Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-04

/ o Mr, u. E, Sti!linger Is q Southern gentls-
man, married % Northern lady, and resid-
ingih Om6ihnas, being employed as book
Keeper Ii che of th6 mefcRntile houses 81
tais city, Mf. S6llingef, like some Of bis
/ ocmpatriots, is ol rather gaseonadinR ais
position, especially on Saturday evenings,
when be receives ba weekly salary, and de-
vote6a portion OF Il 70 the purchase OF excit-
Ing beverages Mrs. StillinRer excels her
husband considerably, both IN physical and
intellectual Development, and generally con-
trives 70 keep him in pretty good training.
The secession faror has made the heroic els-
ment in Mr. Sallngers composition more
ungoverpable than ever and, on returning
home, last Saturday evening, Just eight
enough to be valiant he confronted Mrs. S.
with what BE believed % be an exceedingly
aWe-inspiriug air,
'srMadana,S he exclaimed, 'ithe injuries
which you and al your tribe Of Northern
Iniscreants have inflicted on myself and the
rest Of TIE Southern chfvalry can no longer be
endured, and the breaking up 0f this old,
worn out national eonfederacy must Of course
Be attended with dissolution Of the union
between you and me. . 81
! ESo you may think Just now, disdainfully
answered the lady; Wbut you viii be Of a
different opinion after q while iah
/. 'NeyerF was the stout rejpinder. ''From
this moment renounce, diselaim, and re-
solve not to touch anybody Of Northern birth
and every thing OF Northern manufacture
I'll drink 70 the complete independence and
sovereignty Of the South R'A u"
oi1 he was about 70 take bottle Of domestic
chanapagne from closet when be was inter
rupted BY 9 derisive laugh from his wife, who
inouired. 500 h't1W ff l.aal1na aaai ai'
'1 liaAhd are you going to drink 70 that sent-
ment n 1s0hgworth's Cincinnati made Ca
tsirba pa Weiloi I1a 1ius9 ro1a 'u IiH
z -iiaNoZT forgot twas that stuff" said he,
hastily putting back the bottle, aBut get
out my shirts and stockings, and pack them
up, 50 that may sscede st once and Join the
noble army Of South Carolina patriots
4 "But you have renouneed all your shirts
and stockings, coolly answered Nr, s.; q for
they are articles Of Northern Manufacture
y 'f None Of. your treacherous CANNON, p
shouted Sdllinger; {" all my shirts, except the
collars and wristbands, are made Of pure
Southern cotton
Yes, but that cotton was woven into mus
lin at the Lowell mills, and made into shirts
; by p Yankes sewing machine replied Mrs
Stlhnger. pQi9 De- sham hnn tfaig iaei
II aIhis is the way the North dds-insultto
injury, 2 exclaimed Mt. s., much snraged.-
!" Ashiak, With Governor Brown Of 6eorgia,
that instead Of seeding from the Union our
selves the best plan Is to drive the North
erners ont Of it, and 50, madam, instead Of
going out of the house. myself I'll turn you
out.6 -sr;s,rl'as 10 lsgrsiTi
b With these words be seized the ast0nished
lady by the arm and showed her lnto the en-
try. Here there -stoed- large tub of water,
which was about to be used for serubbing;
and Ars Stininger (vho, as we have said,
was more than a match for her husband in all
respects, grasped him BY the collar, hung
him into the tub, and rolled him over three
or four times before she released him.
Soured and shiyering and sobered, Mr, Still
lipgsE erept up stairs to change bis clothes,
winning forth; Ioser 80 aIss ovF $40
~ Why. Jane | only wanted to see If I
could Tighten yop,5 I'm not such blamed
tool as TO Try secession n egrassf., Only send
me mp glass Of hot teddy, and IN not ask
for any oth2T Concession ~ -- ~ = -o.
7r And 50 NJ. Sdllihger did not sscsde. rs
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