Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1851-185?, 1852-05-26
Hit Him Again.

pondent who writes over the n0mn1e de plume
Of FANNY FERN In the number ofsshat pa.
per Of the 9th inst, she thus seizes some crab.
bed old "Mynheer" by the hair.
Look here Mr.. Norris, / want somebody
to hold me I've just been reading an extract
from Blackwood," by a German Professor
by the name Of Stair, in which, after COM
menting most severely upon the character Of
Louis Napoleon, he congresses the pith Of
the matter into this nutshell But no re.
lance can be placed on him. In a word, his
character IS thai Of a roman" n
What do you mean BY that, you old Ger
man curmudgeon? Amt women the quiet
est, patientest lovingest, animals in existence,
when they get all they want I? Did you ever
see a woman snarly when her purse is proper
ly supplied, and she has gowns enough in her
wardrobe? Their tempers are angelic, if
they're only managed right. If you viii
brush cats back the wrong way, you must
expect to get scratched. Women mot cats)
always know what they want, and that's more
than half the men do; and they want it when
they ask for it, without any hens or hahs, or
ifs or butts Amt they full Of fun, and smiles
and capers before they are married and
what do they look like afterwards. with their
long faces, swollen eyes, and calico morning
gowns, crawling round the house like dyspetic
catterpillars. When they've been worshipped
like divinity for six months, or more, you ex-
pect them to hop right Off their pedestal after
matrimony, and crouch down at your feet like
a whipped spaniel. who dare not even growl
to himself when his ears get cuffed.
Character that Of a woman" humph
As to Louis Napoleon, he isn't a man to my
taste, nor y0u either! Did you ever see a
man that had half the fortitude Of a acoman i?
Ask the doct0rs about that, if you can catch
one that lciU tell the truth If a man gets
scratch on his little finger, the whole house
is put in requistion for sticking-plaster, opo-
deldoc, Russian Salve, and mercy knows what I;
and if you own a fine pair Of eyes, and don't
want 'em damaged, you'd better not sag Daucl,
to him till it gets we'll Then there amt a
savag-er animal in existence than a man when
he is hungry. Go ask favor Of him some
time just 6etore dinner. but don't a0ait for
az anSicer lgitlOut your lciH Is made; and
if the razor don't work right when he is sha-
wing in the morning catch up the children,
clear the coast, and run to the nearest neigh
boris. And as to pin money. although al a
man can earn wouldn't pay a lcye'S wages
yet if you haven't any efectionate pa, or a
big-hearted brother, or accommodating broth
er-in-law-Heaven help you!
Did you ever know a man whose ioye was
sent TO State Prison who ever made her a
call at that interesting Institution And did
you ever know a woman, even if she'd dozen
sticks spoiled over her head, who didn't bribe
jailors and stone walls till she had got at him,
some how or other, to tell him how size loved
him all the better the wickeder he grew, and
the more Other people hated him; and hol0,
if he had abused her, she dare say it was
more her fault than "hiS'n" And what did
Kossuth's wife do for him, you stupid old
fool and what did the American women Of
the Revolution do for their husbands ?-and
arlat loU their female defendants do for
y0u, you beer drinking, phlegmatic, tobacco
dried old German, if you dare SHOW your
phiz-mahogany this side Of the big pond ?"
May you never know by experience what this
means -
"There'll be a coat on the chair,
There'l be slippers for somebody,
There'll be a wife's tender care
Loves fond endearment for somebody.
There'll be the little ones charms,
Soon twill waken for somebody,
When have both in my arms,
Oh, how blessed will be somebody
HUNoARY.-So great is the discomfort in