The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-11-19
The Husband in the Kitchen,
A MORSE LEaEND.

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Once upon n time there was man
so sutly aud cross, he never thonpht
his wife did anything right 10 the
house, So, one evening, in hay
making time, he came home, scoid
iug aud swearing, and showing his
tooth, and making Il dust. = 9if
Dear love, don't be so angry .
there 5, a good maui said his good Y;
"to-morrow let's change our work
III go out with the mowers, and
NOV, aud you shall mind the house
at home" ..t,.. .I........l .u,I
Yes the husband thought that
would do very we'll. lie was quite
willing no said.
SO, early next morning, his goody
took iscythe over her shoulder, aud
went out into the bayfield, with the
mowers aud began TO NOW; but the
man was to mind the house aud do
the work at home.
First Of all he wanted to churu
the butter, but when he had churned
d While he got thirsty, aud wcut
dowiito the cellar to tap barrel Of
ale. Sop just when he had knock
cd 10 the bung, aud was putting the
tap into the cisk, he heard the pig
come into the kitchen overhead
Then of he ran up the cellar steps,
with the tap IN his hand, as fast as
he could, to look after the pig lest
II should upset the churn. But when
he, got up aud saw that the pig had
already Knocked the G urn over, and
stood there, rooting aud grunting
among the nice cream, which was
running all over tho floor, he got SO
Wild with rage that ho quite forgos
the ale barrel, aud ran at the pig at
hard as he could He caught il, too,
just asit ran out of doors and gave
u such kick that piggy fell dead on
The spot Then he remembered thnr
he had the tap. in his hand and
when he got down to the cellar he
found that every drop Of ale had run
out OF the oask. '.H..
Theu he went into the dairy and
found enough cream left to fill the
churn again, and so he began to
churn, for butter they must have at
dinner, When h had ehurued
bug ho Remembered that their milk
lug COW was shut up in the ogre, aud
hadn't hud II bit to eat or drop To
drink all the morning, though the
sun was high, Then all at ouce he
thought it was too far to take her to
the meadow, so he'd just got her up
on the house top-for the house, YOU
must know, was thatehed with sod,
ohdd hne crop Of grass was growing
there, Now their house lay close up
against a steep down, aud ho thought.
that It be laid a plank across to the
thatch at the back, he'd easily get the
COW up,
BuG still he couldn't leave tho
churn, for there was his litue babe
crawling about on the floor, aud Of
| leave It, lie thought, "the child
is sure TO upset il, So he took tho
churn on his back aud went out with
it, but then he thought he'd better,
watcr the cow before no turned her
out on the thatcb; so he took up a
bucket to draw water out OF the
we'll, but as hu stopped down at the
wells brink all the cream ran out of
The churh over his shoulders, aud SO
into the we'll. -''
Now, twas near dinner time, and
lie hadu = even GOT the butter vet :;
so he thought he'd best boil tie por
ridge, aud ftled the pot with water
aud hung itGver the IRE. When he
had done That, he thought perhaps
the COW might fall off The thatch and
break hor legs or neck. SO be got
up .ch the house to tie her up, One
ond OF the rope he mado fast to the
Cow neck, aud the other he slipped
down tile ehimney and tied around
his own thigh; aud he had TO mako
haste, for the water now began TO
boil 10 the pot, aud he had to still
gri1d the oat meal ' ''
So he began To griud, away but
while he was hard at it, down fell
the COW from of the house-top after
all, and as she fell she dragged the
man up the chimney by the rope.
There ho stuck fast and az for tho
COW, she hug half way down tho
wall, swinging between heaven aud
earth, for she could neither get
down nor up. .anr4 ..#t. .1I
And now the goody had waited
soyon lengths aud seven ,brendths for
her husband to come aud call them
to diuner; but never cali they had
At last she thought she'd waited
long enough, Pnu went home. But
when she got there aud saw the COW
hanging in such an ugly place, she
ran up aud cut she rope in two With
her Ssythe. Bit, as she did this,
down came he husband out of the
chimneyS ; aud so when his old dame
came inside tho kitchen, there she
found him standing on his head in
the porridge pot. 4n