Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-11

nothing of all this. There he lives all alone by
himself in boarding house with nobody near
him that cares brass farthing whether he lives
or dies.-No affectionate wife to nurse him and
coddle him up when he's sick; no little prattlers
about him to keep him in good humor; no
dawning intellects whose Development he can
amuse himself with watching day after day
nobody to study his wishes and keep all his
comforts ready--Confound it, hasn't tha: wo-
man got back from the market yeta
feel remarkable hungry. | don't mind the
bows being coddled and messed ifmy wife likes
it, but there's no joke in having the breakfast
kept back for an hour. o, by the way, mus,
remember TO buy all those things for the chill
dren to-day Christmas is close at hand, and
nv wife has made out a list of the presents she
means to put in their stockings. More expense,
and their school bills coming in TOO; remem-
Der before was married | used to think what
delight it would be TO educate the young
rogues myself; but man with large family
has no time for that sort of amusement | won
der how old my young Tom is; let me see,
when does his birthday come? Next month, as
I'm Christian; and then he will be fourteen.
Boys Of fourteen consider themselves all but
men, nowadays, and Tom is quite of that
mind | see. Nothing will suit his exquisite
feet but Wellington boots at thirty shillings a
pair; and his mother has been throwing out hints
for some time as to the propriety of getting a
watch for him; gold of course Silver was quite
good enough for me when | was score of
years older than he is, but times are awfully
changed since my younger days. Then, be-
leve in my soul, the young villain has learned
to play billiards, and three or four times when
he has come in late, at night, his clothes SEEM
ed to be strongly perfumed with cigar smoke.
Heigho! Fathers have many troubles and
can't help thinking sometimes that old bachelors
are not such wonderful fools after all. They
90 to their pillows at night with no cares on
their minds to keep them awake; and when they
have once got 10 sleep, nothing comes 10 disturb
their repose-nothing short of the house being
on fire can reach their peaceful condition. No
getting up in the cold 10 walk up and down the
room for an hour or two, with squalling young
varlet, as my luck has been for the last five or
six weeks. It's an astonishing thing to per-
ceive what passion our little LOUISA exhibits
for crying; for sure as the clock strikes three
she begins, and there's no getting her quiet
again until she has fairly exhausted the strength
forward screaming. | can't for the life of me
understand why the young Williams don't get
through with their squalling and roaring in the
day time when am out of the way. Then
again, what delightful pleasure it is TO be
reused out of ones first nap, and sent off post
haste for the doctor, as was on Monday night,
when my wife thought Sarah had got the Group,
and frightened me out of my wits by her lamen-
tations and fdgets. By the way, there's the
doctors bill to be paid soon; his collector always
pays me visit just before Christmas. Broth
er Tom has no doctor to fee, and that certainly
is great comfort; bless my soul how the time
slips away Past nine o'clock and no breakfast
yet-wife messing with Dick, and getting the
three girls and their two brothers ready for
school; nobody thinks of me starving all this
time. What the plague has become of my
newspaper, wonder? that young rascal Tom
las carried it of, dare say, to read in the
school when he ought TO be poring over his
books. He's great torment, that boy. But
no matter, there's great deal of pleasure in
married life, and if some vexations and troubles
do come with its delights, grumbing won't take
them away, any how: nevertheless, brother
Tom, I'm not so very certain but that you have
done quite as wisely as |, after all.