Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31
"SENSIBLE TO THE LAST"

We have a valuable correspondent who
signs himself, very significantly, Henpecked"
If the signature affords any real indication of
his condition, we pity him. and with good and
sufficient reason. In our progress so far upon
the road OF human life, we have overtaken
many men-and many women lkewiSe--in
pitiable situations. We have seen people GU;
of cash-sometimes by aid of looking glass
people out of credit and people out of health
We have seen people with one leg; people
with one arm-people with no legs, and peo-
pie with no arms. We have seen people
without teeth. people with glass eyes, and PEG.
pie with artificial noses. We have seen an
old topper in unutterable anguish because he
had broken his bottle of liquor and fair maid
en- just as miserable because she had been de-
serted by her lover Yea, worse than all these,
we have seen a man after prolonged spree
trying to get sober, and we have in our own
person endured the indescribable agony of
that great Emperor of diseases, the toothache
itself. Experience has demonstrated that any
or all of these are but paltry notifications of
human wretchedness, when compared with
the condition of henpecked husband We
could tell deeply pathetic story of an early
friend of ours, one We loved, "long time ago.
who, like fool, married red-haired school
lcompanion, and was utterly ssdone for''
| in less than year.-IIis mild and amiable
! school fellow was so much worse than Kan
| tppe that she would have saved Socrates the
trouble of drinking hemlock, and would GER
tainly have made Milton so blind that he
would inevitably have lost paradise ten wears
earlier, had she changed places with the affec
tionate spouse of the unfortunate old poet
This woman thought herself as capable as the
| Centurion of the Apostolic age, of comman.
ding a hundred men; she told her husband to
lido this" and he did it; to go, and he went
to come, and he came. Our poor friend bore
it like soldier and philosopher for months;
but at last his patience gave way, and he Sc
cretly started on board whale ship, for three
years cruise in the Pacific Ocean. The last
we heard of him, he had deserted from the
vessel, just before she commenced her home
ward voyage--for he was certain his wife
was waiting for him--and he is now living
I"solitary anil alone" among some friendly saw
ages on an island IN the Pacific, where wo
man with red hair has never yet been seen!
But we have depressed so far as to forget
our correspondent, "Henpecked." His object
lis, in every respect, praiseworthy, and will
secure the hearty and efficient cooperation
of all benevolent minds. 1t is nothing more
or less than to ameiorate the unhappy condi-
ton of henpecked husbands generally, by the
aid of reason and persuasion. Our cores
pondenti is confident that where females have
really ssgot the upper hand,' all that can be
done, is to induce them to behave as gently as
possible, and to use their authoiry in such a
manner as to initiate as little as possible a.
gainst the interests of society at large. He
therefore very wisely suggests to wives who
q ssrue the roast" when they strike their hus.
4 bands with the poker or any similar insiru-
meni, the propriety of striking them across
the Top Of the head instead of on either of the
sides. And the reasoning of our correspon.
dent, in sustaining the position he has assumed
is exceedingly opposite and forcibe. He says
he has tested the matter fully and satisfaclor.
lily, and finds that smart blow over the head
unless the skull is absolutely cracked, still al
lows the husband to put on his hat, walk into
i the street and attend TO his business. On ths
other hand, if the unfortunate male receives