Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1888 — Silent for Thirteen Years. [ARTICLE]

Silent for Thirteen Years.

Philadelphia Times. % Then 1 is gSid to ho s, tanner in Bridgeport, Conn., who has %t spoken to liis wife for thirteen yeiKS,. nor has she spoken to him, althougmtlie two are on good terms. It appears mat one inoniin June, 1875, he came iWto his house and asked his wife to hum- up breakfast. In her hum- she dreamed a plate ami spilled some hot coffee % him, A row was the result and it en&d in her saying that she would nevemspeak to him as long as she lived, and %ie swore he never would spealntT hek Since that time they liave never exeliiuiged a word. Their children do all thg talking for them, ami each one is waiting tor the other to give in first It is bouiM to come in time, and then one may well imagine that their talk will be an interesting one. V