The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-03-07
A Fellow caugnt in rather bad Snap
by his Wife, -..-.. ..

The New York correspondent Of the
Charleston News, gives The following
amusing account OF whst would be con.
s,dered rather "bad snap" in Which
would-be Lo,har.o was caught by his
neglected wlfe:-- aas Ee .@
Snow has been falling Stree S O'Clock
and the sle,ghing is glorious. Many
last night. fearful that il would no, last,
took time by the forelock, and by IL
o'clock the Fi,n Avenue. the Blooming.
dale road and the H,ghbridge were re-
souani with the pleasant jingle Of bells
the hay, hay bo. OF the drivers. and the
jolly laughter Of the merry s!etghrrs. -
Ysur correspondent, too, caoch, tie in
fec.ion, aud could 20, rs.,st the ,emp,a.
ton OF run TO Macomb's dam, and a
good supper. Whlle al the Dam Ilearn.
ed The particulars of lttle affair over
which "our parry chucklsd magh,,iy -
One Cf our fast men, who lives in an ele-
CANT "freestone 'front.'" and who is the
husband ot Pretty WIFI, upon whose
peace oil mind 'sihe grsen-eyed monster
has made dreadful iuroads, left his cozy
pa'or abou, 10 o'clock, aud having. as he
though, thrown dirt into the eyes of his
spouse. by telling ber ,ha, he had an ar-
po,nnen. al the Club, proceeded 10 lis.
cry stable IN Fourth street, aud engaging
there the prrttl"st pony h" could pro-
cure, aud filling II with nlce warm robes,
dlsve 10 the res dence OF lady, Of whom
,is wife had good cause to be jealous.
api started out Tor Macolpt's Dam 10,
IA good old fashioned sleigh ride and u
Jolly lark" His wife, however, suspec-
ted his appoina Ell, was ali sham, aud
after tear or two, o pat or two Of her
ln,le loot upon the roya medallion" car.
Pei. mad up heT mIn that she .erid
stand II no ionget.' 20 muflng hr,.eil
up as warmly as sHe could. SHE started
n company oi the coachman, and p,o.
curlug a sleign, went Ill pursuit Vi hei
llege lord.
She drove fas. to .Burha n's 8 and sen.
ding the the CoachInan into the bar room
| beard that her smart spouse tad left five
mlnutes before Tor Jones. To Jon.s
she wen. AS last As Ire horses could "pu
m. and arrived there just as the ua,l
was leaving for the Dam whittier ste
proceeded, aud ge.llng ou. Of the sleigt
was shown into the ladies parlor.' Sh.
sent the coachtpan out 10 reconnoitre
and be soon returned with the lniorna
ION that her husband aud Miss e.. haG
ordered supper, and were then in th,
parlor awaiting its preparation. Unde
the instructions Of the wife, the coach
man peeped into the back parlor, an.
finding the lady alone, the gentleman
having gone - the bar to take MP,
told Miss T.. that there was the ID Il
pay, and that to AVOID scene she ha,
better take sea, in the sleigh he ha'
come in and 60 quickly tack. Miss G
fearful Of row, and exposure, and al
that. complied. and aile, seeing her OF
through the window, the wife rung 70
servant and requested TO be shown inl
the room where Mr.. H., her husband
had ordered supper to be served. Sin
was accordingly conducted to the Toom
where. ia snort time, Mr. IL. after hav
lng locke, IN The parlor for his lady love
finding her missing and timing she ha'
already gone TO supper, made his appear
ance t N
Il is no, necessary to tell the rest q
the story: You can easily 'phancy tn
pheel,nks' Of Mr. H. on finding his ow
wife WAS his pis.a-vis aud the seen
which followed. Suthce il 70 say, tia
Mr. aud Mrs. II. re.urned iu The sleigh