Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-11

was in Won to send Bridget to sweep my
room. when You knew was engaged IN
writing. tt WILDE all owning to your
IN infringement of household affairs If
that nov be sick and de- And II this
sbould he the sad result, how ever you
can forgive yourself, / do not know.
sBut, my dear, she said, looking Inn,
pIoringly into my face, i dldn sena
him into the yard. u,,o
81 can't help that, replied "the
fault is yours Just the same. 1t all comes
from YOUR COMPOUNDED mania for sweep
inc and busting. / wish to gracious
there was no such thing as broom III
' r"But !" interposed my wife, edo you
roolIv think the darling will be sick and
dia ., and she clasped the lad, muddled
tbonoh he was, within her arms.
II cannot TELL" Ireplied, show five
minutes exposure to warm spring ram
NAV affect him but at all events, i
added, smiling at her terror, .'the fault
will rest at your door.
"Ahl 1 see now it is" said my wife,
her confidence somewhat restored; g il
is the old story enacted in the garden
of Eden by our first parents-the man
putting the blame upon the woman.
"My DEAR" said, "as it has ceased
raining, ] think L will take walk, and
while / am absent, you can let Bridget
sweep and dust my room; butt L add
ed. as took up my hat and coat, II
there be one thing / dislike more than
another, it is a Fridays cleaning.
A WIFE WANTING MONEY.
Mrs. Gray one morning asked her
husband for some money. The child
ren's dresses and the large gas bill ac-
count for the demand, but the lrrlta-
BILE husband is disposed to find fault.
81 believe" he says, ''tbe servants
burn gas all night; and if they do, 1t Is
your fault. :,
81 do not think, my dear, that the
servants are at all wasteful of 1t.
"Then there is something the matter
with the confounded METER" | said.
Cant the children get at it, and set the
register ahead in some way?"
My wife laughed.
"Oh you needn't laugh, " i continued,
SITS probable thing, as they are Civ
en- to all kinds of mischief. I'll tell You
what / will do. I'll go directly to the
company's office, and enter complaint
about the meter" And ! put on my
hat resolutely, and opened the door tC
depart.
aBut you are not going without
leaving me some money, l hope." she
said.
''There it is again. 1 exclaimed
''moneyl money! it is always money
with you women. Well, how much dc
You want? Come, don't keep me stand
ing here forever, when you know / am
in a hurry"
''Can you spare me twenty dollars?'
she asked.
''Nor' 1 answered.
Fifteen, then?" she suggested.
Scarcely" / replied; ''but there are
twelve; and dent ask me for money
again in a week"
"But what shall do about the child
ren's spring clothing?" she inquire d,
'after paying the gas bill, 1 shall not
have any great amount left.
81 don't know, nor / don't care what
you'll do" replied. ''The fact is, the
children are well enough dressed. /
don't approve OF .sTraying them in vel
vets and laces. t##
Fifteen or twenty dollars" she an
swered, smiling, would scarcely be
sufficient for the purchase of any guam
tity of velvets and laces. MOI all that /
want is to have the children appear
clean and respectable. / can't abide to
see them in soiled and tattered clothes. I"
s'But they look well enough to me, ("
/ said. II don't see why their present
clothes are not good enough for them
to play around in, as they do; nor why
it's necessary to buy them anything
new ~ r.. rr=-r rr- ssry.
eff you had to attend to the mending
of their clothes, as i do, you wouldn't
ask me why 1 wanted to get them new
ones"
''Well, we'll" l said, ''here are ten
dollars more; but don't, for goodness
sake, ask me for money again until
Until, interrupted my wife, smil-
ing, Il want new bonnet-which will
be next week"
'.My DEAR" / said. impressiyely,
''don't speak to me of bonnets.s If
there be one thing dislike more than
another, it is to hear about new bon
net"
''Bnt / am very economical as re-
CARDS bonnets, you know, my dear,
She said. 81 only have four a year,
whereas most of ladies have dozen"
"Adozenr' Iexclaimed, astonished:-
''why that is equal to one month. 1t
is preposterous. Does your milliner
have many such customers?"
"Oh, yes; Miss Modiste assures me
that there are some of her purchasers
who get a new bonnet every month.
& am very thankful, my DEAR"
said, ''that you are not one; but, it APP
pears to me, that four hats year are
more than you can afford to have, es-
pecially in such hard times as these are,
when every one should study economy.
Don't you think you can get along with
two year?"
81 really don't see how it would be
possible" she replied; because every
three months the fashions change, /
wouldn't, yOu know, like to be out of
fashion"
''Well, the fact, is, my DEAR" I re-
piled, ''that we must economize some
where; and think we can best dis
pense with new bonnets. As for being
in the fashion, tits all nonsense. If
there be one thing I dislike more than
another, it is seeing you forever study
ing fashion plate.
Il am not forever studying fashion
plate, my wife answered with spirit;
''it is rarely, indeed, that / see one. If
you want to economic, why don't you
stop smoking, and leave off drinking