The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-10-18
OUR JERUSALEM PoNEY.

~ TWO PORTIONS


am medical man, residing, as my
wife informs her relatives, in the South,
" in the neighborhood Of" Edingburgh
but In point of fact, We are i2 it, the near
est villa-residences being thirty streets of,
at the very least Our back-grcen, howe
yer, is commodiOus, and boasts Of various
fancy animals principally rabbits and
poultry; the former Of which | Use ior
scientific experiment; the latter for my ia
bic only, although it has been hiutcd by
the malicious that they are made TO fulfil
double duty. Looking out upon this pleas
ant UApansc Uf "VVd ..ul scrdurc, win las
cOntented deniZens sleeping. or eating, or
going through the various interesting pro.
cesses which result from chemical or CHR
urgical experiment, | was wont BOT only to
feel the monarch to whom Nr. \. Sclkirk
compares himself in his somewhat Cgotistl
cal poem, but to envy no man bis ancestral
acres, however wide-spreading-hiS deer
forests, however fully stocked. had risen
in my profession, not by standing on my
/ dignity, as the manner of some is, but by
/ hard work, and, as flattere1 mysclf, use
/ fuluesS. was not made dizzy by my ce-
vation, since it had been gradual; and |
reflected with satisfaction, that even if |
should be in danger of slipping backwards
possessed enough Of balance to keep me
right in that best Of balances-a balance in
my bankers books When add, that, in
addition to these various subjects Of con-
graduation, on certain evening in July
last, had mild HAVANA in my mouth,
and pair of slippers just at the extremity
of my toes, it will be understood by the
married portion of my male readers that !
was in disposition peculiarly adapted for
suhlugatlon by the female. Lcon0ra, the
wife Of my bosom for several years, and
therefore but too well aware Of her opror-
tunities in this respect, was standing be-
hind me, running her fingers through what
she considers to be my curlS. and dllatine
pleasantly upon my professional talents and
success
"Alfy," said she, coaxingly, after she
had thus laid down the rails, as she thought
fer the idea to slip drcamiIy into my mind
now you are getting on So well, my love
don You think that you ought to buy Z
brougham -
Certainly, if you wish it, my dear,
returned |. pretending to misunderstand
her, and the bread agis of domestic econ
omy at once placing Itself between ny
pockets and this exJravagant proposition
'' buy half dozen broom-, if they are he
cessary, by all means, sweetest, but
thought We stocked tue house when | mo
we'd, at your request, from our fiat into thii
main-do0r'
, This she'll had such quantity oc rusty
nails in it, in the form Of remiDiscence anc
: remainder, tha, imagined it would bay,
, sileuced the enemy, fire altogether; bu
no that " still snail voice, which is nev
: er still-the voice Of ones wife again at
tackled me, with that quiet persistence
which Is its most fatal attribute
Il mean carriage, love-a brourh
am; one-horse hrougham would be our.
enough
Why not say Mr. Axle's prize drag
at once" replied J. laughing, and lightin.
another cigar; " III send round Betsy il
the morning, with my compliments, anc
2 III buy it Of him at his own figure"
t :" 1t would very much increase your prac
tice," remarked Lconora, musincly
5 there's nothing Ike carriage for med
e ical man, you may depend upon that i
takes him where skill and talent, even sucl
, as yours, Alfy, would never carry him
D Yes, love; il sometimes takes him I
D prison, = remarked |, assentingly. \ Sigh
, pause here took place, during which onl,
| caught one word Of my Leonora's, al,
, even that was not intended for me i
e sounded exceedingly Ike "Fiddlestick.
: When she recommended. it was in a grave
: and less playful tone; Marshal Gyulai 81
perseded, and Marshal Hess in command
E with a new set of tactics