The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-12-22
rom the N. Y. Spirit of the Times. ]
Tanning 2 Husband.


yet therein Shakespeare has illustrate
the common prejudice of the male sex
The Lion and the Statuary are exhibit
ed here as prominently as in the ok
fable. How does it happen that thu
fairest po5 lion of creation IS aIway.
consideted the best representative of q
scoid, a termagant, and shrew? WHY
is it that loquacity is ever coupled with
her name, and why is it that we wor.
ship and defame the sex at the same
time, like the Indian that breaks To
pieces his God when all his wild pray
ers are pot ansts.arad Il is sira-,ll- -
cause men have, in all former ages,
been the chroniclers, and in spite OF
the mildness and gentleness and love
that 20 to make up the female charac-
ter, We still cling, with perverse fond
ness. to this crude slander of any crab
he'd satirist. who would have rs TO be-
neye thaG gomen have no merit to
speech except the merit of the last
word, ana no brevity except the con-
centrated venom of taunt.
For my part (horresco referens,l |
know more male than female scolds,
and whGre one woman of my acquaint-
ance renders her household unhappy
by contrary and perverted temper, |
know at least half aaZen men whose
snapp.shness would taKe the edge off
a screw auger.
NV old friend. Daniel McGrath, was
at one time Of bis life, one of these
His house waz the seat of hospitality,
and his time, itiS purse, and himself,
(which latter was about feet 10 inches
IN height and weighed about 800 lbs J
all belonged to his friends. He had,
however. a very irritable disposition,
bnt Ik all men whose impulses are
generous, he had the merit of having
wrath that cooled almost as readily
as il wls kindleu While the III was
on him his anger was tempestuous, no
one was more sensible of this than
himself and no one regretted the in
tirmit' more.
When he Sas about to be married,
ne frankly tuld his wife of his weak
ness and 6e made to her the following
popTstion for their conduct
Whichever party first gets mad
shall have entire control for the time
being, and the other is not to say a
word until the original party shall re-
gain his good humor."
Not anticipating any domestic breezes,
his poor wife consented % an arrange
ment that she had no disposition ever
TO violate, even irats first suppositlon,
and which her oond sense taught her
remored the chief Cause of all family
ferds The angry reply. She was one
of the most beautiful women | ever
saw aud McGrath, in spite Of his IN
firm ,enper, loved her so we'll that
months passed. before any exhibition OF
his grabbed disposition manifested IL
sell, At length il proved TOO strong
far his love, deep as it was and their
epoSe was sometimes disturbed by an
occasional aare-up, in which the hns-
band wa sllways the aggressor and the
wife tie silent and accomplishing VIC
Tim.
AS anger, like the other passions, in
creases by continued indulgence, his
wife found her situation becoming
more and more unpleasant every day
In vain she reasoned with him IN his
caImer moments. He would admit the
impreprie,y OF his conduct, ask his
wife5 forgiveness, and promise amend
ment, but no amendment came. At
last matters had arrived at that state
when longer forbearance was impossi-
BILE. and she detsrmined 10 try bold
experiment for his cure.
She had frequently told her husband
thai his fierce temper would cause her
death, but as no mortality ensued, Me
Grath had no fears on this score, and
his fire Of peevishness and anger went
on increasing in frequency and IN
tensity.
One day he came home in very
bad hurnor, and as usual, she came in
for her share of reproach. This was
The occasion she expected aud her
plan was ready for execution.
Raising her hand suddenly, she took
out her comb. and giving one wild toss
to her head, her beautiful hair, black as
4 ravens wing, fell in wild profusion
over her face and shoulders Throw
ing her comb with tragic air, as far
as she could hurl it, she screamed with
the loudest accents she could CON-
mand:
aOh. Heaven! | can stand it no
iongerl Pm mad Pm mad Pm mad p
Uttering scream after scream, ard
throwing her arms wildly in the air,
she sprang from the house, and rushed
with headlong speed towards the creek
that flowed at the foot of the hill. AT
every step Of her desperate flight she
uttered as far as her voice would per-
NIT, the widest notes of terror, anguish
aud maniac laughter.
Poor McGrath was utterly thunder
struck. His wife's conduct was so
alarming, and 50 totally unexpected,
that he was for some minutes dumb,
and SO perfectly stupeied that she
had gained, before he recovered from
his surprise, about fifteen or twenty
Yards tie start in her mad fight. He
5olIowed her at the top of his speed,
and to bring up IN about two minutes,
from his immense size, was the work OF
.iiast thai length Of time. In his almost
kvss il Iaee seagssiifion he called on her