Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-10-23

CdHuy, hc'eT lcdT' ne pdtn you see is
good piece of the eastward of the
house; and as soon ns he was clevcrIy
out of hearin, says |, aimitatin OF his
voice 10 the life. Do let ne in Jane,
says |, thsts dear cril,ef, I've brought
you home some things you'll like, |
know. Well, she was an awful Jealous
crilter; says she, Take en- to her you
spen. the evenin with, don't want you
nor your presents neither. Arter good
deal OF cooxn stood on the tolher tack
and began 10 threaten TO break the door
down; says |, You old unhansum looIin
sinner, you vineger ctuet you, open the
door this mint or III smash i, right in.
That gigged her properly, il nude her
very wralhy (for nothin sets up a wo.
mans spunk like calm her ugly, she
gets her back right up like cot when
strange dog comes near her; she's all
eyes, claws and bristles.)
hecrd her bounce ri ght out Of bed,
and she came 10 the door as she was,
ondressed, and onbolted it; and as en-.
tered it, she fetched ME box right across
my cheei with the fat of her hand, that
made it tingIe ngn. iii teach you to
call names agin, says she, you varmint.
1t was jist what l wanted; | pushed
the door tu with my foot, and seeziG her
by the arm with one hand, quilted her
with the horsewhip real handsum with
the ether. At first she roared like mad;
III give you the ten commandments,
says she (meaning her ten claws,) I'll
pay you Tor this, you cowardly villain,
10 strike woman. How dare you lift
your hand, John Porter, to your lawful
wife end SO on; all tho time runnin
round and round, like colt that's a
brakin, with the moulhin bit, rarein,
kickin, and plungin like sta,ico. Then
she began to give in Says she, beg
pardon, on my knees | beg pardon
don't murder me, for Heavens sake
don't dear John, dent murder your poor
wife. that's dear, III do as you bid me,
| promise to behave we'll, upon my hon.
or do--oh! dear John, do forgive r,e,
do dear. When | had her properly
brought too, for havin nothin on but a
thin under garment every crack Of the
whip told like notch Oh bakers tai
ly; says |, take that as a taste Of what
you'll catch, when you aci that way like
old Scratch. Now 60 and dress your
self, and get supper for me and stran
ger have brought home along with me
and be quick, for vow I'll be master ir
, m, own house. She moancd like do.
hit with stone, half whine, half yelp
dear, dear, says she, if | amt all cover
ed over with welts as big as my finger,
do believe I'm fayed alive; and ,h
bcchood right out like anything. lsuess
, said !, you've got 'em where folks won
see 'em, any how, and calculate yo,
won't be over iorrard to show 'em wher
they be. Bat come, says l, be stirrin
OF I'll quilt you ngin as sure os your
alive-rll tan your hide for you, yo
may depend, you old ungainly tempcre
heifer you.
When | went TO the barn, says !, Joh
Porter, you wife made right at me, lik
! one ravin distracted mad, when | opene
the door, thinking it was you; and | wa
:. obliged TO give her crack or two Of tn
cowskln TO get clear Of her. 1t has e
= fecluated "a cure completely; now folIe
i it up and don't let on Tor your life
warn't you that did it, and you'll b
!. master once more in your own hous'
4 She's all docily jist now. keep her so.-
q AS we returned We saw light in til
. keepin room, the fire was blazin u
i cheerfu'some, and Marm Porter move
i about as brisk as parched pea, thoug
I as silent as dumb, and our supper VIZ
:, ready in no time. As soon as she too
- ~ her seat and sot down, she sprung rigl
= ;, up on eend, as If she sot on a pan
% hot Goals, and coloured all over; ar
: then tears started in her eyes. Thinks
. to myself, calculate wrote that a
Il lesson in large letters any how, res
n that wfitin without spslln, and no mi
10 take; | guess you've got pretty we
- % warmed Whereabouts this hitch. The
- she tried it again first she sot on on
leg, then on the tother, quite oneasy ar
- then right alwixt both, fidgettin abo
20 dreadlully like man that's rode all ds
on bad saddle, and lost little leath
{, on the way. If you had seed how 81
III stared at Porter, it would have made W
snicker. She couldn't credit her eye
In He war't drunk, and he warn't Graz
IN but there he sot as peeked and as me
le chin as you please. She seemed 9
I'd struck up Of heap at his rebellion
~ The next day when | was about starti
it | advised him 10 act like man. al
IN keep the weather gage now be had
ne aqd all would be we'll; but the poor cr
* ter only held on day or two, she so'
TO got the upper hand Of him, and ma
as him confess all, and by all accounts
ct leads worse life now than ever. p
| that are trick on him jist to try him, al
is | see i. is gone goose with him; the jig
ad up with him, she'll soon call him wi
to whistle like dog. l often think
m the hornpipe she danced there in /
o. dark along with me TO the music Of Il
up whip--she touched it off in great sty
Vi. that's fact. shall mind that go o
le, while, promise you. 1t was actil
he equal TO play at old Bowry. You m
ct. depend, squire, the only way to tame
re shrew is by the cowskin. Grand(att
.er Slick was raised all along the coast
he Kent in old England, and he used to $
there was an old saying there. which