The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-06
tious discharge Of his duty" kept him from
completing the Cotle oEWest VirginIaY
Please inform lis on these points?
FROM OUR FASHION CORES
PONDENT.
Amt iRhoda's Experience With
PoOdleS.

Y Amt itGhoua'S experience Wnh
POodleS.
Ar. LntelIgsHcer:
DEAR Sir IL felt so much better attel
'writin to yer llle, other time, that as my
ST)eftts Is down below zebra again, l will
write 0nCt more. Truly I'm lone wo
nun; all the spezics Of tic human family
which was like me hev passed away, anG
all things is new. I've heard said, "Ont
might as wCll he dead as out d the fash
lon" and I've boon thinldn they'd good
deal better. What pleasure Is there In
livin, when the old folks whisper behint
yer back, loud enough for yer to hear
chow pcCulier Y. and tho young ones say
"what n guyY l don't know what thai
means, nithcr; and the babies-well,
must wipe my eyes before / proceed to
talk about the babies. Jerushy has two
children, d boy aud gal Of, ten and twelve.
Ihadn't seen d baby sCnce cum TO town,
SO scz !, "Jerushy haven't none Of yer
got babyr "a baby, mamma" scz
She. 'Yes," sez I, IA baby; I'm tired Of
fashun and finery, l wal No get holt Of II
baby."z "a baby!' r. seq 81 Again. ,.Why,
imamlhRl they arc out offl uEH ,Sez ! :
"Jerllslly, do you mind the meaddcr the
other side of the mile woods out 10 llumE'
"AIammN" sei she, wGvin her hands as II
tannin herself, Il never let on seed her)
"Do yer mind when yer went strawberry
ing 10 tllIt lncaddcrj and I'd stand injthc
louse door alRl hGllCr Jcr.u.sly hllycr
could hear inc clear across the woods TO
where YOU was!" "Pray don't mention
it., mammal sGE she, leanin back and
shcttin her eyes like she was In tho lust
gasp. "Wcll," sCz !, "tlC next time yer
sezrtashun, or calls me mamma, ! will yell
Je-rl-sty jeSt tIikG l aid dthcn daySn with
that she riz right up md seq she, Moth.
or, what do you mean:" "Mcan !" says |,
"wlly, that I'm tired Of sich a lie as you
arc livin. The only thing that you've
got that you care for, ;is yerr nerves
and taShian books ! u thfs what yer cate
Chism TAUGHT ybfSwd the chief end OF
man? If yer was meant TO be nothin' but
bundle OF nerves and ribbons, what dia
He give yer brains and siuGws fer? Why
didn't He gather a bundle Of nerves in o
heap, tic them UP with rainbow.cOlored
silk, and pin them with diamonds, and
call them Jerushy Dix? Because he
ment yer to, be some account There's
yer children, yer don't pay no 'tcntlon to
them less they cum in with their clothes
sEled and musscd then you send them out
TO get them renovated. l don't believe
you ever kiss them. don't believe you
ever told them a bible story in yer life; |
don't believe you ever hCered them say
their prayers; or tucked the bcdclothes
round them after they were in bed; or ever
knceled beside them when they was asleep
and asked God 10 bless them and make
them useful men and women. How could
yer when It's yer ambition to have nerve
sticEiBgdt itseyeT direction, and to be
shocked 1t everything that amt down In
the NTirror Of Fashun! Ell yer he'd a
'Iectrie1 shOckin' machine fastened to yer
awhile, mebbc you'd get enough shocks
up artyfishal ones: ] sayits
a Shame to yGr,n sez |, dropptn into u
chair. Yow.oWNOw.Ow came from under
me. dumped up like mad. Somethin'
like a roll l,of cotton was wriggll9 around
In tho seat. I grabbed the poker and
made at 1t. "Mother, my poodle" " scream.
cd Jerlsly, picking 1t up. "Oh, it was
poor, crushed darlin; it was a.dcar-ittle.
pct. POor.ittle-Tiny." 1 held the poker
In both llautls, over my head, so dumb:
fbuntlcrctl | forgot to set II down. So"
sez l, "babies Is out Of faslun, but II
seems that dogsain'L" Just then some ono
took the poker away and shook me so tho
glasscs fell out Of my spcctaCleS, followed
hy my cup and hairpins; then my ItCctll,
and finAIIy me Jerushy drappcd the
poodle, who made for my toes, where he
flung on like death. "Takc the poker to
my wife, will yer, ye old JezebelP II |
tliot the rest Ofycr would drap to pieces,
I'd give yer Il mother shake" By this
time I'd recovered enough to give the
poodle n powerful kick, which stretched
him out as loose rs nc. "AIarnadukc,
you've killed .nothcr.T swell wasn't she
goin ID xiii you 7" "Mc No she set down
on my new poodle and he scared her so
she was goin 10 kill It, when she saw what
It was. She hadn't set the poker down
when YOU come ill.," "Wlat shah I doe"
sea he Crabbing hold Of his hair. Then
he commenced picking up the pieces. l
watched him out Of one corner Of my eye.
I'D. HGlied nut me down and bel abould
IjiCk nc up, which as I weigh nigh two
hundred pounds, would bc punishment
enough. Pcrty soon he cum TO me.
Hc got nc by one arm and tried
to pnt his arm under me and littl me
un, Then event round the other side
and did tho same, Jcrllshy tried to help
him, crying fit to break her heart, and
AIartnaduko was lswcatin fit TO break lbs.
"What iSEA l 10, JerushyT sez he.
"Bathe her face, while ], hold her hcad
up," sea gshe.' HE snatched' pitch
or Of water and, Cmptied 1t in my face,
then rushed for tho colone. ! could
stand II to gCt half shook to death, and tho
other half drownded, but to DO scented
up with that, never & 50 l give a gasp
and set up. But the poodle yseein my foot
move, rushed at 1t. Jerushy and Duke
was hOldtn nc up, and Duke give the peo'
die a kick, JertlsEy screamed, and lettin
10 of me 10 get tho poodle, l fell over, and
pulled Duke down too We both helped
ourselves up, iOr we, was clean tuckeFcd
out. ,ra Y TnIa 81 7ss,
Igathered my cap, teeth, hairplnS, spec.
taclcs, and slippersnp In my handkerchief
and len tho room without spcaEin. Mar-
nadukC was setGin on the edge Of tho sofa,
He he'd a split down the back Of his coat
his collar lutton had chino of and The
ends WAS sticking up behind hiS eNIS; his
hair was oil up the wrong way, and all to-
gcther ltid6ic me go6d totlook at him
Jerushy had tho poodle kissing where the
ears were, which was all the way to tell
where It's head was, and tAlkin In AWAY
that would have made any baby smile rs
only babies can smile. But tho little
woolly witch only made a noise ike
sweafin, but which 'terpeted to mean.
"look out for yer tocsJer big HCastn And
scx TO myself, "look out for yer sides yer
little beast" Arter while Jcrushy
and Duke came 10 my room apd
Cot down on their knees and solid
5crushy in a fino treble and Duke
uNfnkhns GNHVtFyn NynItF