The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-09
kIr. and Mrs. George Washington have a
Fit of Spat.

AIr. and Mrs. George washington have a
Fit of Spat.
A nice little story is told of Gen. Wash
ington by Parton, which will be fresh to
many Of our readers, and which show
him to wives-in the light of model
husband:
The General and his wife lived happily
together, but it is evident that, like most
heiresses, she was a little exacting and it
is highly probable that the great Wash
ington was sometimes favored with
curtain lecture The celebrated author
css Miss Bremen relates that,a gentleman
once slept at Mount Vernon in the room
next occupied by the master and mistress
of the mansion, and when all the inmates
were in bed and the house was still he
overheard, through the thin partition,
the voice of Mrs. Washington. He could
not but listen, it was curtain lecture,
which she was giving her lord. II had
done something during the day which
ought to have been done differently, and
she was giving him her opinions in some
what animated and quite decided tones.
The great man listened in silence till she
had done, and then, without a remark
upon the subject on hand, he said: "Now,
good sleep to you, my dear" 1t is plain
the General believed that ait takes two
to quarrel
How TO BE HAppY-This question
is answered in the Journal of Health in
/ the following manner:
| Reader, have seen great deal and
! felt more have talked and Travelled, and
enjoyed and suffered with all sorts OF peo-
pie have wandered much, and stayed at
home more have been on the sea and un-
der it and in it; have been laughed at,
shot at, quarrelcd at, praised, blamed,
abused have been blown at, and been
bowed up have had much aud had
lit.le-so much as to enjoy nothing. SO
littlc that I would have enjoyed a crust
of bread, because the ship went to the
bottom with everything in it, leaving me
to float to sand bank and then, again,
l have wandered over the earth, and un-
der it and through it, its caves aud its
dungeons, and its darkness after stalag-
mites and stalactites specimens of black
rocks, and white ones, blue stones and
grey: lived for months on desert islands
just for the purpose of picking up new
shells on the beach, which the tide ot
night never failed to leave behind it
in those bygonc days, when had the
three great REQUESTS of an enjoying trav
elier, to wit: plenty of time, plenty o
: patience. and plenty of money, SO if th'
coach turned over and smashed up,
could afford to wait until another coult
be had, or if the ship went to the bottom
instead of its destined port, twas just tn
same to me, because if | was not at on
, place [ was at another, and there was al
ways somc-strangc rock to look at, som
queer ''dip'' that set me calculating hoy
many horse power it required to max
that rock just turn up 50, and all th
million inquiries which geology, astron
omy, eonchology, and a dozen other DIR.
names suggested, which not only ha
the effect to keep me from fretting, bu
keep me in continual humor; well
ir all these different situations and a
: many more, I have found out, anon:
: others, three things:
1st. That man out of money can't b
happy.
% That man out Of health can
be happy.
Sd. That man without wife CAN
be happy. Therefore I have come. t
the conclusion that the best way to b
happy is to take care of your health, kee
out of debt, and get wife.