Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-05-14
1lt5tclIdll CHS.
Portrait Of a Husband.

'ac OF tHe o-aNeaI LADIES' Oh sats progress
sive age, thus writes Of her husband TO the
Boston Olive Branch. does seem o pity
that such woman sloul, layc ben cauglt
in the same net with sue, man a Ills lady
describes her husband to a-Lut auoh acci
dents do happen oceasi. ily. We should
/ Ike to have ~Solomou's" Union his wife:
1fr. Editor 1 you Md osIy see r1y
husband, Solomon Sallwe- er, Ilsn, irm
c5a,ic.i,u he w;II be .ao nth oF g.. lam
naturally happy, brigh energetic, warm
hearted, chain-ligdtning !, puIsiyo woman
born after stages wera O. loded. and in tie
days Of railroads aud steam engines. I've the
most capacious heart Il t ever t1umael
against n siilau police: ca hate Ike Luci.e-
and love in proportion, ana be eteynally CRATE
ful to any one who Is ki 70 me. Now.
solomon is 4 pcrgg:@ai c. ~. Nothing ruff
fcs him, nothing disturJs iD. Mount YES
uvjus aou.dn'tmqEs him .rry; he does eve
rything, mercantile and matrimonial, by rude
square and compass.
Were the house on Ere, be would stop to
take tie Int o1' his coat, and brush his teeth,
before starting. fl ask him question
breakfast l never get an answer till after tea.
lie walks around the house with a noiseless,
vclyety tread, Ike supcrnunuat.d pussy cat.
Should the children in their play knock over
lhc tca-table and its contents, he looks quiet
ly vp from his book, and says, ''Ain't you "a
thor rude children 2"
One summer evening in the country, as he
sat on the grass smoking a cigar it occurred
to me whether anything short Of IN earth.
quake would start him up; placed a long
string or crackers behind him and touched
them OF; and as I am a living woman, he
never so much IS w;aked. You should see
him getting ready for church, rs he uares and
PoIish.s lis tings. nails, lays every hair On his
head over its appropriate bump, spriullo5 a
drop Of cologne ON the northwest corner Of
his pockat-haa.aag.Aiof and ties the bow If
that cravat for the for-G.th time, l never
saw Solomon excited.
never heard him laugh; he don't know
tl.''r-1yry = tear, Nov, e,EIy. !, could s.t
up q domestic ~.urb3ls. thunder cloud. clear
tie atmosphere, You kuow,) bat it's no use.
I've tried to stir him on politics., but ~, on
.ae fence, had as leave jump one way os aao
taer. I've pat on the -u.k-, and been djst.nt
AMI d.gniaeI-I tcIy9a be likes It; beside.
you couldn't freeze him older than he IS
I've been loving and pe,tiug him. its a waste
Of ammunition. he can't be thawed out. It's
my solemn belief he was -isinalIy intended
for aa old maid, buo by SO horrid mistake
hes my husband, / aid double Cape
Horn while he says My d-e-a-r.' o, Oh,
when the coroner's jury sits on me won't the
verdict Jt-~Djed Of excess Of still weather
Tile Expenses Of Conyrcss.-Tho Wasl-
ington correspondent Of IT, Charleston Mcr
curry writes:
-Four months haze e..r d, and Cong css
has done nothing but deb e Kansas. Cur
home and foreign affairs J C all been neg
lccted, the wants Of the pc lie have been uH-
attended to, and thousand WHO have come
from every sec,on Of the Mon on business
affairs, and with claims e Congress, have
been Kept waiting here eayy expenses .or
months, hoping tia, e.e.y .ay Kansas would
come TO an end. It has already cost the gov
erument more than the whole territory Is
WORTH, itIt WAS put mp in town lots to-day
IL IS estimated That 1t cost $4,000 2 day, for
every day Congress Is in session; that sle ch
Of an hour costs $500, and call for the yeas
and nays 3lJO.'