Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-05-03
MRS. CAUDLE's CURTAIN LECTURES.
ON MR.. cAuDLE's SHIRT buttons


There-you needn't begin to whistle : people |
don't come TO bed to whistle. But it's ike you !
] can't speak that you don't try to insult me.
Once, I used TO say, You were the best creature
living; now, You get quite fend. DO let
you rest No, won't let you rest It's the
nly time have TO talk TO you, and you shall
hear me. I'm put upon all day long its very
hard Il can't speak word at night and il
isn't often | open my mouth goodness knows
because once in your lifetime your shirt
wanted a button, you must almost swear .he
roof off the house. You didn't swear, Ha,
Mr.. Caudle, YOU don't know what you do when
you're in n passion. You were not in n passion
wern't you, We'll. then. don't know what
passion is-and think ought by this time
Eve lived enough with you, Mr.. Caudle TO know
that.
dts pity you havn't something worse to
complain OF than that button of your shirt. II
you'd some wives, you would. know. I'm
sure I'm never without a needle and thread in
my hand. What with you and the children,
I'm made n perfect slave Of. And what's my
thanks! Why il once in your life n buttons
off your shir'-what do you cry 'oh' at!
say once, Mr.. Caude OF twice or three times
at most Tn sure, Mr.. Csudle, no mans but.
tons in the world are better looked after than
yours. only wish I'd kept the shirts you had
when you were first married. should like to
know where were your buttons then
ayes, it is worth talking of. But that's how
you always try TO put me down. You fly into
a rage. and then it only try to speak you
won, hear me. That's how you men always
will have all the talk to yourselves a poor wo.
man ism, allowed TO get n word in.
"A nice notion you have of a wife, TO suppose
sne's nothing to think of but her husbands but
tons. \ pretty notion. indeed, you have ofmar.
rage. IIa ifpoor women only knew what
they had TO go through. What, with buttons,
and one thing and another. They'd never tie
themselves up To- the best man in the world, I'm
sure. What would they do Mr.. Caudlo WHY,
do much better withou, yo,i, I'm certain.
"And it's my belief, after all. that the but
ton wasn't off he shirt--t's my belief that you
pulled 1t off. that you might have something to
talk about. Oh, you're aggravaing enough,
when YOU like tor any thing All know is,
its very odd that the button should be off the
| SHIRT tor I'm sure no woman's a greater slave
! 10 her husbands buttons than am. l only
say it's very odd.
"IIowever, there's one comfort; it can't las,
long. I'm worn TO death with your temper
and shan't trouble You great while. Ia, YOU
may laugh And dare say you would laugh
I've no doubt OF 1t That's your love--that.
your feeling! know that rm sinking every
day, though say nothing about it. And wher
i'm gone, we shall see how your second vii,
will hook after your buttons. You'll find on
the difference then. Yes, Caudle, yeu'll thinl
of me, then for then, hope, you'll never have
a blessed button to your back
"No, I'm not n vindictive woman, Mr.. eau
, die nobody ever called me that but you
What do you say Nobody ever knew so muc
, of me- That's nothing at all to do with il
J Tia wouldn't have your aggravsting temper
Caude, Enr mines o: Gold. li'sa good thin
Tn not as worrying as you are, or nice hous
,here'd be between MS. | only wish you'd ha
= a wife that would have talked TO you, then you
e have known the difference. But you impos
} upon me-, because, like poor fool. say ne
; thing. should b. ashamed of myself, Candl,
"And pretty example you set as father
l. You'll make your boys As bad as Yourself
: Talking as you did all breakfast time abol
!, your buttons. Aud of Sunday lnornng too
And you call yourself christian. l shon!
: Ike To know what your boys viii say OF yo
y waen they grow up And all about Pai'r
t button off one of your wristbands decen
}. mau wouldn't have mentioned II. why won
= | hold lny tongue Because want hold M
}. tongue. I'm tn have INV peace of nilnd des
5 troycd-rm To be worried INTO my grave tor
n miserable shirt button, and I'm to hold m
tongue. Oh! bul that's just like you men.
"yut know what III do for the future
Every button you have may drop oft, and won
= so much as put thread to 'em. And 'houl
: like to know what you'll do then! Oh, yo
must get somebody else to sew IN, must you
That's pretty threat tor husband 10 hold OF
u TO a wife A! And to such wife as I've bee
: too. such negro slave TO your buttons, as
may say. Somebody else to sew 'em, eh NJ
!, Caudle. no not while I'm alive. When II
dead--and with what have to bear there's n
?. knowing how soon that may he-when II
;. dead, ! say-oh, what brute you must be
10 Store go.
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