The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-01-21

Ia Mas tpEle as we'd be done bk9ih u i9H liii
In theyhope TO exhibit balance clear 3 he innsz
hen the reckoning day is nigh. ..---,,
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pTHE HUSBAND IN THE KITCHEN. 81
}Tougs nssd sBif-7--sy yTi9if9 9iHmii-eef 81
A MORSE, LEGEND. al =.
Once, upon a. time there was man
so surly and cross that he Thought his
wife never did anything right in the
houses So one evening in hay -making
ime, he came home, iscolding and
swearing,sandashowing his teeth and
making a dust.3 ,sbao1 Tisds l,lId s-Ft:si
aAgDea1iloYe, donitlbe angry that's a
good laman,ng said his agoody; ;a~to-,
morrewe let's change iourwork. Hi
go With the mowers and Imow, and
YOU shall mind the! house," .I85tElHqotI
s9,9esAf thei4 husband thought that
would .sdoiNeryowell;s He was quite
willing, sheIsaid. yiIa7Hisr b5sbe6p
i So early the nextmorning his goody
took the scytheeover her. shoulder and
went into the ghag-fied with the mow--
ers and began to smow; butsthe man.
was to- mind the house, sahd doc the
work atshone. issfisyi iqmoooB aasti o'Fssl
First of all he wanted to churn but
ter, andswhen, he had churned awhile,l
he getjthifsty, and went down to the
eellart to- tap a barrel of sale.s So just
when, he had knocked lin the bung,
and,was putting tllestap into the cask,
he heard theipig come into the, kitchen
oyerhead;b Then off he ran to- the GELS
ar,stairs; withsthei itapin his rhand,t as
fast,as he could, to look after the pig
iestpit should IHpsetdhe5 churn.d But
when he got up and IsaWlthat the pig
had alreadyskneeked the chrirn over,
andstood there, roofing and grunting
among ,theseaeam, which was running
all over the floor, he got soywild with
rage, thateheoquite forgot the ale barr
rel, and Tahaat the, pig as hard as he
eould.oiEHes caught iity too,1 just as it
ranq ontaof doors, .ando gave itesueh a
kicl1pthht piggy layi for deadaou the
spot. Then all at once he heremembered
that he had the tap in his hand, and
when hagotidownfo the cellar, every
drop of aleshad run out of the cask.o-
ggThens her went into the dairy and
found enough lcreamto fill the churn
again !, and lso2h he began to churn for
butter theyomust' have for dinner
When he had yehurned a bit he re-
memberedp that, their milking cow was
still Eshutbap inlthe bgre, and hadn't
had aDhit to eat or fdrop. toadrink all
the morning. though the sunwas high.
Then,aA at once he thought itWas too
far tortake herlte the meadow, so he'd
just get her up on the Chohse-top-for
thesY housegogou 3 must know, W,aswas
thatched tk.sods, and fine crop of
grass was growing Thereof Now their
house, lay close sip against "a steep
dewn,oand he9thought if he laid a
plank acrosssto the thateh atrthe back
heidleasIy get the COW up. bGi 0ffdBT
but sstilf he conldn't leave the churn,
for there was his httlel5babe, crawling
about on the floor, and if he deft it, he
thonght, theichild was sureito upset it.
So he,took theaehurn on his back, and
went t.outswithsit but then he thought
he'd better fret water the,rcow before
turning aheflout,o on thee thatch $50 he
took up bucket to draw some water;
but as he stopped odownlat the wells
brink, % all the cream ram ont, of the
churn, over his shoulders and so down
into, the well91, 81 banfeid3 sad EuaF
.irNewitwas,near dinner time, and he
had netoeYen got the butter yet; so he
thought he had best boil the porridge,
and lfilledsthe pot with water and hang
itloversIthei fire. When sheiihad done
that heothought thefeowamight per-
hapsy fall fof.the thateha and break her
legsoioE neck. so he got upon the
housete tie herDup. One end he tied
fast too etheTeow'ssneek,e and the other
lie slipped down,the chimney, and tied
round his, own thigh ;cand he began to
make haste, for the water new began
to boil inothe pot; and he had stilhto
grind the oatmeak .bis ta9mar57og 10
$50 he begana to grind. away; but
while he was hard at1it, down fell the
COW, off the house.topl lafter9all, and as
she fell she dragged the man up the
chimney BY the rope There hestuck
fast; and as for the cow,she hung half
way down. the WALL swinging between
heaven and earth, for shecould neither
get down nor uprd ,no54aidsGW ~
d-And, now the goody had waited
seven. lengths and seven breadths for
her husband to, come and call them, to
dinner; but never a call had they had.
At last she thought she'd waited long
enough, and went home But when
she, got there's and found the cow
hanging in such, an ugly place, she ran
up and cut the rope in two. with her
scythe, But asgshe did this down
came her husband out Of the chimney;
and 50 when his old dame came. inside
the kitchen, there she found him stand
ing on hisrheadi in, the, porridge pot
- AT. areligiotis meeting among the
blacks, D colofed preacher requested
that, some brother should pray. A
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