Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-02-08

" ilSu TIC hO
ed to his accustomed seat, lifted the
cover from a dish that he supposed
contained meat; aud, truly, there was
meat, but just as it came from the
butchers Raymond was not canni-
bal; he locked at his wife inquiringly !;
she appeared to be waiting patiently to
be served. lie lifted the cover of
another dish there were potatoes just
as they had been dug from the earth.
All the dishes that usually contain
vietuals were covered. Raymond grew
suspicious, and lie lifted the covers has
tily. There was bread as it had come
from the tray there were turnips that
had never been under the influence of
FIRE; there were apples handsomely
sliced for sauce, and there were numer-
Gus other cdibles, bat none of them
could Raymond eat. He turned for
consolation to a cup of tea his wife had
deposited near bis plate There we're
tea leaves floating in the cup, and the
tea looked remarkable pale; neverthe-
less, Raymond, by force Of habit, blew
it vigorously to prepare it for his palate.
But when he put it to his lips, ne
found that be had wasted his breath,
for the water was as cold as when it
came from the spring.
Raymond was not hasty man. He
pushed back his chair deliberately. and
thought aloud:
"In the name Of heaven, what does
this mean p
Mrs. Warren, whose countenance
during this scene had worn sober
aspect, now smiled pleasantly, and ans
wered:
"The victuals were all on the stove
the usual time"
dts strange they we're not cooked, -
said Raymond
"Not at ALL" said Mrs. Warren
"there was no wood to cook them
with"
In moment Easy Warren saw what
a 'moral" there was in this novel din
ner, and with keen appetite, he went
to work on the wood pile He took his
dinner and supper together that day,
and he remembered that Mrs. Warren
said:
"Now, Raymond, whenever you leave
me without wood you must eat victuals
that have been cookel on a cold stove"
Many women would have stormed
and scolded, but Mrs. Warren knew
there was better way to correct her
easy husbands carelessness, or shift
lessness, as the reader pleases.
One day there was no -four in the
house, and Raymond was about to go
with some neighbor to town meeting,
when his wife hid his best coat, and re-
minded him Of the empty -four barrel.
Another day, his corn was to be gath
cred, when neighbor came and desired
him to assist him with his horses and
wagon. 1t was ueighbor who often
received favors, but seldom rendered
them; yet Easy Warren could net re-
fuse him. But when he went to hitch
his horses before the wagon he found
that one of the wheels was missing.
Of course the neighbor was disappoint-
ed. In the afternoon, when Raymond
expressed wish to draw his corn, his
wife told him where he could find the
lost wagon wheel.
Thus was Easy Warren's household
managed, until he began to realize
what the error of his life had
been. People said: "Warren's farm
looks much better than it did years
ago" Mrs. Warren never interfered
with Raymond's business except when
he neglected it, and then she never
found fault or scolded, but took occasion
to show his neglect to him in a manner
which impressed him with his injustice
to his own interests
Raymond's cattle were well cared for,
and were in good order. When his
fences we're down, if he did not replace
them, his wife employed neighbor to
make the necessary repairs His wife
took the papers aud read she knew
the state Of the market, and, to oblige
her, Raymond had his grain in market
when the price was highest. Some
people said:
Easy Warren is a hen pecked hus-
band"
But he knew better; and he often
boasted that his wife was more of a
Cuisines man than he was.'
They had lived together peacefully
some years, when, one day, Raymond
was in good humor thinking over his
condition. and he told her:
Pm woman s rights man of the true
grit. They may say you wear the
breeches if they please I'm satisfied
to have you do the thinking of this
firm. And now I see what a fool I've
been. must make rp for my early
He did make up for his early shift
lessness, and under his wife's iudicious
training he became industrious, instead
of Easy Warren.
nlrs. Warren had the correct idea of
rights and woman's wrongs.
We commend her management to those
who have ''easy" husbands. Especially
do we commend it to those unfortunates
who have earned for themselves the
Opprobrious title of old "scolds."
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