Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-23

/ Ioftbe married mans eys. lIlbafroszei
, her; she cast atimidI glance her bus-
band and was silent.
s.Did YOU see the fellows eyen asked
) my uncle, when on orr way ri The next
house. L low the poer schur said nothing
} lamiss, she was only q litlle rt1ishl Ornls.
by did not like the sex xposure H showed
he had struck the falsA colorss courtship,
and had nailed up thes1 s1ed, stern dag to the
mast. head. N ensar dix kes Leo.
Our next visit was ir. Emerson, the
chemist q eslived grealez harmo.
srlth his wife bed Bee married
Seven years. and had several fine children.
The very moment we entered the house,he
cast fierce look OF his better half "My
dear Jane said he, with look and tone
that badly accorded with the tender epithet,
why do you shut out Mr.. Andover's dog?
Do open the door and let him come in.
Pray excuse her. said he, casting aside the
married glance, and looking most kindly
on US, she has such an aversion TO dogs,
nay, such q foolish fear of them, that my
poor Romeo has but a sorry time of it, for
when my back is turned. he is banished to
"Then why,' said m } uncle, do you
keep dog, if Mrs. Emerson is afraid of
them? | am very fond of cats, and should
have two or three Maltese and Angolas, if
Phillida were not adverse to it. She dis
likes cats as much as your wife fears dogs,
and in consequence | have banished them,
Leo, my boy, step out and drive Brutus
from the door; he is scratching it, and Mr..
Emerson must not be kept uneasy. Emer-
son here cast another look.
"What,' thought | do all men change
this way after narriage?' My uncle, as
if divining my thoughts, nodded his head,
but shook mine. Nevertheless Flora,
shall this eye of mine not look, otherwise
than tenderly on thee!''
"Dd you see Emerson's eye?' said my
uncle when fairly on the pavement; sand
yet he is pleasant fellow. How kind he
talks, and how kind and considerate he is
to every body, poor and all. He is really
good man and we could not get on we'll
without him; and have no doubt that he
is, in the main,an indalgeut husband. Now
he might as we'll give up his fancy for dogs,
seeing that his wife dislikes them. l can
not for my life see why he persists in it.
Leo, it gives a woman very bad opinion
of our sex, when she finds how different q
lover and husband are. | remember the
thine when this very man, who lords it so
with his eye, used to leave his dog at /, home
when he went to Brighton to visit his sweet
heart. He was tender enough of~hesefeel-
ings then. He gave up smoking too, know
ing that she disliked the smell of tobacco
smoke; yet, the cigar is hardly ever out of
his mouth now. Did you see what sar-
castle look she put on when | said gave
up cats to please your aunts The express
sion amounted to this: yes, bachelor An
dover, there is all the difference in the world
between giving up your wbims to please
your sister, and renouncing them to please
your wife. If Phillida had been your wife
instead of your sister, the cats would have
been paramount And, indeed, my dear
nephew, | am afraid this would be the case.
1t is this fear that has kept me an old bach
elor''
Our next visit was to Mr.. Renshaw's, n
retired merchant. He had an excellent
wife, and lovely children, all of whom
were in good health and well.managed H
was so cheerful, and she seemed so much at
her ease, that cast my eye toward my un.
Gle, but he shook his head. wait a while,
said he in an under tone.
"How finely the children grow!' said he
to Mr.. Renshaw. Let me see; your eld-
est must be twelve years old now"
81 really do not know was the answer.
my dear, how old did you say Augustus
was? You told me this morning, but re-
ally havo forgotten already!"
"But if it had been an ANIMAL said his
wife, laughing, you would not have forgot
ten. You always remember the age oi
your horse and your-'' Her husband
gave her look.
We saw several glances of the mar
ried mans eye, for the first did not seem
to quell her sufficiently, yet she said moth
ing to deserve them. "A woman," said
my uncle, as we passed on to the next
house, "never knows when she may banter
or trif1e. Sometimes her husband is in an
easy mood, and then he will fall into the
nonsense ofthe conversation: for after all,
it is nothing but nonsense that one talks,
Fielding; let us stop here"
"Doctor," said Mrs. Fielding, alter we
had chatted little while, ''show Mr.. And
over little Mats head, and see whether he
pronounces the lump wen or bruise. >
, All, such look as she got! Itstopped hel
short at once. The doctor had no desire
that his old friend should suppose him Sc
ignorant in so simple matter as wen or
, no wen.
81 have no doubt" said uncle Andover
when we left the house ''that the docto
was wondering and wondering about this
! wen, just for talks sake, before we went
! in, and so his wife, feeling anxious, and 70
. the want Of something better to say, blum
dered on the wen. Are you satisfied now
< LeoP' asked the good old bachelor.
Everything that wealth and taste could
, combine was centered in and around th'
, house of Mr.. Frazer, manufacturer il
r large business, and Of great popularity
3 He was still in the prime oflife, although
he had daughter married, whose first bah.
was now on its first visit to his house. -
d Nothing, of course, was too good for the
S child and its mother, and Mr.. Renshav
e 1evelled in unalloyed happiness. We ad
S mired and wondered at the child's precoci