Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-27

simply say, IN regard to buildn, fra. ,
l didn't commence arly enuif I, 'l '"N
ruther cold mornin' when fnst nn "%
the idee to Betsy. 1t wasn't We'll r recl; SEQ
and found myself layin' on tbo .'S Sa,
pretty student thought I'd git mn " "Sg
bid the fire myself, o. w ana
OF course now you're marrid Won
eat onions, allus did, and if tn"uv"a
own hart, | allus will, NV danob,on",IIy
is gon' on Il and Is risky, saws ,b b"Go
disgustin, And speakin of my dan %Uy
reminds me that quite a number of y s",er
men have suddenly discovered thai lug
very entertainin' old Teller, and thew VI ri! a
us frekently, specially on Sunday eyon ,,s'
One young chap--a lawyer by habt..jonaS,
cum as much as he did. NV wile's 6G.''
lives with us, His ntelleck totlers 'i II, .
tie, and he saves the papers containm, III,
proceedlns of our State Legislator NV
old oen'Pman likes to read ont lond a, g
he reads tol'be we'll He cuts hash fr ,"'
ly, which makes his voice clear; butasb.
ontortnilly has to spell the most Of NJ.
words, may say he reads slow. W,T
whenever this lawyer made his appearano.
| would set the old man a-readin the [os;,
latv' reports. kept the young law,
up one night till II o clock, listenin n
lot Of acts in regard to draw-br3,a
away orr IN the east part of the S,als
haym' sent my daughter to bed At bag
past s. He hasn't been there since.and
understan' he says go round a swipdln,
the Public.
| never attempted to reorganize NV wife
but once. shall never attempt il apin
I'd bin to public dinner, and had allowed
myself TO be betrayed into drinkin' sever,
al peoples healths and wshin' TO make
'em as robust as possible, | continued
drlnkin' their healths until my own be.
came affected. Consekens was. | present.
ed myself at Betsy's bedside late at night
with constable ticker concealed about nv
person. had sumhow got perseshun Of
a hosswhip on my way home, and remem.
BERN sum cranky observations of Mrs
Wards in the mornin', snapt the wbp
putty lively, and, in very loud voice. |
SAID, Betsy, you need reorganizin'!
have cum, Betsy" | continued-crackin,
the whip over the bed have cum n
reorganize you! Ha-ave You per-rayed to
mite ?"
dream'd that night that sumbo1v had
laid hosswhip over me sev'rl consekootiy
times ; and when | woke up / found she
had. Iain't drank much of any thin since
and If l ever have another reorganizD ion
on hand shall let it out.
My wife is 50 years old, and has apus
sustained a good character. She's a goo
cook. Her mother lived to vener'h
age, and lied while in the act of irving
flap Jacks for the County Commissioners
And may no rood hand pluk -four from
her tomb-stun We hain't got any pic
tur of the old lady, and therefore | can't
Civ her likeness to the world through the
meejum of the Illustrated papers; but as
she wasn't a brlgadier gin'ral, partic-
erly, don't s'pose they'd publish it, any
how.
It's best to Civ woman constable lee
way. But not too much. 4 naher of
mine, Mr.. Roofus Alnkins, was once very
sick W tn the fever, but his wife moved his
bed into the door-yard while she was
cleanin' house. told Roofus this wasn't
the thing, 'pecially as it il was rainin' vi
lentlv; but he said he wanted to CIV his
wife "a little lee-wav. That was mulch
| told Mrs. Mnkns that her Roofus would
die if he staid out there into the ram much
longer; when she said, 1T shan't he my
fault if he dies unprepared," at the same
time tossin' him his mothers Bible. 1t was
ortul! | stood by, however. and nussed
him as wells | could, but ! was putty
wet-nuss, | tell YOU
There's varis WAYS of managin' wife,
friend Wales, but the best and only safe
way is to let her do iist about as she wants
to. dopted that ere plan sum time ago
aud it works like a charm.
Remember me kindly TO Mrs. Wales,
and good luck to you both And as
years roll by, and accidents begin to hap
pen to you-among which | hope there'll
be Twins-you will agree with me that
family Joys air the only ones man can
bet on with any certinty of winnn'.
1t may interest YOU to know that Pm
prosperin' in pecoonery pint of view |
make bout as much in the course of
year Cabinet oltisser does, x under
stan my bizness a good deal better than
SUM of 'em do.
Respeeks to st. George q the Dragon.
Ever he happy"
A. WARD