Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-22
The Deaf Wives.

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Granite State, and as VIE abide be-
yond $ triling distance of the parties
Iand til eir immediate friends, we shall
be a Ii tile, more free in Dur descrp-
ton Of the circumstances than we
otherN ise should be. Nathaniel Ella,
or @UIR cle Nat, . as he wa$ gener;l lily
called, was the corpulenE, rubicdnd
and jolly old landlord Of the b est
hotel in the 1ourishing village Of Do
yer, at the head Of the Piscataqua,
and was excessively fond pf a bit Of
fun withal- He was also the owner
|of a large f rm in New Durha IN,
about twenty miles distant, the ov er-
seer Of which was one Caleb Kicker,
or Boss Kald,' as term ed by the
numerous hands under His control,
and sufficiently waggish for all pradti-
cad purposes Of fun AM 4 frolic. =
Caleb, ike a wise and pru dent man,
had a wife; aud 50 had ~ cIe Nat,
who was accustomed to visit his farm
every month OF two, tose4 how mat
tiers went on. On the occasion of
one Of these visits, The fol owing dia-
logue took place between Uncle Nat
and Mistress Kicker.
'Mr- Ella, said the good lady,
"why have you never bro ught Mrs.
Ella out to see the farm, AM pay us a
visit? | dare say she would be pleas
ed to spend a day or two v ith us, a hd
| would endcayor to rende / her stay
as pleas amt and, comfortable as pos 81
Die"
"Wh j, to tell you tn : ruth, Mrs.
Ricller4, said Uncle Matt Il haye
been thinking about it, for some time,
but the she Is so very deaf as to
render conversation = It'll her G X
tremely diilicuIt-in fact, it requires
the greatest effort TO make her hear
any thing that is said to her; arld
she is Consequently very r luctant to
mingle in the society Of strangers y
'-Ney er mind that, replied the in J.
Fortunate Mrs, Rickeys, Il have a
good strong voice, and if Pny body
can make her hear, | Sln+"
=.
"lf YOU think 50, and Will risk it, 7
said Uncle Nat, 'she shall accompany
me on nj " next visit to i pc farm. I
And This having been greed on,
Uncle Nat lift for the ffId, to ac7
quaint Boss Kale with what had pass
led, and with the plan of ID ture ope-
rations, 5ouching the pro missed visit
of his wife.
# was finally settled blythe wick
ed wags' that the fact that their
wives co aid both hear as Won as any
body, ST ould be kept a profound Sc
cret, unti disclosed BY a.nefsonal in
teryiew Of the ladies theh$elves.-
The next time Uncle Nat was about
to visit the farm, he suggested to
!. His wife that a ride into the
country would be of service to her;
that Mrs Ricker,who had never seen
her, was very anxious to receive a
! Visit FROM her, and proposed that
she shoald accompany him on that
occasion. She readily conseh ted. and
they we're soon on their .iou rney,-
They had not, however, proceeded
! far, when, Uncle Nat observed to her
/ that he Was.sorry to inform j Ter that
Mrs. Kicker WAS extremely deaf, and
she would be under the necessity Of
Ielevating her voice to the highest
pitch, in order, to CONVEX Sc wi 18th her.
Mrs. Ella regretted the misfortune,
but thought, as she h ad a pretty
strong voice, she would be able to
make her friend hear her i a few
hours after, Uncle Natsand his lady
drove up to the door Of the country
mansion, and Boss Kicker, W no had
beenpreyioil yiniormedof the time Of
Uncle Mats intended arrival, was al
ready in waiting to help enjoy the
fun that was to come Of a meeting
of tho ldoaf ,r;,-ov y Mrs R;clxnr
not expecting them at the time, hap
'pened to be engaged with her domes-
tic duties in the kitchen; but, pbserv-
ing her visitors through the window,
she dew to the glass TO adjust her
cap and put herself in the best trim to
receive them, that the moment woDld
allow. In the mean time, Boss Kale
had ushered Uncle Nat and his lady
into the parlor, by way Of the front
deer, soon after which Mrs. r, ap-
peared in thefpresenceof her guests.
I.AIrs. Kicker, / viii make you ac-
quainted with Mrs Ella, . roardd I'm
Gle Nat in avoice Of thunder
'.How do you do, MADAME. Gream-
ed Mrs Kicker to Mrs. Ella, with
her mouth close TO her ear.
VERY well, l thank you" replied