Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-10-28
How to Spoil : Spirited Wife.

A. d kept the birds and beasts
which bungsred there, ct bay.
How to Spoil = Spirited Wife.
What did you speak in That way Il
Your wife for, young msn7' asked olt
Uncle Rogers Of his nephew.
'Becsuse it's fun 10 see her spark up.
replied the hopeful Bened ct; Hike ,e
make her eyes shine. and her round
cheeks grow red a. any dsmask rose
And it's quite tragic the way she puts
her little foot down and saws S.i-r! BY
the mnsesl II you'd s,aid long ough
uncle. I'D have shown you o queen
You've no idea how grandly she tosses
back her fierce little head or with wha
a Dido-like air she wrings those delicate
hands Of hers. Itqui,e breaks the mo-
notony OF life to get up such TEN pest
and blue sky-and SO, as ! know she
owns this spunky temper. just touch
II up with the spur matrimonial. and
let it gallop ill | see fit to rein in
Five as good mind to root out ,ha,
sspling. Hal, and use it over your shoul-.
ders. as | had this morning to eat my
breaKfns, before you spoiled my appe-
lite. You are taking the sures, way 10
ruin a merry-strung organization. Sa-
wing your presence, despise the man
who thus tsmpers with passionate bu,
living spirit. Look at your xif.-how
delicste her beauty! Look al your
very temple Of TASTE and
neatness. The little filings on the man.
tel. the friasing and ,asseling here and
there give iia touch beyond the com mon
10 your humble furniture. That lounge,
that lends so grand 40 air to your par
loE. / had set down for no less than a
ffiy-w hen 10 it turns out that FIVE
dollars and womans $ ingenuity deceiv
ed sn old. experienced uphoIster. like
myself. Then look ., the vines she has
trained. the flowers she has planted.
tlat lean toward her when she . proach-
es them as IL she was their guardian
angell Why, Hal. is il possible the
possession Of such being asthis temp,s
you 20 sn absurdiiy that will surely
end il. obstruction Of your domestic hap.
piness?' sa5yt sg .a slsa ,,e
You are mighty serious about this
little thing, un,l -.gg,a s.
Serious! Unfortunately Lam some-
thing more-a victim to my own indnl.
gence in a similar infatuation. You
have heard'-here Uncle Rogers gave
1 great sieh-',hat am not happy at
home. My own fault Every bi. ofit!'
md the old man gave Mother Earth
savage blow with his cane. 'lfs man
marries an angel and ,orments her into
, 6end. who's to blame but himself -
My wife ives very ha ndsome. and, as
vou say. spunky. There never needed
10 hare been warm word between US.
but 1 liked to see her angry. like TO
zee the delicate nostrils e1psud-the
large bright eyes scintilln.s sparks OF
ire-bu. did it just once 200 often. !
know the very time that anger raised
The final barrier Of opposition. and that
nice sense Of right became an exacting
md imperious ,ormentor. And now
your uncle is driven from the home of
his nephew. where he hoped for peace.
and tortured with the fresh opening Of
old wounds. tell you, Hal, you will
spoil your wife. you will ruin her; its
not manly-it's burning shame'-snd
The old mans thin lips quivered with
excitement. -
Hal said nothing then. but when he
returned he ground his pride between
his teeth and begged his wife's pardon. +.
ell never taunt you for fun sgain.
Carry" he said in a low tone. And she
replied, a. she hid her fearful face in his
bosom
Il am SO quick. SO passions ste-but
indeed never began il; and you have been
so nobie that l will try and conquer this
hasty temper. b., Hail. she added.
shaking her curls in his face.
what will you do for your queen'--wha,
will become OF Dido. tragedy. etc.. eh ?"
Her husband blushed. q contend ,ha.
= man looks handsome when he blushe y
end kiss scaled the reconciliation.-
To dsy. after forty years o. welded life,
Hal boasts that he remembers but once
making up after s,o,m-snd that was
away back in the. .honey y moon. Ever
since he has had sill wsie rs aud steady
voyage; and Rogers, who died years
ago-pesce be with his sshes!--used to
call hsfs home paradise on esr,h.
WokAs 10 sheltered BY fond arms and
loving counsel; old age 10 protected by
It's experiences. and manhood By. its
strength. but the young man stands amid
.he ,empss.ions Of The orld like we'll.
balanced tower. Happy he who seeks
snd gains the prop and shelter Of moral>
iiyl
By aiobssat astions every day in the week i col
apart fos psblic worsh,p Sunday By ths Christians
Noaday y the Greeks. Tuesday 81 ths Po,.ians.
w.dAesday b The Asysans. 1hsrsdsy b ths Exyp
eaaas Friday ~ ths Turks. and 6aiurday hy IL
jews. AL 70 ii. ~ disrnal ssvolatious. and It
sppss'ns that every ~cmsot b eunJsy somsvhrs