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July 15, 1785
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Ireland's County of Meath, a jilted maid-servant suicides after her betrothed marries another; her enraged butcher master blames and kills his wife with a spade, then slits his own throat. Serves as a cautionary tale on falsehood and unchecked passions.
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CHARLESTON, June 11.
The following melancholy catastrophe which happened in the county of Meath, in Ireland, exhibits a striking instance of the dangerous tendency of falsehood and duplicity, and of letting our passions get the better of our reason. "A maid-servant to a butcher having been book-worn to a young man, and he marrying another woman, she went into her master's barn and hung herself. The master finding her dead, was so enraged thereat, and blaming his wife for being the means of promoting the fellow's marriage, and being thereby instrumental to the young woman's death, struck her on the head with a spade and knocked out her brains, and afterwards cut his own throat."
The following melancholy catastrophe which happened in the county of Meath, in Ireland, exhibits a striking instance of the dangerous tendency of falsehood and duplicity, and of letting our passions get the better of our reason. "A maid-servant to a butcher having been book-worn to a young man, and he marrying another woman, she went into her master's barn and hung herself. The master finding her dead, was so enraged thereat, and blaming his wife for being the means of promoting the fellow's marriage, and being thereby instrumental to the young woman's death, struck her on the head with a spade and knocked out her brains, and afterwards cut his own throat."
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Family Drama
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Suicide
Murder
Jealousy
Ireland
Moral Lesson
Passions
Duplicity
What entities or persons were involved?
Maid Servant
Young Man
Butcher
Butcher's Wife
Where did it happen?
County Of Meath, Ireland
Story Details
Key Persons
Maid Servant
Young Man
Butcher
Butcher's Wife
Location
County Of Meath, Ireland
Story Details
A maid-servant, betrothed to a young man who marries another, hangs herself in her master's barn. The butcher master, enraged and blaming his wife for facilitating the marriage, strikes her fatally with a spade and then cuts his own throat.