Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-01-06
Awful Example 70 Married Men
who stay out late.

MIR. Ntchouemus MOODS naffied We'll -
he was q hne man, and popular. Nj |
Nobbs was grca, on societies Of oil kinds, .
and regular attendant al his club. These |
societies were good excnso for him TO be .
out late a, night, aud many good frolic he
had while his bc,,erhalf was wrapped ia the
arms OF Morpheus, believing foodly that
her dear Nobbs was specifying 90 some
important question b,f,re some important
society. However, his late habits and an
occasional smell Of brandy, a, length open
ed her eyes to the true state Of the cause, IN
great measure.
One night Mir Nobbs had been indulc-
Jog 10 his hvoriie whiskey .,oddy rather
more than usual and wheu he walked the
streets, his walking cane would obsiins,ely
slip between his legs, aud away would 20
the walking -eane in the gutter, while Mr..
Nobbs would come fat on the pavement
However, 1t is long road tina, has no tn rn
ing, and Mr.. hobbs ut length cached the
! row Of houses in which bis domcI was
situated. IL was long row Of houses eI
acily alike, with their staring red fronts
ard green blinds aud white steps, as much
alike as twin sisters
'Ah, thank the Lord, have a, last got
home. Let me see what is my number
, Twenty, twenty-five twenty three All,
darn II, how dark il u.s. ! cant zee the nun
Der never mind-hic-I-hic- will find
it-hic Alb, here-hic-n is with this
,reo-hic- before it-hic'
MIR. Nobbs cruwls ia,o The entry, and
with his night-key in his hand, he feels for
Ia. IL. ka kai nj
end it All, here 1t is and The door opens,
Now solloquiscd he, 4 must go slowly,
and must not light o candle yet, for if
wake my wife, there will be the devil to
pay Up stairs CROPPED NoLbs slowly, and
aeadying hmselfb by the bansters, he as
cendcd 10 his room Al las, he gained it,
and commenced undressing He was ul,
tma,ely unrobed, aud feeling for the bed
rolls in, Ha, how comfortable, now thought
Mr.. Nobb. as he feels his wife, 10 zee ifshe
Is aslccp The devil Nobbs suddenly
draws his head back--there nre,wo persons
in The bed besides himselfl Now nm in
a swce, fix, thinks Nobbs my Nife has
gone and got some friend to sleep with her
and, l have played The very devil. What
shall do Al length he thought he would
feel, and see if he could tell if it were not
one OF his sisters he places his hand on
tho individual, aud gently brough, il to the
; face.-Mr. n. started for--oh Lord his
, hand had come in contact with pair OF large
whiskersl Proof OF his wife's inhdelity was
} now before him, and Nobbs was crazy -
Nobbs was brave man; so up he leaps as
a stag from his mountain lair, when started
by the hunters. His first impulse was to
bury his clasp knife in The outrager Of his
z honor but drunk as he was, he desIsIed,
i and moving abou, he graspcd the poker,
= rushing to the bed side again, he struck the
: sleeper, screaming violently; You inlernal
7 villain who are you, who thus crecps into
c my house when am gone, TO steal AWAY
y my honor2'
The sleeper awakened so uneerimonous
!, Iy, leaps up and gtupplcs with NoLbs -
! Thieves Robbers Fire 7 They fell and
a rolled over on The floor The wife, in the
d meaulime, awakened by the scuflr, tn,
IS blows given each other, and the oaihs, flew
II to the window, aud commenced screaming
r. violently, Murder, Fire, Help = aud any
y thing else THIS aroused the servants wht
e came flockng up with lights, armed witt
es pokers, shovels, axes, and everything els'
ii they could lay hands on. 10 they came
&c and what scene presented itself to ihei
A. ustonihed gaze, Go the floor, struggln;
II with one another, lay the Two men, whll'
k over The men, was the lady, with be
6 clothes dHheyelcd, aud hair in disorder
rs The Two combatants were then torn nsund
az er.
J. Who are you, cir, who enters my houst
: in this manner, TO rob me, and 10 Try 10 muir
H. der met
he who are you, villain, whom ! hav
nd caught in bed with my wifei'
p Your devil I
~ Yes my vile !
Its hobbs looked at the LADY, and the
zee around the room. His countenance show
Nv ed nmazemcnt. i wonder il this is not
IN dream, he soliliquised.
OF i know this man, slr, exclaimed one
to the servants coming forward.
Who is il, sir
- who Is it. Mr. Ncbbs Of the nr1i dooI
Tor Poor Nobbs Of 'nexI door was did 10
u He saw through It 10 q moment
- Can you eIpala oil Ibs, MIR. Nobb'
n asked be ollhe whiskeu
- We'll, SAID Nobbs ompleiely crestialle
lil' I'm 10 very prcuy On here | Cog
o. drunk, come IN al late hour, and The
ops crawl into a gendeman's house, 'hlnkln
ant Il nv owe; when "a 90, Ia, i-s gee
icir llcman ia bed and cut up d.. Ola iu
for generally Now what's 10 be d0nef
res AN will be night, answered the sleeps
not III was all a mistake
Ter Yes. and the internal night latch did
all On, the devil
0rH He proceeded 10 dress himself slow J