Show A Christinas Gift That Came in Handy Some time since Abraham Ford of Portland Oregon says the Xcws in a fit of generosity made out a deed of all his belongings and hung it on a Christmas tree for his beloved wife Mary A Fonl This chivalric deed rivalled all the leeds of the ages of chivalry into nothingness In doing this act 11 Ford was doubtless more or less influenced by the tender sentiments which cluster like pearls around the Christmas holiday and by his unbounded confidence in his wife But at a subsequent period the romance of the ono holiday hH time withered M and turned to UUl UI UUU LIe once lovIng couple quarrelled and finally suit and counter suit was commenced by each in turn Mr Fords attorney contended that a deed hung Christmas n on a tree was not valid but Judge Stearns said i was firstclass although it had hung among dolls candy bags and flashing tinsel pendant from an evergreen tree amid the gairish lights of the best parlor Judge Stearns granted a divorce and all the projerty to Mrs Ford v I |