both Hank and papa to shift for themselves. Finding that she could no longer love him she did the next best thing and insisted on a division of the household effects which consisted of one bed, one table, two boxes and. three plates. There was no trouble in dividing the bed, table and boxes, but the plates—Olive claimed the lion s share, and Hank said nay. In the scuffle that ensued Olive catne out with a divided nose and upper lip; and Hank came out with a flat pocketbook. They were married only March 29 last, William Henry being 35 years of age and Olive Jane 17, but sad is the in their dream of love in a cottage, and unless Hank agrees to sleep in the hay mow there will be no reconsiliatlon.