The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-10-11

written and cross written. II wish I had
kept them At length the day Of his visit
arrived, and 10 and behold, the servant girl
awoke me in the morning with the pleas
ant Information that Spangle was waiting
for me in. the parlor. Here ras5a lover for
MARRIAGE AND HONEYMOON h 3'r
Well, Well. AS I said before, it was the
old story ever recurring, ever swcetly told,
and ever listened to with willing ears
Suffice it to say that from that day [ saw no
peace until | become Mrs. Spangle. Our
honeymoon was, I suppose, like all other
honeymoons, short and delicious. idf sa''o
THE REALITIES OF LIFE.
And then came the realities of life. It
is my belief that this is the most trying
period OF .woman's life. However kind
and attentive her husband may be, young
woman when she enters upon the actuali-
ties of life, has disclosed to her state of
facts,of which she has little or no concep-
ton before marriage. When she leaves an
atmosphere of romance and adulation and
enters upon the realities of life, it is like
stepping out OF a garden of flowers into
perpetual winter, and unless she brings all
her good sense and philosophy to her aid,
her affections will become chilled, and she
will regard herself as disappointed, if not
deceived, woman for the balance of her
life. 1t is the hope that our experience
may be OF benefit to young wives that in
duccs me to reveal some of tho domestic
incidents and inlelicities of twelve years Of
married life. @5..t s...f,-5.,.,.s,s ,rg...,.,.i
After our brief holiday, Spangle-to use
his own expression, took a tilt at the world,
determined not only to wrest from it com,
petcnce but afortune, that would place me
in the most beatifc attitude to be obtained
by opulence- e. .zl.a,. ...l fsdt .F........
The dear fellow did work hard, and if he
met with obstacles, aud trials, and Difficult
ties, the world never knew it. He reserved
them for his iresidc, and although he did
not accuse me as the cause, yet he recount
ed them IN tone and manner so different
from the buoyant and joyous language of
courtship, that could but feel that | was
some way or other accountable for them
Although l never seriously, doubted his love
tor me, yet he certainly permitted many
excellent, opportunities to go unimproved--
Before We were married, he seemed to have
perfect mania for holding my hand, and
| used to wonder if he would ever give
me an opportunity to do any needle work
after marriage. /. But, bless your soul!
after marriage when opportunities for in
dulging in that delicious pastime were
abundant, it seemed to have lost lis charm.
Poor, foolish me Twas often aggrieyed
at his apparent coo!ness, and would ask
him twenty times day if he did not love
me. r't'Why, certainly | do, my dear little
puss !; | thought you knew it. Yes, he
thought l knew i'll Perhaps | did, also
knew that we had plenty Of -four and bacon
in the pantry, but that knowledge did not
satisfy my hunger. u 7 ,ae.l.1eg
THE HONEYMOON IN A PARTIAL ECLIPSE.
Tits true that this affection manifested
itself sporadically with all the warmth and
ardor of the old days but these cbullitions
were the exceptions. The rule was, g
thought you knew it" Yes, girls, when
you get husbands they will expect you to.
know it, and my advice to You is, that you
get all the counting you want before you are
married, for after that event what little
counting is done in the family win have to
be done by the wife. 5ii@ s,'i g
~ sPANGLE AS A FATHER.
We have six children, all beautiful and
good. Spangle takes great pride in them,
loves them, and growls at them like a dear
old bear. You must not think that Span
gle regards the new corners " as burdens.
Quite the reverse. He goes into ecstacies
over each one dilates upon its beauties
and PROJECTIONS for five minutes. and then
seems to think it ought to be laid away to
grow up, and be no further trouble to him
until they want to marry. If one of them
has the, belly ache and cries at night, Span
gle thinks that the pain is a special, hard
ship to hun, because it keeps him awake a
few minutes, The fact is undeniable that
the best men are selfish brutes SO far as ba-.
bies are concerned. -. =. -
! e3.@ SOD sPANGLE AT HOME.8iE. i4s86 i.
will say, though, that of all the chill
dren L have, Spangle is the biggest baby.
Tis true he was through most of the all
ments have enumerated before / got him,
but ia Thousand other respects he still is,
and always will remain in that chronic state
of babyhood which ever attends ovcr.in.
dulged and spoiled Husbands When we
were first married my old baby would al
most break his back to pick up my fan, and
he would kill a. fly in a minute if the ty
manifested disposition to aligkt Oh my
nose. otEa9 st5051aafsa sfa FgU57Is a
Now have to almost literally 'idress
him in the morning. | have to get his
boots together, one Of which he generally
kicks under the bureau. the other under
the bed. 10 I.always have to find his cravat.
If | 60 to bed FIRST, in the morning find
his clothes scattered over the room as only
a man can scatter clothes. He'd never put
on clean shirt If it we're not spread out
on chair before him .AH His sleeve buttons
are taken out and put in by me, when taken
out and put in at all. | do not believe
he has combed his own head since we we're
married. He can't even wash his face
properly without being told, like any other
child If L did not wash him, his ears
and the back Of his neck would be sigh,
to behold. h
sPANGLE on A SICK BED.
Albeit be has no patience for others who
have pans and aches, yet yon ought to see
him when anything is, the matter With him.
lie tears, and -groans. and grunts over i.
slight attack of colo in manner to keer