The American patriot. (Clinton, La.) 1854-1???, 1855-11-17
More Of bad Husbands than bad Wives


with very agreeable young people of both SEX
es where talking ofsome of your papers which
are written on conjugal love, there arose dis.
pute among US, whether there were not more
bad husbands in the world than bad wives
"A gentleman, who was advocate for the ladies'.
took this occasion to tell us the story of fa-
nous siege in Germany, which have since
found related in my historical dictionary, aite,
the following manner. When the Emperor
Conrade the third had besieged Guelphus,
Duke Of Bavaria, in the city of Hensbrrg, the
women finding that the town could not hold
out long, petitioned the emperor that they
might depart out of it, with so much as each
Of them could carry. The emperor knowing
they could not convey away many of their er-
fects, granted them their petition; when the
women, to his great surprise, came out of the
place with every one her husband upon her
back. The emperor was so moved at the sight,
that he burst into tears, and after having very
much extolled the womon for their coniugal
affection, gave the men to their wives, and re-
ceived the duke into his favour.
"The ladies did not little triumph at this
story, asking us, at the same time, whether in
our consciences We believed that the men of
any town in Great Britain would, upon the
Same oiier, and at the same conjun.ture have
loaded themselves with their wives: or rather.
whether they would not have been glad Of such
an opportunity to get rid Of them? 10 this,
my very good friend Tom Dapperwit, who
took upon him to be the mouth of our sex, re-
piled that they would be very much to blame,
if they would not do the same good office for
the women, considering that their strength
would be greater and their burdens ligh er.
As we were amusing ourselves with discourses
OF this nature, in order to pass away The even
ing, which we now begins to grow tedious, we
fell into that laudable and primitive diversion
Of questions and commands. was no sooner
vested with the regal authority, but cnioned
all the ladies, under pain of my displeasure, to
tell the company ingenerously. in case they
had been in the siege aforementioned, and
had the same offers made them as the good
women of that place, what every one of them
would have brought off with her, and have
thought most worthy the saving? There were
several merry answers made to my question,
which entertained us till bedtime. This filled
my mind with such huddle of ideas, that up
IN my going to sleep, fell into the following
lream.
saw town of this island, which shall be
'ameless, invested on every side, and the in
,abtants of it so straitcned as to cry for quar-.
er The general refused any other terms than
hose granted TO the aforementioned town of
icnsberg, namely, that the married woman
night come out with what they could bring
long with them. Immediately the gate flew
pen, and female procession appeared, null
itudcs OF the sex following one another in
ow, and staggering under their respective
'urdens. took my stand upon an cmncncc
n the enemys camp which was appointed for
he general rcndezvouZ ofthcse female carriers.
eing every dosirous to look into their several
'dlngs. The first of them had huge sack
pom her shoulders, which she set Gown with |
reat care: upon the opening of it. when cx-
ected to have seen her husband shoot out of
, found it was filled with china ware. The
he next appeared in more decent figure.
arrying handsome young fellow upon her
ack: | could not forbear commencing the
Dung woman for her conjugal affection, when
} my great surprise, found that she had left
lie good man at home, and brought away her
allant. | saw the third, at some distance.
18th little withered face pceping over her
BOULDER, whom | could not suspect for any
1T her spouse, till upon her setting him down.
heard her call him dear Pug, and found him
be her favorite monkey. A fourth brought
huge bale of cards along with her; and the
ih a Bolonia lapdog: for her husband, i,
ems, being very burly man, she thought
would be less trouble for her 10 bring away
tie Cupid. The next was the wife of rich
;urer, loaden with a bag of gold; she told us
lat her spouse was very old, and by the course
nature, could not expect to live long; and
at to shew her tender regards for him, she
I'd saved that which the poor man loved bet
r than his life. The next came towards us
ith her son upon her back, who we were told,
as the greatest rake in the place, but so much
e mothers darling, that she left her husband
,hind, with a large family Of hopeful sons and
lughters for the sake of this graceless youth
,rsons, with their several loads, that appear
to me in this strange vision. All the place
'out me was covered with packs of ribbon,
'ocades, embroidery, and ten thousand other