St. Mary's gazette., 1866-07-05
THE GRAY MARE THE BETTER
HORSE.


very agreeable eyeDlng ii 4 mixed eon,pa-
ny Of both sexes, where the conversation
happcuing q cam apon the pfopriety Of
thas power wlaIsh nlen usually arfugate 70
themselves o sulinz ever their wives With
desootic swass yauhg IaAy a. vie aid,
humor, ihen present. replied, "it might
possibly be ~ sometimes. but much oftener
the 9s,ig mare Is he bitter horse aud very
obligiagy entertained the company with
the following account Of tue riso of that
proysrbial saying, which is made use Of
whcn woman governs her husband
A geutlenian Of certain couniy in
England having married young lady of
considerable fortuao. aud With many other
charms, ysf finding. IN very short time,
that she was of higl dominecIing spirit,
aud always eohsending to be mistress OF
him and bis family, be was resolved 70
par, wiil her Accordingly he went TO
hor father anl told him he found his daugl-
ter Of such temper, and he was 50 heart
lis tired Of her, that il he would take her
home again, he woull rotarn every penny
Of her fortune.
The Old gentleman having iRquircd into
the cause ofhiscomr asked nim Why
hr should bc more disIueicd - it Than
any other married mau, since il was the
eiinnon casa With them all, aud conse-
dacatly no laore than hcought 10 hase ex-
rected wlen be entered ig;o the marriage
state z The young gcuileinan desired 10
be excused, Il he was 80 far frotn gvIng
/ bis assent 10 this assertion, that he thought
himself more unhappy than apy oshsr 'han, {,
az bis wife bad spirit DO way 70 be quel-
led aud a. most certainly no man, who
had a sense of right aad wrong, could ever
submit to BE- governed By bis wiie.
"son, siid lhc Old man. YOU arc hut
Iit,le acquainted with tbc world. Il you do
not know lha, ali women govern their bus
[ banas. ihongh not all indeed ~ tue same
method Howoycr. 10 end al disputes be-
tween us. | will pa, what ! have said on
this preof, il yoa arc wiling to ny it; !
have i've hofses Ia ny stable; you shall
hamess these u cay, in which | shall
put basket containing one hundred eggs
and il. in passing through the county. aud
making q strict inquiry into the truth or
falsehlod of ny assertion. aud having a
horse At tae house of every man who Is
master Of his family. hhd so egg ouly where
/ the wi6s gogorus, you will Rai Jour egg
gone before your horses hope yon will
then think YoaT ogn care nut npeotnnion,
bui will BE- coBtcutel to &c h0Hc, aud lpoS
upon your own Rifc ns na worse tan bcT
ncighbofs. II foa the other hand, your
h..sses are s.s..e as.l ! ggiA sakq my dan.gh-
ter back again, aud you shall keep heF igr-
| tune
This prnposa! was TOO advantageous to
be neglected. our yourg married man
therefore set out wih great cagcrncss to
get rid us ha thought. Of his horses aud
bis wifa.
Al the 6rst house he came 10, ha heard
woman. With a shrill snd angry yp'sc,
cul to her husband to 70 to the door -
Here he lsis an egg, yDa may be sure,
without making further inquiry at The
next ho met with something oi The saire
kind and every house.. in short until bis
eggs we're almost gono, when be arrived al
the seat Of q gentlrman Of larnily aud hg.
ure 10 the country. He knocked At tile
door, aud inquiring for the master Of the
house. vas told by servant that his mas
ter was not vet stirring, but If be pleased
to walk 10. his lady waa in the parlor -
The lady, with great conplaisance, dcsir-
ed huu 70 scat himself. aud said fins bus
incss was very urgent, she would wake her
husband 10 lei hi,a know il, but had much
rather not disturb him.
Why, really, nlailam, said he, "my
business Ii only 10 ask question, which
you can solve a. we'll as your husband, ii
! you win be Ingenious with inc You viii i,
doubtless think !, odd, and il may be
deemed impa!ite for any one, much moro
a stranger, 70 ask such a question but as
avery considerable wager depends upon
il, aud il may be some advantage to your
self TO declare the truth 10 me- hope these
considerations win plead my excuse It
is, madam, 10 desire to be informed wheth-
er you govern your husband, or he rules
over you :"
Indeed, sir, replied the lady, this
question Is rather odd, but, as think no
one ought to be ashamed Of doing their
duty, | shall make no scruple TO say that
| have always been proud to obey my
husband in all things but, il woinan's
own word is TO be suspected in snch a
case, let him answer for INC, for here he
comes"
The gentleman at that moment entering
the room, aud after some APOLOGIZE, boing
made acquainted with the business, CON
firmed evory word his obodient wife had
reported in her favor upon which he was
invited to choose which horse 10 the team
he liked best, aud to accept Of it as pres
ent.
a black gelding struck the fancy Of tho
gentleman most; but tho lady desired he
would choose the gray mare, which she
Thought would be very Ct for her sido-sad.
dlss her husband gave substantial reason.