The Nevada journal., 1858-03-05

Tanning Of Shrew,'' is to be found in
an old Spanish chronicle, a translation
of which we now present to our readers:
SIN a certain town there was Moor
of great respeetability, who had son,
the best young man in the world, full of
great projects, but so poor that he had
the will but not the power to execute
them. In the same place there was an.
other Moor, very rich, and he had an
only daughter, but she was a devil, and
nobody would marry her. The young
man came one day to his father, and
said, Father, am weary of the poor
and wretched life | lead-I wish to mar
ry.' The father said he should be de-
lighted ifhis son should find a party that
suited him. Upon which the young man
named his neighbor's daughter. On
hearing this the father was much surpri-
sed; but the son persisted in desiring his
father to speak to the Moor, who was his
intimate friend and ask him for his
daughter. The Moor said, when applied
to, that he had no objection, but that
whosoever married his daughter would
be better dead than alive. The we'd
ding day, however, was fixed, and the
bride wss led away to her husbands
house, and, according to the Moorish
custom, supper was prepared, and the
fathers and mothers left the bride and
bridegroom together till the next day,
and not without great fear and suspicion
that they shall find the bridegroom in
the morning dead or not far from it. AS
soon as they were gone the new married
couple sat down at the table, and before
she could speak, he, looking about him,
saw one of his house-dogs, and calling
20 him with a loud voice, ordered him to
bring water to wash his hands, which the
dog not doing, he got up III rage. and
drew his sword this the dog seeing, ran
away, and he after him. till he caught
him, and cut off his head and legs, and
bod dy i'll pieces, and dashed his blood over
the table, and all around the room: then
came and seated himself at the table
lie looked around again, and saw NAL
tese beagle, and gave him the same or
der; but on his not complying, he first
threatened to serve him as he had done
the mastiff; then springing from the
chair he caught him by the legs, and cut
him into hundred pieces; then he re-
turned a second time to the table, max
ing horrible faces, and staring wildly
around him. The bride who was an
eyewitness of all this, was beside her
self with fear, and stupid, without being
able to utter a syllable He then swore
he would serve every living creature in
the same manner, not excepting his
horse, which was the only one remaining
to him; then having killed his horse, he
came back to the table, with his sword
rocking in blood, and seeing no other
animal to kill turned his eyes upon his
wife, and cried with furious tone of
voice, Get up, and bring inc water to
wash my hands L She Immediately
arose and brought him water. Then he
said, If you had not done it, l would
have served you as l served the dogs
and the horse. He then ordered her to
help him, which she did, but with so hor-
rio an accent that she expected to have
her head cut off. In this same manner
they passed the night together, and she
never spoke; and when they had slept
some little while he said to his wife, Il
have not been able to rest from rage to-
night. See that nobody disturbs me to-
morrow morning, and take care that
have a good breakfast Early next
morning the parents of the bride and
bridegroom knocked at the door. and as
no one answered, they concluded that
the bridegroom was either killed or
wounded, and when the bride came to
the door without her husband, they
were confirmed in their suspicious As
soon as she saw them, she began to call
them traitors, and asked them how they
dared to come to the door without speak
ing. Make no noise or you are all dead
men, This astonished them more and
more, and when they knew how the
night had been spent,they thought very
highly of the young man for his great
skill in governing his wife, and arrang-
ing his household; and from that day
forward she was so well managed that he
lived perfectly we'll with her: and the
father-in-law took hint from his son,
and killed horse to keep his wife in
order"
GREEN IN 1850 AND GREEN IN 1857.
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