The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-21
MRS. OsBLAIRsS
Confidential talk with her husband.
REPORTED BY TIM.


All Just for fun ha Now Mr.. O'Blair,
you need not talk that way to me. am sure
it must be just from your haired to religion
that's what greves me so. To think
that you should be SO self-righteous as to
set yourself up as a Judge OF what's right
and wrong in the church. Now you know
Mr.. O'Blair that it is just all for the church
that we do this and to find you so opposed
is more than can bear in silence any longer.
We can't have fair or a supper without
your making fun of the people who CO.
Don't tell me it is not downright opposition to
religion itself! 1t isn't right, he! Now
don't our best members, and even our preach
er attend? Who are you, TO set up such
standard Of right! Wonderful man, you =
An imposition on the public Now Mr.. o.
Blair don't say that again. They needn't
buy unless they please, but we know every
gentleman will buy, and of course: as it goes
to the church, he does Mt care what price he
pays. And you know too that we can get
dollars from men this way that would not
give cent by direct contribution! 1t costs
the church more! No such thing know
what you mean. You are intending that as
sidewise complaint of the course of your
wife. 1t is not the first time, Mr.. O'Blair
that have been assured that you were tired
of me. No doubt when Pm gone you will
get one TO your liking. | should like to see
how you will manage her. l suppose you
won't let her 'tend church at ALL for fear the
society will meet at your house once in a
while. A fine christian family you will have;
for I'm sure if she is a regular attendant on
church, they will expect her TO do her part in
such things. See here You need not be
ciphering up how much it has cost you.-
The society has only met here four times in
year, and we always had plain supper
don't believe it ever cost three dollars for
one of them. Didn't we have to have supper
any how? Well, MIR. O'Elair, has it come to
this, that you begrudge to your wife, the ham
and cakes, and sugar used at the supper =
We had them all in the house at the time,
and never missed them. Five dollars! Ifs
no such thing. don't believe it cost me the
half off it. And suppose it did, don't it all go
to the church? You would rather give it d.
rectly to the church, he! May be you would,
Mr.. O'Blair, but you know there are very
few as liberal souls as you are. Then you
know it is written, "when the sheep yield no
wool thou must shear the goats" And we
find the goats yielding altogether the largest
and finest Aceces in these fairs. know they
often say they are skinned, but they are only
heeced, and then it all goes to the church,
They complain aferward, do they7 Well.
WHO cares2 We have their money, and cleir
prosecutions are blessings. Don't the Bible
say, BLESSED are we when the wicked curse
you 2" Now Mr.. O'Blair, you certainly
would not have the church just 90 unrepair.
ed and unfinished, would you? How else
can we raise the money if we don't have
either supper or a fair? A bali! Law
my dear husband, must be tormented in this
way because am devoted christian?
shall soon be gone, then you can do Us you
please. A ball for the benefit of the church
| w HO tbCT utdIu Vi suCu lllup huON
now you are an infdel. You neither love
your wife nor her church. You need never
again profess either. Don't talk to me any
farther. DON'T, l say. OF course you cal
see no difference between the innocent amuse.
mcnts at fair and supper and a wicked
dance. OF course not. Any man who viii
attend lair or Il supper, and because the
rules of the occasion draw out few extra
dimes, just turn around and abuse the church
and especially insult his own wife by sugges-
ting ball as preferable. o. he is repro
bate--he's gone! Now Mr.. Blair, as new
er want to open my mouth on this subject
again. | will admit that some of the tricks Of
some of the girls do appear to the unregen-
crate as wrong, but it is written, the end
sanctilies the means " and-no il wouldn't
sanctify "a ball neither. Mr.. Blair Mr.
-, bring me the camphor-go for the doc
tor. L she tainted.