Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-07-20
IFrom the Cincinnati Times.
4 Domestic Scene--AlI About a ParaSOl
TaSSel.

A parasol tassel is very small thing
to create a difficulty in a mans
family, yet, insignificant as it is in
itself, it did cause much domestic
| trouble out in the West End last
night. The night was warm as many
who were tossing about in Intellectual
efforts to sleep may remember. TAX
| ing a stroll on the streets about II
o'clock to see what we could hear, and
hear anything there was to see, we
came upon a discordant couple, man
and wife, evidently, who were SO
earnestly engaged in a family dispute
between themselves they didn't OBJ
serve us, so we stopped to observe
them. They were of unmistakable
Teutonic origin.
The husband, stubborn and morose,
was seated on the doorstep of plan
ing mill, and the wife was standing
in front of him on the sidewalk
emptying imaginary walls of wrath
upon his head, varied with female
lamentations and pleadings usual up
on such occasions, all Of which he re-
ceived with occasional sullen remOn-
STRANGE.
"Onlytwo year married, already"
said the indignantwife, "and you run
ming around nit der girls, ,pooty quick.
You ought to be ashamed NIT mine
self. Unit here is the leedle barasol
tassle vot 1 found in your pocket.
Yust sich a leedle tassle vot Katrina
Won Trumps barasol dom have got all
'e vile. Votyou got TO say to dose?"
"Vot 1 got to say?" returned the
husband, in a tone of injured innO-
cence, "Vot tole you already. vot 1
always told you, and vot I never tell
you some more what live, and always
will? 1 tole you l found the leedle
barasol tassle at the pase pail groundts
and that's more's what's the nader"
The wife would not accept the ex-
PLANTATION, but continued toSccuse him
of connubial derelictions, although
the only evidence she seemed to have
on hand was the parasol tassle. At
length another actor appeared on the
scene. He proved to be neighbor of
theirs, and although he came stroll
ing along, whistling in an Indifferent
manner, and if on no purpose bent, it
was apparent that he had sought them
with theview of effecting a reconcilia-
tion and getting them home.
Halo, Hans, vas this you?" said
the new conner, acting as though
surprised at finding him there; ''you
are pooty late out, amt it? Why you
no go home?n
81 don't go home any more, that's
why aint out pooty quick late" re-
piled Hans gloomily.
The neighbor inquired the reason of
their difficulty, which Mrs, Hans was
not slow TO give exhibiting the sus-
picious tasSel.
what" said the neighbor in aston
ishment, "a leetle tassel like dose
make all desc difficultiesl WI bicks
up dose leetle tassels at the baseball
grounds effry tay vot 1 dom go town
there. Got tuzzents-tousands of 'em
at home; guess not. Won leetle bara-
sol tassel!! Veil, you youst like to
see my pureau trawers full of dose
5assels vot l tells you, untmy frau she
like um, unit says its pully. Won
leetle tassel makes all dis troubles. !
Veil if l hadn't ouf pelievedit 1 never
would haf seen il"
He continued on in thisstrain, and |
inally made out that every married |
nan in the neighborhood had bushels |
If 'leedle barasol tassels" which they
picked up at the baseball grounds,
the idea that the air fairly |
aimed tassels whenever there was a |
.hrong of ladies there to witness base
lall match.
The woman at length became
pacified and consented to
20 home, forgetting and forgiving if
Hans would, and Hans after an
of grumbling and hesitation,
which his injured feelings seemed to
lemand, consented and they went
lome; the well-meaning but some
What textravagantneighbOrstill dwell
ng on the heap of parasol tassels he
lad himselfaccumulated atthe "pase-
,all grounds"