Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-08-05
MATRIMONIAL PHILOsOPH.
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BYA, r. RANKS.

bliss. Three months after that impor-
tant event he expressed his conviction,
with savage earnestness to Mrs. Snug
gins, that he hadn't If he had expect
ed nothing, (UOid an ancient volume,)
he might have been a blessed individu-
Al; as it was, he was a wofully disap
pointed one. d
Mrs. Smuggins quietly delivered a
similar opinion respecting herself, and
went en- with her knitting with an ag-
~Rravating ealmDess.
= Mr., S. walked about the room evident
ly under the impression that the law
for "assalts and battery" was most un-
hallowcd and unconstitutional. -
. Suddenly he stopped.
MRS. Smuggins! Mrs. Smuggins!'
he foared, as he received no reply :.
"Well, we'll, I near you mani hear
You," said that amiable lady, and she
aook mp another Loop. what is itr"
"Am I to have u pudding for my din
ner or mott"
Perhaps you may, and maybe you
may not" was his ribs insatisfac-
Tory reply.
"wen, wen see about that,"-snarl.
ed Mr.. s.. stamping around, and making
his coat tails Ay about.
"Well my dear, you had perhaps
best go and see about it; Sukey's in the
kitchen" And then dropped a stitch.
You'd aggravate q saint, Madam,
exclaimed Mr.. S~muggins.
ado saints upset chairs in that
way?"-Was the meek inquiry. %
"Mrs. Smuggins," said the male pro-
prietor Of that e~uphonious name, con
fronting his sleeping partner.
u+WeI9'
"WiH you make me a pudding or
not2f 20. tyHoiu
No"
.You won't?""a
"Don't bother mc-I've told you
once"
1T fancy, Mrs. Smuggins, that you
entered into a compact to obey me,
said her shamofully deceived lord, beat
ing the devils tattoo on his best car
pet.
II won't be ordered" was the reply,
and the lady with q great deal Of dig
nifty, picked up her traps and founced
out Of the room. r9.
In another minute the outraged gen.
tleulan was In the kltcneu.
"Sukey," he said ~furious]y, "make
me . currant dumping for dinner
plentyAof ~eurrants." i
"Why sir here's one abilin!' exclaim,
ed that young lady.
Mr.. Smuggins was in the same dread
full position that we could imagine a
certain editor Gook here, 'neighbor', y
would be in deprived Of a grievance
He was fairly Observation-Disclosures
voorhees,, with the exception of Non
sense" which came feebly forth.
"Well look sir, for yourself" said Su-
san "Missus made it with her own hands
an hour ago."
And there sure enough, bobbing up
and down, was q glorious sized dump
ling-the. species on which he Goat
ed. 8pEE
Considerably notified, yet filed with
. sense ola wronged husband, he pro-
ceeded to his wife,s room.
"Well madam" hebegan, ESQ it seems
there is azpudding after all"
SIS therein was the echo:
&~Yes madam, and it is lucky for yor
thSuth there ar
"Is it really2" wa the provocative
reply.
Eyes madam, I-iI in fact you da
red not, no MIS-. Smuggins, dared no
have disobeyed me. You knew that i
was made and wanted to give a specimen
of your Internal cantankerousness."
iIndeedl" replied Mrs. s. with q sus
picious emphasis Now if you don
ieavesshesroom I will, and all I've go
t0saS isAthatI won't be ordered!'-
And, she went to another room, slamet
fhs door and locked it. Mr.. S. boiling
over with indignation consoled himsel
rs he went down town with the fact tina
he had gained his point and that hi
pudding was boiling. A
Dinner time came, and so did on
injured husband. Dinners the tim'
to bpingiem honey He sat down ant
said nothing, looked daggers and pre-
tendedQo qnarref with the tenderest o
~tsuleFlGiBsa The fact was however tina
he HaS pfeserTingeah enormous eorne
fof. the dpmpling. 81 io =
The Jnmpling came. Mr.. Smuggin
undid the lower buttons of his vest
drew himself half a foot nearer to hi
work. handed his plate saying grufHy.
"Give me some of that"
"You can have it ali, my DEAR" wa
the mild aequiescence of his wife, rs sh'
pushed the dish towards him.
MIR. Smuggins took off the cover
He turned pale. whats this2" b
,"The pudding my dear" was the re
faWhat the--have you been do
ing to it?" he frantically demanded.
-'I rolled it in the ashes, my wee
love. .Yonl know you said this morn
ing ahat I dared not disobcy you. N
more 1 have my dear There's you
pudding-eat it"
The specimen of conjugal obedienc
disappeared suddenly out of the reor
with a hearty laugh. It was lucky 70
her that che door was IN her side an
hadbeen left ajar expressly for a prong
exit. %
Mr., s. said many a highly imbortan
thing on the impulse of the moment
however, he was too much ola philoso
pher .toslet his pudding cool, so he Gu
it.epen and scooped out the middle.
He went down town and gave a boy