Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-08
!, NUMBER 291. aiynl
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IA Gentle Reprooe

Every good wife and every just husband
will appreciate the following little sketch.
1t is such vivid limning Of life that thou
sands will see in il reflection OF something .
they have witnessed If not rcalized:l fai8lT
., One day, as Zachariah Hodgson, was go
ing to his daily avOcations after breakfast,
he purchased a fine large Goldfish and sent =
itIhome, with directions to his wife TO have u
it cooked for dinner. AS no particular
mode of cooking it was prescribed, the good
woman well knew that whether she boiled
it or made it into chowder, her husband q
would seold her when he came home. Butl
she resolved to please him, If possible, and a;
therefore cooked portions of 1t in several
different ways. She also with some little =
difficulty, procured an amphibioUs animal a
from a brook back of the house, and
, plumpedi it into the pot. In due time her
husband came home; some covered dishes
were placed on the table, and with frown-
ing, fault-fnding look the moody man
commenced the conversation: liV ggo1.sI
bought" ...,rt.,t.5 ,t,,, :, '.'''.
o II should like to know how you have 4
cooked it. will bet anything that you
have spoiled it tor my eating. Taking, on !,
the coyer.) l thought SO. What in creation y
possessed you to fry it? 1 would as lief eat III
IA boiled frog" mbl ''. llgi2- yTgi
why, my dear, thought you loved IT,
d you didn't any such thing. You knew
better; l never loved fried fish. Why didn't y
you boil it?p i~a ".H a -Itlra-a. .
, my dear, the last time we had fresh fish,
you knewI boiled It, and you said you liked
1t best fried. But have boiled some also.'
SO saying, she lifted a cover, and 10! the
shoulders of the cod, nicely boiled, were
neatly deposited in a dish, sight which
utnI hay ma N rpiOipp.
which only added to the Miniature of her u
husband. '| -" .'t''l 81 or
q "a pretty dish, ,thisT, exclaimed he. %
"Boiled tishl Chips and porridge! Ii you
had not been one, of the most stupid OF
womanki,nd, You would have made 1t into a =, =
D chowder" y" 10 'H' ..'' "' 'l.ia 20 .LiJ
- my dear,r said she, ',5 was resolved to b
please you. There is your favorite dish" o,,,
"Favorte dish, indeed" grumbled the
discomfitted husband. II dare say it Is an
, unpalatable, wishy-@ashy mess. would
p rather have boiled frog than the whole OF
it," g.. %. qsa3 t,,., gr,l.- an aJgd ,es.i 4,
This was a common expression Of his,
and had been anticipated by his wife, who,
, as soon as the preference was expressed,
q uncovered large dish near her husband,
and there was large bull-frog, of porten-
tous dimensions, and pugnacions aspect
stretched out at full length Zaehariah
sprang from his chair not little frighten-,if {
ed at the apparition. -. . .lo7d,,,ty l,iat
"My DEAR" said his wife, in a kind, en-
treating tone, II hope you will at length
be able to make dinner" ~ 'H .aL
Zachariah could not stand this. His j
surlyf mood was finally overcome, and ne
burst into hearty laugh. He acknowlT
edged that his wife was right, and that he ''
was wrong, and declared that she should
never have occasion to read him. such an
? other lesson, and he was as good as hisword