Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1851-07-23
The wife's Night Csp.


the Post Office in this city. met som.
"Nor,hern friends with Southern princi
Piles" the other evening, and in extending
10 them the hospi,ali,ies OF the "Crescen
Citv.'' visited SO many Of our Erincely sa
looms and ..marble halls" imtbing spir
itual consol alton as they jouraeyed. tina
night hour, he decidedly felt-tha
he had brick in his hat"
| Now. he has a wife. an amisb'e. accom-
plished and beautiful lady. whp loves him
devotedly. and finds but one faul, with
him That is, his too frequent visits tc
the places where these bricks are obtain
ed
Aherleaving his friends. Mr. paus.
Ell a moment. took his be arings. and hav-
ing shaped course, on the principle tn a,
continual angles meet. made sail for home
In due course Of time. h- %~rrisec. bu,
rather frightened. to find his worthy lady
sitting up for him. She always does
She smiled when he came in. Tha, also
she always does.
I "lIow are you. dear E!' said she. "you
s'ad out so late. that l feared you had
been taken sick''
"i1ic-aint sick. wife; bu, don't you
tn think Tina little tight. eh!''
a very little $3.50. perhaps, my dear
but that is nothing-you have 50 many
friends. as you say. you must join them
in glass once in whIle!'
"Wife. we're too good-th.the truth is.
I'm ID drunk
"Oh. no. indeed. my dear--I'm sure
that even another glass wouldn't hur, you.
Now. suppose you take glass of Scotch
ale with me. just a night cap, dear!"
"Ye're too kind. my d-dear, by half
know I'm drunk!''
"Oh. no-only a julep too much love-
that's all"
"Yes-juleps--Mc Masters makes such
stiff 'uns!''
We'll take glass Of ale a, any rate
it will not hurt you any, my dear; !
want one before ! retire"
The lady fastened to open bottle.
and as she placed two tumblers before her
on the sideboard, she put in one a very
powerful emetic. Filling the glasses with
the foaming ale, she handed ore TO her
husband.
Suspicion came cloudily upon his mind
She never before had been so kind when
he was boozy. lie looked at the glass
raised i, to his lips-then hesitated.
Dear. won't you Just taste mine, TO
make it sweei-sweeter!' said he.
"Certainly lov"!" replied the lady. TAX
ing mou,hful, which she was careful not
TO swallow.
Suspicion vanished and so d:! the ale.
emctic and all. down the throat Of the sat
i~fi-d husband
After splitting out the taste, the lady fin :
Ished her gfr--. =~a,sas ..~.....ass.. ~. hurry
to retire. She fixed a foottub of water
before an easy chair as If she intended to
bathe her beautiful little feet. But small
as were those feet. there was not water
enough in the tub to cover them. The
husband began to feel sick, and wanted
TO retire.
'Wa ait only few minutes, dear" said
his loving spouse. IL want To read the
news in this afternoons Delta which
found in my pocket"
4 few more minutes elapsed. and then
and then, oh, We Gods and Dan. o the
Lake. what a time! The husband was
placed in the easy chair. lie began TO
understand why the tub was there; he
soon learned what allied him. Suffice ii
To say. that when he arose from thar chair.
the brick had left his hat. Ii hasn', been
there since. lie SAYS he'll never drink
another julep; he can't bear Scotch ale.
but he's death on lemonade! He saws he
loves his wife better than ever.
Readers. this is truthful story, Prot
it by its morai.-N. O. Deita
EXTRAORDINARY CAsE-We find re.
vealed in the Upland Union the following
marvellous case:
"About six weeks since John H. Tay-
lor. of Edgmont. Of this county, was Sc
verely wounded bv the bursting of his
gun. The breech blew ou;. struck him