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

| ly are, poor despised creatures-so that to
be called an cold woman" as the most de-,
grading epithet that sscan be applied. But
their time is coming-their day is opening.
Leo-and those little twin brothers will not
say "Nonsense!" and cast a fierce glance at
their wives, when they, tender to the last,
are anxious that their husbands name
should be kept green and fresh in the minds
of their descendants. Yes, my son, the mo-
ment man marries, his eye begins to
scourge his wife-but woman is now Begin
ming to ask why this must be"
- bsspgs dsaE uncle said q
man must ten and Do foolish ,ihIngs. :
and often act contrary to his Wife's iudg-
ment. He must therefore, be as liable to the
fierce glance of the eve as she is. The only
wonderful thing about it is, that any man
who tenderly loved his wife, can let his eye
fall on her as if she were his enemy. "Nc
Flora, said "never shall this eye reprove
thine!" Uncle Andover looked up and
smiled
Atthe head of the broad street, we stop
ped to buy an orange of old Mrs. Trav:-
She was waiting for us, and keeping her.
oCil LII VI tIl lIlotl ljolSSCu ny, she
might say few words to good bachelor
Andover, a name by which he always an
swered as readily and innocently as when
he was called by Leonardus, which was his
name. Mrs. Tray was not SO anxious that
we should buy her fruit, as hear my uncle
say few pleasant words to her and to chat
over the news Of the day. Her husband sat
on the steps smoking his pipe. He was a
poor, sorry, do-little sort of fellow, blind
OF one eye. and did scarcely any thing tc-
wards supporting the household.
"Good morning, EIrs.'Tray! How are
you, and how do you like the rail road?-
They paid you well for cutting through your
garden, didn't they!"
"Why yes, thanks to you, bachelor And
over. l remember that, full forty years ago,
you told me, then young girl, and you but
few years older, that -. But may be
you are one of those who do not like to
speak of their age; not that YOU are so very
old, bachelor Andover."
II am turned of sixty, Mrs Tray, SO do
not fear that you will hurt my feelings, by
chasing me among the old. How curious
it is Leo, that people have an aversion to be
thought old as if age were disgracrful."
"Your good husband is looking very well,
j too, Mrs. Tray. He smokes still | see.'
eyes, Peter is quite well, at present: but
! was telling him, as you came along this
way, that he had better come in doors and
smoke, as sitting in the sun, with his head
leaning against the cold brick wall, would
! bring.o on his old headache"
A fierce look from the old brute stopped
her at once. He scourged her with the only
eye he. had.
We both laughed heartily when out of
hearing. "You see" said my uncle, 'Ethat it
runs through all ranks and degrees; and if
every one would keep-a look out, as you and
have done to-day, the married mans eye
would be seen in every house. 1t is so COM
mon thing that it is never noticed. It is
looked upon as a part of the marriage cere-
mony, or rather as having been engrafted
upon man, in consequence of the cereno-
NY"
eyes, shall now be forever watching the
married mans eye; but just for fun's sake,
if you are not too tired, let us go down into
this oyster cellar, and see what kind of an
eye old Cato has. l hear the pan going, his
wife is frying oysters" :" ......
ellis eye will work too, depend upon ii, "
said my uncle, che will quell her-he will
quell her!"
But no such thing to our amazement, his
eye never shot an angry glance at the poor,
heated, tired woman, doing her best, as nine
wives out of ten always do. My dear uncle
was quite "put out" about it, for he was
10th to admit that the rule did not hold good
with all men. We staid full half an hour,
seated on clean bench, near the door way,
chatting with the old man and woman, who
in the time dispensed two pans full of oys-
ters, nicely fried to their customers.
My uncle, as thought made several ef-
forts to provoke an angry glance from the
eye of old Cato; but it made no impression
| told him that suspected he was playing
false; but he denied it, though he said if the
glance could be obtained, it would not signi-
fy whether it was provoked, or whether il
came naturally. It was the promsness to
make use of the eye-the authority of the
married mans eye-that he rebelled against
But no unlucky deed from old Dinah had
any effect upon her husbands dim, bleared
eyes. My uncle now @set in to talk" first tc
Cato and then to Dinah, who was now pre-
parlnS d tnlTu pan Vi oy SleIs. VIII slioH
you Cato's eye yet" said my uncle. 81
doubt it," l replied.
"How many children have you, Cato!
F l used to see four or five playing about you
year or two ago, and now only see the
little girl who carried out the oysters"
ave have nine, Massa Andover, and al
doing well, 'ceptin Clarisy, who lost hel
good husband poor ting! So l told my
Dinah to let her and de tree children come
home. Dat little girl is her oldest child ,
"This comes very hard upon you, Cato
I must tell my sister to look into it.
"Tanky, massa, tanky; but it is not tol
me to complain; only Dinah, my poor wo'
, man, l tell her she will try her eyes out
| 1 have nothin' to do but to sit still halt de
t time and open oysters; but tank God we
l have great run, massa, and D1nah, no
t body can please the customers as well as
: she, massa. Den, when [ have taken Out
r de shells, does nothin' but go about ano
/ muse myself in de garden, or lean over dt
r wagons, and get de tings cheap. But
S comes very hard upon my poor woman
dere; and Cato cast tender, human glanc
t at his wife, who having just finished he