Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-28
From the Cincinnati Times.

From the Cincinnati Times.
A parasoi tassel is very small thingl to
create difficulty in mans family, yet
insignificant rs it is in itself, 1t did cause
much domestic trouble out in the West
End last night. The night was warm, AS
many who were tossing about In inef ectual
efforts to sleep may remember.
Taking q stroll on the streets, about
eleven o'clock, to see what we could see,
We came upon discordant couple, man
and wife, evidently, who were 30 earnestly
engaged in family dispute between them
selves they didn't observe us, 80 we stopped
and observed them. Th"v were of unmis-
taxable Teutonic origin.
The husband, stubborn and morose, was
seated on the doorstep of a planning mill,
and the wife was standing i'll front of him
on the sidewalk emptying imaginary walls
of wrath upon his head, varied with female
lamentations and pleadings usual upon
such occasions, all of which he received
with occasional sullen rsmonstnnce,
"Only two years married, already" sdd
the indignant wife, ''and You running
aroundt NIT de girls, pooty quick. You
ought to be ashamed NIT mine self. But
here is the leetle barasol tassle vot found
in your pocket. Yust sich leetle tassle
vot Catrina Vot Trumps barasol don have
goa allie vile, Vot you got to say to doseY
"Vot Igot to sayp' ,eturned the husband,
in tone ofinjured innocence. "Vot ltols
You already, vot always tell you,and vot
never tell you some what I live, and always
will ] tole you l found the leedle barasol
tassel at the pase pail grounds, and that's
more 6 what's the nader
The wife would not accept the explana-
ton, but continued to accuse him of connu-
bial derelictions, although the only evidence
only evidence she seemed to have on hand
was the parasol tassel At length, another
actor appeared on the scene. He proved
10 be neighbor ofthe,rs, and although he
he came strolling along, whistling in an
Indifferent manner as if on no purpose
bent, it was apparent that he had sought
| them with the view of eifectihg n reconcllia
| ton and getting them home.
"Hallo, Hans, vas this you?" said the
new conner, acting ~ though surprised at
finding him there; lyon are pooty late ont,
ain 1t why you no go home y
| II don 60 home any more, that's why
amt ont poorly quick late" replied Hans,
| gloomily.
The neighhor inquired the reason of Il cir
! difficulty, which Mrs. Hans was no. slow to
give, exhibiting the suspicious ta,isel.
What" sal. the neighbor. IL. astonish.
ment. ~ leedle tassI like dose make all
these difficulties Wy ] bicks up beep dose
leedle tassels at the pase pail grounds eflry
tay vot don 90 town there. Got TOKENS
thousands of 'em OF Zone, ! guess not
Won leedle parasol tass'al Veil, you youst
like to see my bureau tiawers full of dose
tassels vot | dells you, unit my frau she
likes UNI, unit says its puuy. Won leedle
tassel makes all dis troubles. Ven if I
hadn't ouf polieved it l never would haf
seen il.
He continued in this strain, and finally
made out that every married man in the
neighborhood had bushelsof "leedle bara-
sol tassels," which they picked up at tho
base ball grounds, conveying the idea that
the air fairly ralned tassels whenever there
WAS a throng Of ladies to witness base ball
match.
The woman at length became moderately
pacified and consented to go home. orget.
! ting and torgiving if Hans would, and
Hans, after an amount of Crumbling and
hesitation, which his injured feelings SEEM
ed to demand, consented, and they went
home; the well-meaning but somewhat ex-
travagant neighbor still dwelling upon tho
heap of parasol tassels he had himself &C.
| cumulated at the ''pase pail grounds"