The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-09-11
BEL AIR, ND. FRIDAY MORNING.

The old gentleman likes 20 read out loud,
and he reads tol'ble we'll he eats hash
freely, which makes his voice clear; but
as he enfortnilly has to spell the NEST Of
his long words, / may say lie reads slow.
Wall, whenever this lawyer made his ap-
pearanre I would set the old man a-readin
the Legislativ reports I kept the young
lawyer up one night till ~ o'clock, lis
tenin to a lot of acts in regard to draw
bridge away orf in the east part OF the
State, having sent my daughter to bed at
halfpast 3d. He HASN'T bin there since,
and / understand he says i 60 roaad
|swindlin the Public. 81 s.wai
i never attempted to reorganize my
wife but once. / shall never attempt
again. I'd bin TO publick dinner, and
had allowed myself to be betrayed into
drinkinu several peoples healths; and
wishin to make EN- as robust as possible,
/ contincred drinkin their healths until
my own became affected Consekens was,
/ presented myself at Betsy's bedside late
at night, with consid'ble ticker concealed
about my person, 1 had sumhow got per-
seshup of ia hosswhip on my way home,
and aremembrin sum sranky observations
of Mrs. Wards in the mornin, I .snapt the
whip putty lively, and, in q very land
voice, l said, HBstsy, you need reorgan-
izin J! Il have cum, Betsy" l continued
-eraekip the whip over tho bed-aI have
cum toireorganize you! Ha ave you per-
rayed t0,nite 2" s.'3 sd Jhtreo s5
lfaha : eis ~ ai*ani*fe ~
1. / dream'd that night that sumbody had
laid hoss.whip. over me sev'rill -conse-
kootye times !; and when I woke upaI
found she had. I hain't drank much of
anything since, and if ever have another
reorganizing job on hand 1 shall let it
| My wife is 81 years old, and has al!us
sustained good character. She's a COED
cook. Her mother lived to q vener' bic
age, and died while in the act of ffyin
slap jacks for the County Commissioners.
And may no rood hand pluck -four from
her toom-stun !! We hain't got any picter
of the old lady, because she'd never stand
for her ambrotipe, and therefore I can't
give her likeness to the world through tue
meejum of the illusterated papers; but
as, she, wasn't a obrigadier-general particer-
y, l don't Is Is,R9ss they'd publish it, any
how.
f It's best to give a xoman consid'ble lee
| way. But not too much. A naber Of
mime, MI. RJofds Minkins, was once very
sick with the fever, but his wife moved
his bed into the door yard while she was
1cleanin house. [ told Roofus this wasn't
the thing, specially as it was rainin VI
lently; but be said he wanted to give his
I wife - little lee way" That was 2 much.
lT told Mrs. Minkins that her Roofps
would die ifahe staid out there into the
Pain much longer; when she said, at
sban't be nay fault if he dies unprepared,"
lat the same time tossin him his mother s
Bible. ItWas orfpi! ! t stood by, how
lever, and nussed him as wells / could,
but l was putty wet.nuss I tell you.
There's varis ways Of niahagin wife,
friend Wales, but. the best and only safe
way is, to let her do ,jist about as She
wants to. I 'dopted that there plan sum
time ago, aud it works like q charm. =
Remember me kindly'to Mrs. Wales,
land good luck to you both And as years
troll BY, and accidents begin to happen TO
| yoa-among which /. hope thers'il be
Twins yyou win agree with me that fami-
u.