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The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
ere not enough, the good wife always appeared in the attitude of the injured party, and got up for the mutual worship of herself and husband a little deity, the goddess Viriplaca; that is, "Appeaser of Men." A similar goddess may have been improvised in this country, but goes under a different name--Revolver, to wit. It is not difficult to comprehend that, under such a system, the noble Roman began to hesitate at last to encounter the tribulations and perils of wedlock. By the time of Augustus, the increasing number of bachelors seemed to menace the foundations of the Eternal City. The Emperor, alarmed, caused the people to be assembled in his presence, putting on his right hand the heroic married men, who, by daring and enduring so much for the perpetuity of Rome, had entitled themselves to be considered the martyrs of their country. On the other side were the bachelors, an enormous host of single vagabonds, proud of their freedom, and inspired with a ferocious sentiment of "Li