The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-10-17
oueries Tor CemsuSyralesss.

Queries for Censu6yWaksss.
The questions asked by The Mstshalss
who have been busy tsking the decsnniai
census Of the United States, ars vsry nu.
merous, many of them relating to whatars
usually considered privsss family adAisss--'
Here are few of them:
, 4 INrERRooAToRiBs 10 De PUT TO LADIES.
~ How many new dresses does your
husband allow ycu year. and how often
was your lasA Winter bonnet 'done up" b..
fore you tsd another?
2. Are yeu almost quite worried to death
by Bridget, and how often does she demand
d Day out?
8. How many cousins has Bridget to the
bsst of your knowledge and belief, and how
mush crockcry does ''thc cat" destroy per
annhm?
y. How many evenings in the week il
ysllr husband detained late at the "Ofic,
or Store on business, and does he belong
to Lodge? If SO, how many "speciai
meetings" does he attend in = month, and
has he ever been called upon to sit up with
q sick brother?
s. Does he smoker Does he chew! IL
he in the habit, after having been kept late
at the "Ofice," Store or LODGE" Of
taking copious drafts Of ice water in tbs
morning?
6. Does he allow you to open his letterss
Z. Does he ever grumble when asked to
take you to the opera, and is he limited in
his ideas on the subject Of gloves?
8. State your ideas in full in reference
to "pin money"
10. How many times per annum do you
mention the fact of "such lovely things
going at Ross & Fosters for really moth
ings"
IL. What are you sentiments touching
latch-keys?
IL. Does your mamma visit you fre.
quently? What is the average length of
her stay? What sentiments does she en-
tertain towards your husband, and is he
more apt to be detained out late by 'busi
ness" at the "Office," Store or Lodge"
during such visits?
13. Did your husband ever come home
i'll from the effects of "Pickled Salmon"
Cheese" "Oysters" or Grabs" without
giving rise to suspicious that he had been
tout again with that wretched Brown"
ISrERRoGAToRrEs FOR GENTS.
/. State your grievances on the subject
of buttons.
2. Are you familiar with the words
Brute or "Wretch," and have you ever
heard them applied to yourself!
g. Do you know the meaning of Cur.
tain Lecture?
4. Are you on good terms with your
mother-in-law; and if so, why?
g. What are your ideas relative to the
moral influences of shopping?
6. Can you smoke at home, without hesr.
ing remarks about "that horrid tobacco" or
| shat na-asty pip:?"
7. How often have you tried the effect of
"love of bonnet" as a peacemaker, and
what have been the practical results?
| 8. Did you ever hear any comparison
made between the style in which you live
| and the style in which "the Browns" live,
"who are not half so well off as your"
9. How often, in the course of year,
does you wife warn that you'll be "sorry
for it when she is gonc?'
| 10. Did you always tell the truth when
asked "where you have been;" and if not,
how often do you do the other thing?
II. Does your wife belong to Sewing
Society,"" and if so, what is your opinion
concerning the "old CATS who meet thercs
II. How many times per annum do you
have to wait for your dinner, and on such
occasions what is your average state Of
mind?
13. Do you ever give up Especial ap-
pointments" for the purpose of attending
your wife to meeting" church, opera or
lecture; and if so, how often!
IA. Have you any friend (?) whose ex-
ample as husband you have been request
ed to follow?
15. How often do you nurse 'the baby" /"
and do you ever think it is the image Of its
father?