Litchfield enquirer., 1837-12-07
TROUBLES OF A MARRIED MAN.

cry one IS CalleO tO eXpeflence more or less trouble, but hope, for the honor of woman, and the comfort of those who are now, or ex- pect to be, husbands, that few experience what have for the brief months which have elapsed since was united in the bands of wedlock to an accomplished and beautiful girl, of neighboring city. My notions of what wife should be were not very definite, and as she on whom my affections were placed had a good school education, was beautiful to look upon, neat in her attire, and appeared to good advantage in the parlor, among her as- sociates, considered her all man in my moderate circumstances could wish. And since my marriage she appears as'well as ever in these particulars; but I find she is lacking in the most important qualifications of good wifc-she understands nothing about domestic afairs! (Why-y-yD
 She cannot make loaf of bread, or cook a piece of meat For instance-I purchased a tender beef steak for dinner, and she was to. tally at loss how it should be cooked. In the first place she put it in tin pan and placed it in a baker," or portable oven, and set it before hot fire, till it was dried to crisp, and then, concluding it would not be eatable she put it into the pot and boiled it You can judge how a hungry man would feel on going home, expecting to eat hearty dinner, and have placed before him such 2 mess.- She undertook to bake plum pudding, and kindled fire in a portable furnace, put the pudding into tin pan in the bake- kettle, and placed 1t over the furnace. and kept live coals on the top of the bake-kettle till the whole pudding was solid coal! And she probably would have put shin of beef on the spit to roast, had not informed her how 1t should be cooked. These are specimens ofmy troubles. What shall do! Icannot afford to hire help-and indeed my wife is opposed to having help in the house.
 Ought mothers to be so totally regardless of the comfort, usefulness and happiness of their daughters, as to suffer them to be mar ried scithOut .fnishing their education?
 Yours &c. JOSEPH -
 Poor Joe We pity you, but we can do nothing for you. You have married toy, and have no right to find fault with the trinn. et!-Boston TfGnscrips.
 MOBILE, Nov. l9.
 Destructire Fire.-Last night, for the first time in about two years, our city (which a. bounds with wooden buildings, and is not suit ably supplied with water at all times) was visited by destructive confagration, whicf consumed several dwelling houses and other buildings, and destroyed property to the a shi0GAs Sa sSaA.S %OosvuU-aS iS SuppOSeO.
 The nre origlnated in kitchen in the rear of q house on the corner of Jackson and St Louis streets, belonging to yellow man. [ creole, named Alexander. It6roke out abou 10 o'clock. From the kitchen the fire wal communicated to the house from Alexan der's house to another on St. Louis st.. be longing also to Alexander -ffom this latte building to large carpenters shop and lurn Der yard belonging to Mir. Richard II. Red wood- from these 10 the dwelling of MT. \ which was burnt, together with two stor kitchen. While these were burning. the nel dwelling house west of MT. Redwood d's on G Louis street, belonging to Messrs. D. & ]. 2 Walker, was pulled down--so also was Ml Redwo0d's stable. andone or two other snal buildings, to prevent the fire from extendinI further west-the direction given 1t by th' wind.