The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-01-07
TOLEDO, TAMA COUNTY IOWA. THURSDAY, JAN. T. ls6

1t was arttulness and she knew IT,
was from desire to appear boyish and
young. She had seen old secondhand
married men when they we're away from
home gadding abont with Their hands
In their pockets, and even whistling and
trying to laugh and seem cheerful, pre-
tending to be young and single, when
they we're nothing but husbands, with
children enough to make them ashamed
of themselves"
The lnrii light which this Kerosene
sister thus cast upon the subject was
now partially dispelled by the more
charitable testimony ofa buxom plaid !:
II can say for myself, that have a
husband, and I can say for him that /
have never known a more careful man.
He is full of care. lie is a most excel
lent provider, always feeling in his
pocke,s for money to buy something !;
so much so tha; the consequence is, he
is always coming to me with his pockets
full OF holes, worn through by his kind
feelings. I have no objection to a
mans having his hands ic his pockets.
II it makes them give out, it shows
that he has disposition to give, too
This generous connubial defence cal
led up faded skirt af no color at all,
though there was flaming scalle,
enough all over her face to Indicate the
presence af something decided and not
disconsolate:
IF there is anything mcaner than a
man with his hands in his pockets, j, is
the wife Who is willing to encourage
him, by mending the holes he wears in
them on purpose. Yes, apurpose! My
husband is an idle, good for-nothing
creature, who thinks that all woman
was made for was, to take care Q.
man and do his mending. lie comes
to me just out Of spite every day, and
turns his holy pockets inside on. for me
to mend. Put that and that together
and perhaps you will know what !
mean. guess before | set myself down
TO encourage aggravaling persecution
| will try my thimbie at sewing on q
shrodd. The man isn't BON who can
make Loles on purpose for me to sew
up
\ murmur Of Indignation was heard
throughout the Kerosene organization,
rs if the agitation was caused by a
participation Of the association in the
reprobation cast upon the continuat'oH
Of such aygrava,ion BY one Of the lords
Of creation; and in order to cause a
cessation OF the sensation by ageneral
cachlnation, low-comedy buff gown
with a rognish face, remarked:
Il think my beloved sisters, that there
is general mistake about the intentions
Of the men in respect to their pantaloons
pockets. They only thrust their fists
into their trowsers because they with
to hold them up"
This sally was successful, and i'll
temper vanished before the general
laugh that followed, like sheep;>h
ghost at the crow Of chan,icleer. Bn,
the fun, though timely, was not logical
ard most sarcastic accumulation Of
calico suggested, with sneer, that,
"The fellows who pocke,ed their
hands did it so as to appear democrat
ic,"
Another insinuated that the poor crea
lures couldn't afford to buy a pair Of
gloves another, that they wanted to
look Independent and yet another,
that such a disposition Of hands was a
sign Of deep thoughtfalness +; those who
the most made the leas, use Of
their hands and did what they could
to keep them ont Of the way some
them together some folding
them before and behind some hiding
them from sight in the mysterious re.
cess Of their pockets.
Such a variety Of clashing and be.
willering opinions tended at last to
such confusion Of thought, that the
Pres i .ntis herself arose and threw in
the weight of her formidable sugges
tons:
81 presume that I shall offend none
if my philosopha;ion npon this masuc
line popularity should differ from al
others, as believe my conclusions en-
tirely scientific. ! regard man as al
extremely clectri: animal. lie is pow
erful electric battery and not from
design, but from an instructive impulse
Of the Jaws Of his being, his hands arc
unconcionsiy forced into his pockets,
that the electricity ofhis system, ramify.