The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-08-28
Prom ArhuI's Ladie.' Naga.ine 81 July.
A DOMESTIC SKETCH.
Ess % rsrrri . EHshandi Faults
81 FANNY CRAY.

~ FANNY GRAY.
/" Nos jasi look >, 200. Ar. LINES. I
dfelarr! a girss nc chill % zee yoa a.
o disus,. WHIST Do yea ~snll Tel
NE. and ] WILL ga il far ysu.'
MIf. Janes springs in ale sils az hsr
husband. = no has gone 70 The bursau lor
something. and ELshes him sway.
"Thsre nov! Jusl look a he hnrrs's
nest you hsvs mscsl What do You wanl,
Mr. Jones!"
he hu.bsnd thr"ws an sngry look MP
on bis v III, mu'iels something hat ale
cannot understand. aid then turns away
and caves Tie raam.
sit Is ,oa tadI'' sceIds Mr.. Jones. 10
herself. eonmsI cirg lhe s--.rk of nslor-
ing 10 order tie drawer that hrr h1. baud
had ihIosn 81 iopsy turvy. II never
ssw such man! lie has no kind &c OF.
der about him; and then, Il 4 speak a
sord be goes 81 inln huff. but y ont
have ms TIM g. forever in conlu.iou."
Ia the ne4nnme. Mr.. Jones. Ia a pet.
leaves the house. aud goes % his ore
without he cltan Toekst hsndkeIchn ( Tor
y hirh he had been 10 search. Half the
afternoon passes helore he gels over his
i'll huuor, and then he does not feel hap
py. Mrs. Jones Is by no means comfari-
able in mind. She is sorry thai she
SPOKE 30 roughly. slihongh che does not
srknowledge, even loher.elf, thsi,he has
done Hrong, Tor every nov and then, she
uilers, hall aloud. some ctnsure against
The careless habits Thai wese annoying and
in, xcussbls. They had been married & ,e
years, and all that time Mrs, Jones had
complained. but 70 no good purpose.
Sometimes tie husband would gel angry
and somehm,s he would Darph Il his
wife; but be made 70 ,lFors 10 nfrom
himself.
"Mr. Jnnss. why will you DO sol"
said Mrs. Jones, on The evening of The
same day. |" You are The most trying n an
alive"
PITY on hadn't chance 10 Try ano,h-
The offence given was . csreIess over
turning of Mis-. Jones' work basket, and
the scattering Of needles. cotton, scissors,
wax and dozen lille elctterss. about the
floor.
The reply Of NJ. Jones hurt his wife.
II seemed unkind. He had brought hnme
q new book, which he intended reading.
but the face Of Mrs. Jones looked so
grave after he over,urning of The work.
basket, that he lell no disposition TO read
to her, bot eontentrd himself With en.
joyipg the bo"k TO himself.
Ii mus, be said. that Mr.. Jones vas a
very trying man indeed, as his wife had
alleged. He could open closets, and
drawers SIS handy as any one, but the
thought OF shutting either lever entered
his mind. The frequent reproOfs Of bis
v lie, such as s..... .-...~.. ~.
/" Had you any doors in the house
where you we're rsised!" or r
please TO shut that drawer, will you,
Mr.. Jones!" or
"You are The mos. disorderly man il
existence" or .-.......s
You arc enough 10 try tie patience
ola saint. Mr.. JONES'" produced no goot
effect. Ia fact Mr.. Jones seemed e
grow worse and worse every day in
slead Of be uer. The natural habits Of or.
der and REGULAR y ~hich his wife passes
ed, were not respected in The least degree
lie drew his boots in the parlor. and lei
them in the middle OF The hnor--pus hi
hat on The piano, instead of hanging il OF
the rack in The pssssge-'umbled he
drawers whenever he went 10 them-lei
his shaving apparatus on the dressing "a
BILE or buiesu-splsshed .he wafer abou
aud sorled the wall pspsr in washing. AM
in spite Of all that Gould be said to hin
! would negltc c, to take the soap out OF IN
basin-spat,ered every thing around bin
with blacking when he brushed his boot
and did ahundred other careltss thing
tina, gave bis wife world OF trouble. an
no, ed her sorely, and KEEP, her scoldin
at him nearly all The time. This scold
ing worried HIN a good deal. bu, It nere
for single moment made him think ser
ou,ly about reforming bad habits.
4 One day he came in to dinner. IL va
a no, day. He wen, up into the chsmbe
!. where his wife was sitting, aud TIRE
himself into large rocking char; too
off his hat and tos. ed il over upon The be
r,gh, in the midst of half a dozen lace CO
lars newly done up,-and kicked off n
boots with such energy tha, Que Of the'
| landed upon The bureau, and The other
the clothes basket, solling white DIRE:
jus, from the ironing table. Poor Mr.
{ Jones was grievonsly tried. The husbsr
exp, cled storm butno storm broke. i
looked st his wife, as she lif'ed his D
> from The bed and put /. on The mani
]. piece, and look bic boots andpnl them
! a closet from which she brough. out b