Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-07-13
MY WIFE! AND 1.

--Ou1 ut6I, L WlHl WoIo iiCH!
This remark WAS extracted from my
wife (as AZ obstinate molnr might be ex-
tractsd bya dentist by the contemplation
of large opening in the toe of little Per
sy's stocking. which she had been trying
in vain To devise some mode of closing,
without destroying tho symmetry Of the
garment, while pile Of similar articles, of
various sizes and patterns, lay at her cl-
bow, as much in noed Of mcndInS as an
old r,ke's habits. There they lay. seven
pairs Of little stoc kings, while their seven
daily occupants were snuyly snoozing in
bed, foryetlul of the many weary stitches
their little feet had c;,used and all around,
ON tables and chairs, WAS scattered pro,
miscuous assortment Of Juvenile aprons
anl dresses, jackets and breeches, each
one bearing lis owner marx, in the shape
of rips and rents. .. .-- ..... ..--
IL wish l were rich"' repeated my
wife. ''l
There was = strength and heartiness in
the tone and manner. which lett no doubt
of her sincerity. aid in an Instant my
mind went back some twenty years, to the
LinIa when lie hud been rich III our Young
| love. rich in our mutual dependence. and
+ OH in The bright hopes which 10. only
glisd but iurly plArod the future all over
with twsn y carat plate At itast-As togatl-
rr We 10 'ksd down tho long vista ofcoming
years. fair flowers Of joy around our feet,
! lipS fruits Of happiueHs over our heads,
the richest OF all riches. contentmen:, in
our hearts, and fluuI at only five dollars =
barrvl. Almost twenty Years ago those
soft hazel eyes that now bsam with tender
matronlv love, first told the story OF that
love which those rosy lips their. bloom has
not yet faded) confirmed and that fair
round fAco, that has grown fairer and
roundcr year by year, first lazy upon my
breast i'll maiden trustfulness.
We did not fall In love nor walk into it
nor glide into it, but Wo took to il by in
stinct A~ ducks take to water, and we wer,
married. with about as dttiuite an idea o
the modes and means of meeting our cur
rent expenses Ms raw Irishman has q
Egyptian hisroglyphios, ora charcoal ped
lar of honesty. ....... .-........
There must be q special Providenc
which watches over fools and young mar
ried people. In point Of worldly possvss
ions We commenced with nothing, an,
have had il ever since; for, what with tn
r increased expenee Of living, and our sue
cess in adding to the census returns. eacI
year finds US rs far from the possession y
n respectable com potency as it's prodocsss
OF. Financially we have scrambled alon
in u helter-skcller way, tumbling ito pud
dies of debt from time to time, with no,
: and then a long interval of exemption. I
be followed by II new tumble aud ne'
scra bio for safety until now, on thi
:, cold Saturday night in January, my viii
and sat Sozly by our cheerful fire, sh
, with load of unmended and TO be mende
y stockings on her mind, and l, ostensibl
reading. trying to solve the great problel
r Of the election between supply and Dc
mAud at least, 80 far as to make my ow
weekly supplies cover the weekly demand
OF wife. children, the grocer aud the lant
)! lord. And 80 l sit buried in thought, no
: frightened by remVmbrances of early hal
= piness, and now darkened by shades
unpaid January bills, which load my dos
!, making the demand for the great stapl
d money. far exceeding the supply. thereb
assording 10 our best political economist
enhancing its value.
r, Meantime my wife, still laboring uud
the weight of the stockings, says. for tl
third time with increased ferVor and
r. sligkt asperity, Rs though demanding
:. reply.
sl "Oh, dear dear wish were rich
nd "Riches. my love, take to themselV
: wings and fly away" replied. with Il
= air OF one who had seen myriads of tend
young dollars put on their pin feather
, become fully fledged. and soar away
o unknown regions, like flock Of wild gee
=. leaving, not even the smell Of mon,
j, behiNd.
- "Wsll, il they do. they must 90
: roost somewhere, and | don't see wi
4, sonae of them cant settle here AS welf
y, ielsewhere." said my wife, as she COZ
u nlenCed On a fresh slO, inc and th