Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-07-13

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Mr.. CHARLES SEAMAN, formerly of Cedar
Falls, will accompany me. Ishall try to giv'
you some letters from Silverland.
| Yours Truly
Dan DEQuILLE.
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Mrs. Plumer's Fourth Of July.
IN THE MORNING.
"Coffec's nice and hot this morning isn't it
Plumerr / thought SOL took pains enough
with it--and made the soda biscuit myself
| always do study your comfort, don't l dear
And you are willing to study mine, occasion
ally, amt you? What do want, now p
Well, you needn't speak quite so snappy, Mr.
Plumer-Tm sure it isn't very often that
ask anything of you. l was only thinking
what splendid day it was for me and tn,
children to see the Fourth of July procession
Your store windows would be the very place
dear, and--scAat did you say2 Am icrazy
No, sir, I'm not crazy--but l suppose yor
think Pm willing to stick in the house all ths
days Of my life. Pretty life it is, to see moth
ing but gridirons and scrub-brushes from
morning till night You needn't have go,
S sAa. ~" = .". AAeAii' III
- ou. ,. W n.eun maze me any ap
olos,es' sI uon Wali' 20 near slmgie one
iou 70 no1 so'ns W nlaNe any wen, ever
. o. woman was pelscsu'eu Wa ~ ehls ~ay-out
,cA have then? Nothing, of course, moth.
ing Broadway is no place for women and
children. on the Fourth Of july. did vol, saw
Yes, understand why don't YOU saw al
once that you're ashamed of me and that
YOU don't want me. nor the dear children
even to have little bit of pleasures SOM
men would be proud to take their wives out
some men, with seven as pretty children as
you have got. would like other neonle To see
'eml But uou don't care. @ ifI could onlv
have known as much in the courtino davs ne
+ know ao,,,, (Sudden chonce of fonc from
sour 10 saccharine1 "Now plnmer don't
be SO unreasonable The little darlinos would
40 eniov the nrocess;on and ! want 10 catch
peep at those dear iare-lecaed Higbla nJers ,
and the Seventh Rcriment Pm inst dv;nc
to po do be a darling for once W;,i;o and
Tom have new Panama hats and pva made
nm the mink flo,nccd mmsl;ns I for tho % ltlle
Girls and balv looks like nm angel IN his nauy
Cashmere cloak Thcre isn't . Cloud % ;n tho ~
sky. and INV lace shawl has never been worn
hetnfp DlspUp
Plumer gives up !: unlike most men. he Is
wise enough to know that. in some cases
discretion is the better part Of valor What
4 plty that all husbands were not conallv IN.
dicious
uur ,,,.,,
49, i". A'hSiS''
HOW could you let me come into such a
crowd, piImerf declar9sA shall iaiLt, in a
minute. 10 push through, and give me
cnance 10 get out some way or other. There
goes my: shawl, torn clear across, and cost
i0rIy doiiars. never was SO trcd In my HE.
! on told me just now ltwould be! Plumer,
u you hadn't encouraged me, ! ne-cer should
nave thought OF coming out to-day. But
men are always ready TO throw the blame OF
sucn s tnlngs on tneir poor deienseless wives:
was your iauit tnat the stages were allfull
coming down, and we had TO walk /? O
course u was-1 you wanted us TO come, you
snould nave PROVIDED suitable accommoda-
nons. bessys dress 's ali IN tatters, and the
boys nave iost tneir mats, and shouldn't
wonder DIT II the dear, blessed baby had
canght tne smaii.pox or the scarlet FEVER IN
tnls norriu.smeiiing crowd. 10 think OF the
Iuoeness OF tnose boys, Tying powder crackers
20 og, ,no SHIT q my dress and tnen flr,ng EN-
on ~ YOU'D tne spirit o. kitten, Plumer,
ycu hasc Pald tneln wen. HOW could you
0s,' on VINO Il va, ~ tne croWo! YES mats
al tne sympa1ny get. Mercy on us, Plum
charge of policeman. too. That shows i,,st
how much heart Won have plnmerNvo,,,d
rather let policeman And your dnrl;rc little
son than lift 4 finger vourselfl Ifever vcn-
ture ont Of doors On fhe Fourth of INV ass;r
and didn't see ANYTHING hnt tho shaygv
heads Of those brutee that stood ON the 6ar.
rels in front of me--uot even the Hirhlandcrs
for thatf Well, all Eve got to say is, that