Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-03-16

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as she pretended to be. what does this alb
surd scene meant enquired of her.
why she replied, with an arch smile, 4
think it originates with you.'
With me, my dear madam
'Yes. You must know that Harper has
complained that his buttons are not sewed OF
properly, and has teased me most numerically
about woman's duties. This morning he told
me that you were always great on the sub
ject of shirt buttons, and that he had no doub'
your wife was pattern of precision in tha
matter. Now, he called on you this morning
and you told him to play this trick, did you
not!'
sI! my dear madam Why, I only told
him story about my wife's objectionable neg
ligence about my buttons, and what had lost
by it, .' ti
She looked rather relieved, and glancing al
her husband with smile, in which there was
as much affection as fun, she said, Well, he
came home, and said you had told him, how
you could shame me into sewing on his but
tons. You had advised him to invite party
of gentlemen, (persons with whom wished
to stand WE'LL and that on their arrival he
was to be discovered with pile of clean shirts
before him, diligently sewing on the buttons
and when asked why he was employed in that
extraordinary manner, he was to tell them
that never would do it, and therefore he was
obliged TO do it himself after business. He
vowed he would do this on your recommends
ton and you see he has done it,
My recommendation My dear Madame,
| beg you to believe--.' Here Fanny
and her husband laughed heartily; and at last
the latter explained that he was the inventor
of the joke, which he had intended as pun
ishment to his wife.
Come, my dear Harry said Fanny, you
had better all of you lay aside your unaccus-
toned tools and come to supper. You have
no idea how supremely awkward you all look;
and she led the way into the supper-room.-
AS we went down stairs heard Harry say to
one of his friends, That stroke will tell dou-
BILE. My Fanny will take that hint and use
her needle in future and our friend will not
make such tremendous fuss as he does about
a button more or less
Harry is mistaken have not learned yet
to take the want of button quietly. As the
only source of discord between my wife and
myself is the one of shirt buttons, am deter
mined to try and revolt it. Private remon-
STRANGE is unavailing; the thing occurred
again this morning, and now / am resolved to
effect radical reform all over the country
NV present object is to form an Anti-ButtOn-
less Shirt League, and to agitate the question
in every legal way. We will have monster
husband meetings, and it shall be proved that
it is a Just demand that we make. We mere-
" ask at srst, A fair account of buttons for
day-shirt' Afterwards we will assert our
right to due number for our nightly wear
ing In fact, this is a question that ought to
become national, since it comes home to eve
nv mans bosom. / am so convinced of the
great prevalence of this evil, and strong feel
ing of discomfort which it has produced, that
entertain no doubt that those few words
feeble as they are to reach the height of this
great argument will be like the little match
which fires train of gunpowder.