Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-02-15

Inc husband, VINO was, IN the DToaueSt
sense Of the word, COOL, fearing her talons
might be as sharp as her tongue, and not
wishing to try the experiment, hastily with
drew his pedestals, and deposited them in
another part of the bed, merely muttering,
as his teeth chartered with the cold, "lay
over"
You had better take up ALL the bed," vo,
ciferated she, raising up and stripping the
quilt off her mate with the nicely that far
mer's boy would husk an ear of corn; " it
beats me out to see how anybody can be so
swineish"
As Mrs. Queercurdle removed the quilt,
being possessed of remarkably inquisitiye
optics, which were inconceivably quick at
seeing what they should not, she espied
something On the white sheet, which, on
examination, proved to be harmless pin,
the point of which was inserted i'll the tick
ing. This disclosure brought about anoth-
er. In extracting the aforesaid pin, she
discovered that her excellent but drowsy
husband had retired without taking off his
drawers.
"Ah!" thought she, I'll have him out of
that"
Here was fresh pabulum for converse
ton.
John Petern exclaimed she, shaking
him. until his skin fairly went into goose
flesh, "get up and take off your drawers p
It's too cold," growled that individual,
his head buried in the bolster; " for heav-
EMS sake, put up the cover and go to
sleepm
"Take off your drawers, or I'll get up ?
and she made a preparatory movement.
"Do you think can go to sleep with those
nasty things pricking me?"
Now we, as an unprejudiced ndlter, and
with all possible disinterestedness, do not
believe seriously and earnestly, that his
drawers had pricked her that night, or there
would have been some previous manifesto
ton of pain or discomfort but, as before
related, in the act of ascertalning how ma
ny square inches of bed he Occupied, she
had made the discovery that his inside in
expressibIes were not just exactly where
they ought to be at that hour of the night,
and this was an exuberant cause of muir
muir.
Mr. Queercurde's chronological devel-
opment of frmness being, like most little
mems, rather bulky. he was some time in
making up his mind whether not he
should get up, and remove his under gar
ment, which impaired to his body Iuxuri
GUS warth. Finally, thinking it the most
cffectual method of abating his wife's clat.
ter, he bounded out of bed, Invested him.
self of the offensive garment, hung them
carefully in the corner, on chair top, OK
tinguished the taper, and CROPPED his way
back to the bed, quaking like an aspen
Mrs. Queercurdle, who never could talk
half so well in the dark. was much more
silent, and soon commenced DOING Hel
husband, taking advantage of this silence
doubled up pillow, gave utterance to {
sigh indicative of what we are not prepar
ed to say, folded his arms, and awaited the
soothing balm of somo. Poor man! res
was not so near at hand
lie Just began to know that he was
dreamer, when he was awakened by hi
wife, with tears in her eyes, and bottle o
No. g." as a very acrid stimulant is yer,
numerically denominated, in her hand
She had violent tooth~ache.
go, my ove-love, you don't know
but, like Macbeth's amen, it stuck in he
throat" what tooth-ache I've got"
$50 much for letting the cold unde
the covers" was the remark.
"Dear, o dear" sighed she, L" it jump
as if it would fly out of my head"
Let it Jump, then, by all MEANS" ad
ded he, which remark being applied liter
ally by the sufferer, she was not backward
in informing him, in the brie(est and plain
est sentences possible, that he was brute
perfect rhinoseros," and divers other il
creatures, too numerous and unoourteou
for us to mention.
AS the pain increased, her passion abat
ed. Get up quick, DEAR John Peter, an
light the taper-just feel on the mantle
shelf, and you'll find some matches in a til
box. o! dear, dear, how pains"
Mrs. QueercurdIe, you're more troub
lie than you're worth, and that's no secret,
and so saying, he founced out of bed in
fever Of domestic irritation, increased b
placing one foot, not on the floor, but il
a queensware washstand basin, full of col
water, which had been inadvertently left il
this critical position. He tread as light
over the floor after this as a cat would o.
a wet payment, and the dark feeling wa
dispelIed by enveoping the member for
few moments in stray napkin, over whic
he CHANGED to stumble. Without dispar
agement to Mr. Queercurdle's temper, eve
rybody will admit that this WAS trying.
The matches were found and after re
peated FRACTIONAL efforts, one ignited.
" Now, EIosa, tell me what else yo
want; for, curse me if | get out of be,
again tonight"
A feeble groan was heard, and then
Odontalgic drops" were mentioned.
"" Where are they? asked Mr.. Queer
curdle, pausing to snuff the taper, which h
did with his forefnger and thumb.
Down stairs in the front parlor cup
board, was the reply.
Wrapping himself up in large gail
figured night mantle, he descended tw
flights of stairs, ransacked the cupboard un
til it rcsembled hotch-potch of sundries
linen are always long while about hndin
anything,) found the Odontalgic drops,
left the cupboard door wide open, glance
at the clock, fell over stool, examined tn
bolts of the front windows and returned t
his chamber, all of which performance wa
gone through with in the short space of q
minutes, but which seemed full two hour
to Mrs. O., who lay writhing on the bed
performing all sorts of pantomine with ON
hand while the achinn side of her face rest