Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-11-09
How it Operates!- Domestic Drama!
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IOnalre circles, DuL LneTe are OLner airs which
it has entered, and we cannot forego the temp
tation of having dash, with free pencil. at
one scene lately overheard in our immediate
vicinity, touching the bubble of the hour
Scene, parlor-time P. M-charrcters,
down town merchant and his lady-mer-
chant enters his domiciL, finds his wife in
the parlor laying over the last new novel
solemncholy merchant rushes in and tries to
I look cheerful abortive effort
Merchant-Ah! my dear, I've got home,
how arc the children! Did Jones' man bring
the new carpets?
Lady languidly-Ye e-e s, they came.
Merchant-Why dear, what is the matter
How dull you are: are you ill?
Lady-N' N'no-(puts her handkerchief to
her face)
Merchant-Bless me! Polly what is the
matter! | thought you would be in excellent
spirits on my return! thought the elegant
carpets would have been pleasant theme for
our afternoon discussion at least!
Lady-What are these carpets, Mr.. Spud-
gins :?
Merchant-Mere carpets, but those mere
carpets cost me $80l The best Jones had in
his room. They are your own choice-we
could have well done without them, Just now
at least while money is tight with ne-S8o
being worth nearly $500, at this particular
time. But did do it, to-to-to please you, to
please the bores who come TO look at it, drink
our wines and eat our dinners and 90 home
and talk aboutit. Its all d-m nonsense but
we must do as others of course
Lady-Heavens! Mr. Spudgins you need
not get INTO passion, you need not swear like
! a brute!
Merchant Swear! It's enough to make
man disgusted! Damned Swear; its-is
I damnable.
Lady-Weeps. Merchant walks the floor
stops
Mechanically forgive my seeming pas
sion. Pve come home to be tranquil, not to
worry and fret, 1 have enough of that to do
in the counting house! Forgive me, come,
that's dear-kiss your Billy.
LADY, won't you naughty man won't
so won't
| Merchant-Yes yes you will, there now
come-that's dear, and then lets get dinner,
and look at the carpets.
Lady-Carpets, what's carpets-any body
can have carpets.
Merchant-C Can they? Well 1 am glad to
hear it, times will be better, then, if every
within the last two years.
Lady-Well, don't let US talk any more
about carpets for heavens sake!
Merchant-With all my heart, d-m the
carpets
Lady-Now you are getting angry again.
Are we to have nothing else but carpets?
Merchant-Nothing but carpets
Lady-We can't wear carpets, or eat car
pets-we can't
!, Merchant=-Poll have seen the time,
when We had not even rag carpets in our hum
BILE home: we had no bores or tattlers about
us-no spies to see what was in our closets
and pantries, content and Internal sight hap
pier and heartier-to say nothing of our inde
pendence, than now, and all those gaudy trap
pings of merchants home.
Lady-Goodness! you are getting very SEN
timental Mr. Spudgins I'm sure IL finds
use for the handkerchief again, do my best to
make home happy-don't Mr.. Spudgins?
Merchant-Umph, ye-e-s, suppose so, but
let US drop this nonsense-and go to dinner,
and then
Lady-Now-you are getting back to the
carpets.
Merchant-Oh! d. the carpets! Let us
talk of something, by way what was the mat
ter when came IN r..-
| LADY, won't tell you.
| Merchant-Yes you shall; that's a dear,
kiss me-do. Now tell me what was the mat
ter? Do you want anything name it.
Lady-It is of no consequence William
know you are embarrassed in your money mat
ters, and
| Observation-Disclosures embarrassed, to
be sure have drawn rather freely upon my
credit of late, but pshaw, don't get me back
into the misunderstanding room again. Pm
not embarrassed.
Lady-No! Dumping up and twining her
elegant embroidered sleeve around her hus-
bands neck There William tell you what
was mumpy about want you to take me
and Maria to see Jenny Lind tonight.
Merchant-Good God! Mrs, Spudgins do
you know that it will cost me $50.
Lady-Fity dollars! Is fifty dollars any
thing? Why, has not Brown paid 800 for
tickets for his family tonight Can't you af-
ford to carry yourself as high as Brown! Are
you willing to let Maria and me stay at home
and nope, when Mrs Brown and her daugh-
ters go and find every body there but us?
Merchant have a note to take up to-nnor-
row, and L
Lady-Now you are getting in the count
ing house again.
Merchant-Co Counting house! 1t shall be in
| Jail next, or a madhouse, madam. Me throw
away $50 upon singing woman, just because
the infatuated geese of the city, are setting
the example! Have we not already been led
by these extravagant follies-these id nom
sensical followers of fashionable bell-wethers
into the purchase of dresses, mirrors, curtains,
pianos, carpets dinners, trips to watering pla-
ces aud the ID knows what else, until have
nearly shipwrrcked my business? Did you
not say yesterday, if l bought carpets like the
Popkin's, a new set of curtains like Muggin's,
you and Maria new shalls like Spriggin's you
wouldn't ask for any more until New Years
day? Hav'n't I done it all? Do you want
me to become bankrupt beggar. mad
man?
Lady in gust of tears leaves the parlor,
gets to her room, dinner knocked in the head,
carpet slowed away, merchant PAGES the floor
n fo,1 r,o,,oapfc eoizna hic hat r1sbes wildly