Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-07-03
From the HoIE JoURNAL.1
MATRIMONIAL IVFELICTPIEs.
BY AN IRRITABLE MAN.
liy HIEe i-aHts Ifoney.

/ hau almost forgotten to ask YOU nv
/ wife said, in her most amiable tone, as I drew
on my gloves, preparatory to going down town.
/ for some money
Almost y I exclaimed: 1T would be very
difficult to make me believe that-for I have
seen money in your eyes, and on the tip Of
your tongue, foe the last hour But why YOU
didn't ask for it before put on my gloves. l
can't imagine If there be one thing [ dislike
mere than another. 1t is to be asked for money
after get on my gloves
Then why. if you saw so clearly that l
wanted some. did you not offer it to me :
asked my wife. The truth is, [ dislike very
much to ask you for money. and l often 60
without any rather than speak a word to YOU
on the subject
Then why didn't you DO 50 to day ? I ip-
I quired
Because today she replied. It is vory
necessary for me to have some. Not ouly
have the gas bill to 3sy-which is larger
than it was even in December-but l have to
purchase some spring dresses for the chill
dren'
Oh, never mind the chiidren's dresses 1
answered. let them GO But what makes the
gas bill so high this month =
I am certain do not know my wife re-
piled; though, to be sure, we have had con
siderable company lately, ami you have been
up late at night w:itiug'
'Pshaw = l exclaimed, that won't account
for it. believe the servants burn 1t all night:
and if they do, it is your fault
I DO not think. my dear, that the servants
are at all wasteful OF it
Then there is something the matter with
the confounde3 meter 1 said Can't the
children get at it, and set the register ahead
in some way ?
Ny wife laughed
'Ol. you needn't laugh. continued; rs
probable thing, as they are given to sIl
kinds OF mischief I'll tell you what I'll DO
III go directly down to the company's Office,
AID enter a complaint about the meter And
1 put on my hat resolutcly, and opened the
door to depart
But you are not going without leaving ne
some money, hope she said.
There it Is again exclaimed; money.
money II is always money with yoa women.
Well, how much do you want Come, don't
keep me standing here forever, when you
know am in hurry
Can you spare me twenty dollars > she
asked.
Mo- Z answered.
Fifteen. lben ? she suggested
Scarcely replied but there are twelve;
aud now. don't ask me for money again in
week
But what shall l do about the chIldren's
spring clothing ? she inquired; after paying
the gas bin. I shall not have any great amount
left
= don't know, nor I DONE care what J u'll
do, l replied. The fact is the children are
wcll enough dressed. don't approve Of ar
raying them in velycts and laces.'
Fifteen or twenty dollars she answered,
smiling, would scarcely be sufficient for the
purchase of any quantity Of veivets ana laces,
No. all that l want Is to have the children
appear clean aud respectable. l can't abide
to see them in soiled and faded clothes
But they look well enough 70 me- said
/ y don't see why tbeir present clothes are not
good enough for them to play around in. as
} they DO; nor Why is necessary = buy them
. anything new
! If you had to attend to the meuIing OF
their clothes, as do, you wouldn't ask me
why wanted to get them new ones
wen. we'll said, here are ten dollars
more but don't, for goodness sake, ask me
for money again uuIii-
Until interrupted my wife, smiling, l
want new bonnet--which viii be next
week
Ny dear said. inPressiyely, don't speak
to me OF bonnets. II there be one thing ]
dislike more than another, 1t Is to hear about
q rew bonnet
But I am very economical as regards bon
nets, you know, my dear she said. L only
have four year, whereas most ladies have
Dozen
a dozen : cxclailacd, astouished; WIS
that is equal to one month. It Is prep7sts-
rous Does your miliiuer have many such
customers ?
'Oh, yes, Miss Modiste assures me that
there are some of her purchasers who get 4
new bonnet every month
L am very thankful, my dear l said. thai
you are not one but, it appears to me. thai
four hats year arc more than you can a;iOrC
&c haYo, especially IL such hard times as thest