The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-05-16
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les, OF Affection.

Mr.. Archibald S'anhope--ai groeey sen.i.
men,als,, residing in Buckley street Phi,a
delph'a--conceiyed the narrowing Suspicion
thai his wife was not as passionately fond Of
him as lady of good taste should be /. and
TO put the matter TO fair trial, he hit on n
little strateaem which he put in pracfic tho
other day, with tho resuls hereafter 10 le
detailed .r,,.. ,-,..,c1 ~ I,-
lie took suit of cloth and composed n,
efiigy Of himself by siufflnu The anrme,.z
with quantity of straw, which had laiec
been discharged from an old bed Havi,g
suspended this figure to n ralcr in tbc' gorra,
BY means of piece of CLOTHS lire; epscopn.
ced himself behind a pile of rabbish in tho
same'gafret, 10 watch The effect. sa
Alter awhile. his little daughter came IN
alter a jumping rope, and eaugh. aIinps
OF the suspended figure. She ram down ~,
stairs screaming af1ys s1f
Uh, mother, mother, daddy has hung him.
selfn 1'',,'
Now for it, thought Archibald in anobuy.
caae we shall have touching sccrs pres.
ently' ,..- ~. - : ~. -''V
Hung himself = he heard Mrs. S. reoeat
as she walked leisurely UP stairs, 'he has :,
got spunk enough for such thing. @! te' d
have done it long ago. Well, Iboleve he
mas done ii, however, she continued, a, she
came in view of Archihald's straw repfesor.
ta'lve. Mol, Ito the lille girl.) ,hiak he
ought 10 be cut down. You had better 20
'n'o The Kitchen and get knife, my dear, ou.
oont go down too fast, or you might faE enc
NUT yourself. Slay--l forgot--,here is nc
Sn''e IN the kitchen share enough. You cal.
g"around 10 Mr.. Humes the shoe maker, il
Sixth street. He'sonly two squares OF. ..a
ask him To lend us his paring knife, aRd ,ell
him % whel it, little before he seras il.
And Molly, while you are in the neighoo-.
hood, you can call at your aunt Sukey's all,
ask how the baby is'
And Molly, you can stop at the grcce-v
store as you cone back, and get a y,ou. 9
seven cent sugar. Poor Archy sighed .Ir.
s. when her daughter hal departed, hope
we will get him down before the vital snar:'s
d'stliictA Tor these buryings are very trouble
some aud cost money. He wanted 10 pu,
an endto himself, too; and | think OF "a,
to lei him have his own way for once in his
iiie he used to say that Twas always cross
'ng him, | wish he hadn't ,poled that rev
rl't's iln'-Aar old rope might have answeyel
his purpose.
Here a voice like riiur OF the supposed -
ir'ce, broke in upon Mrs Stanhr pes solrio.
qny. with, 'You coufounded Jesabcl, I'll be
tie death of yon ?
Mrs 5 thinking this must, Of course, be
ghnshy exclamation, uttered wild screa7,.
and attempted to escape down The rar-ow
staircase Archibald. starting from his place
Of ronrralmeni. aava chase Mrs. S. stn,l
hled midway on the flight of stairs. and ~.
s. having just reached her, and made r-!s.,
al her dishevelled hair as II s,rcamed bac,.
wards, the amiable partners were preci3i.a-
ted 10 the bottom together
Both we're Father badly hurt, and the cries
Of The lady raised the neighbolhoud. Arch
'bald was arrested for making disurbarce.
and pfacticing on the tender seps;.;'aic. -
his wife. He was recognized in 500, a.
jocolary proposed his Suspended ef1i.:yas is
security--bnt, he found to his sorrow, 's,-.,w
bal was not acceptable unler the adminia.
iralion Of Mayor Jones.