The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-13

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i The difference between courtship and mar
Etriage was never more forcibly explained thanh
lthe following charcoal sketch
/ What made you get married if you do not
like it?'
! why, I was deluded into it-fairly delu.
.ded had nothing to do of evenings. SO
went counting. Now courting's fun enough
havn't got word to say agin courtng-itis
about as good way of killing an evening as
know OF. Wash your face, put on a clean die
key, and 60 and talk as sweet as molasses can
ay for an hour Or tWo-to say nothing Of Al few
kisses behind the door, as your sweethear,
1 goes 70 the step with you
When | was single man, the world wag-
/ ged on well enough 1t was just like an ON
+ nibus; was passenger, paid my dime, and
hadn't nothing more to do with it but sit down
and not care button for any thing. S'posing
the omnibus got upset-well, walked of, and
leaves the man to pick the pieces. But then
/ must take a wife and be hanged to me. tits
Eall very nice for while; but afterwards its
plaguy like owning an upset omnibus
4 Now queried Montezuema, what's all that
| about omnbuses?'
I What did get by it?' continued Gamaliel
regardless of the uption-'How much
fun-why yawning old woman and three lit
Idle squallers. Mighty different from courting
that is. Where's the fun of buying things tc
eat and things to wear for them, and wasting
| all good spreeing money on such nonsence tor
1other people?-And, then, as for doing what
you like-there's no such thing. You cant
clear out when peoples owing you 50 much
money you can't stay convenient. No the nab
bcrs must have you. You can't 60 on aspree
ffor when you come home the missus kicks up
1.-THE DEVILS delight. You can't teach her bet
ter manners; for constables are just as thick as
Eblackberries. In short you can do nothing
/ Instead of yes my duck and no my dear,
as you please honey, and when you like, my
/ likely like it was courting times, it's darnlng
| and amending. and nothing ever darned and
mended If it wasn't that am particularly
/ sober, I'd be inclined to drink-its excuses are
Senongh. It's heart breaking and its all owing
\ 10 that I've such pain in my glzzard every
morning. I'm SO miserable | must stop and
| sit On those steps ..z.
/ whats the matter nowg "-e
I'm getting aggravated. My wife is sa-
wing critter-a sword of sharpness; she cuts
the throat of my felicity, stabs my happiness,
chops up my comforts, and ships up all my
Sunday go to meetings to make jackets for the
boys; she gives all the whites to the children,
10 make me spry and jump like lampligher;
can't stand tiny trouble is overpowerlng
when come to add them up
oh, nonsense-behave nice-don't makes
noise in the street-be a man.
How can be man when belong to some
body else? Ny hours amt my own-my money
amt my own belong to four people beside
myself-the old woman-and them three chill
dren. I'm partnership concern; and so many
has got their fingers in the till that must bust
up. I'll break and sign over the stock in trade
to you
you are very stupid, Thomas said coun-
try teacher to a little boy eight years old. you
5are like donkey, and what do they do to cure
him of stupdity?' Why they feed him more
and kick him less said the little urchin.