St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-03-31

uiltII lnc ldltCr III the Cllu lau 10 tCnt
to the matter entirely themselves
some accomplished this change within
a month : others stuck it ont durin!
a whole three and one or two hat
actually made ont to go the loving an,
dntit'ul husband up to the close of tn
first half year. Thus it was, that pre-
missing on these data, Jacob measure,
the extent Of the gcntlcman's aflcc
tlons and on the same basis he haC
classified them under three heads, ant
would 50 speak of them to stranger,
visiting the village monthly hus
bands three monthly husband and
half yearly one
rs was very natural, the wives o
Springdalc took it very hard that they
should be thus compelled to trip uI
and down the steep hill, while thcil
loving husbands sat smoking in indo
lent comfort at home, during the long
evenings, impervious to all the taunts
or coaXing cntrcatics that could be
lcvcIlcd against them. They said il
was a shame Gas indeed it was, as
well as sin, crying aloud for immc.
date alteration. that poor, weak con
stltutcd woman should be compelled
to sink under heavy load up the
steep hill, while great hearty fellows
took hours and hours Of idle ease in
the big arm chair and the latter re-
torted by saying, " Oh, bother and
spread out their shoulders and feet
with more ease and comfort than they
did before.
At length one bright example rose
in their midst. like some shining lu-
minary, standing forth as beacon
light as a guidance for all beholders
one husband, who promised to prove
the possibility of affection for wife
so standing the test of time to-mor-
row would ono be the counterpart 0.
to-day, even to the latest period of his
married existence. One loving hus-
band, IA Mr.. Jones, and the one alluded
to as the latter of the two exceptions
above, actually continued to carry all
the water required by his wife from
/ the spring, when two months beyond
the heretofore longest tcrm-a half
ycar-had expired, and as yet showed
,;nn tn oItnT thn 1a.o,alt paaT,.
what a treasure of husband he was.
and how fond his pretty little wife
must be Of him to be sure Thus
,narr;od lido ~ ,ho,. Ia;i,, oan,;nni n
to nntn NJ. Ton",. In;;f,i o-' T, ~
'nr;nm ,n5 I;r,t ''I", ,ia,. .S,'S .s ~ ,,; ''io
AVN Lr,hana., anl 'Ir ,.," ""'c - .T0. ~,
varnn,t oxh,nnJ ~ La ~ - %
frci;onotc rn,rard f,r tho;r u;,n,, " - n,'n -,
fart hy Mr. Jn~os, tml IiI,,,t tIa
hrsL,Id. rnt,rt L,. IN, 's'oo,.;,,1. ,.',,,l,.
that "if Mr. Jnncs WIS sart onor%h
tn tolnl,Il,,ll,,l.,,. c,r III, ,,.;c, = -,
no ru,c that ,hny shnrIJ J." w.. W., -
lpuw shot and that ;f ,',ir ,,.;yo.,
supposed that thcv wore rn;no. ta ho
whccdled into anv such nnnsTnso os
fctrLipm wafer frHr ,Ln sn,a,o. ,,orc.
" because Mr. Homes ar onT nthn,
Jones WAS Green crounb to J,it ,hny
would find themselves nrcb rist,Eo5
sure !"
Two more months rolled bv and
still Mr.. Jones ncrsrvrrcd in Lis dnti.
ful task nor had his wife hnon oncc
seen to carry SO much os a siuoIo nail
full from the low down fount,in Pos
itively he was the very model Of af
fectionate husbands and = certain
Mrs. Primble who had Glanced f.
marry Il mouthIvn husband finally
sum~estcd that Nr Jonos shon}d 70.
ccive the thanks Of all tLr married
ladies of the yilIaoe as a token from
them that his praisewortbv aclnowl.
edyemcnt, as proven bv his condnct
of the lust rights Of the weaker sex
were fully aDnrnciatnd hv ali wboso
good opinion was most worth havinm
This sumrcstipn met with sucb deri.
dcd appr0batiop that q tea-lripkino
trolic ON a Iaroc scale was convened
forthwith for the nurnose of ,okinn
the sense of the ladies' assembled on ~
that occasion anJ ros,;uo. sr;t.lln
resolutions to accompanv the vote Of
thanks proposed The mee,ino was
numcrously attended. and deIibera-
tions duly carried on under the in.
spring influence Of the best Gimme
rial al"-Mrs. Primble being unanimous
" elected to preside over the-tea-
pot. The speaking was very enthn-
siastic-cach lady talking as long as
she felt disposed, (tle one hour" rule
not being rccognizel,) and all togcth-
er; and not only was a very pretty
address drafted out, but it was also
resolved that each lady should sub
scribe certain sum, the entire amount
to be invested in the purchase of a
silver pitcher, to be embellished with
a suitable inscription, setting forth
the why and the wherefore of its be
ing overwhelmingly attaching this
provlso, that the presentation should
be deferred to the end of a year from
the date of Mr.. Jones' marriage, and