The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-11-01
The Contradicting Couple.

I do bclicvc," no said, taking
tho spoon out Of his glass and toss
ing it on the table, "that OF all tho
obstinate, pcrvcrso, wrong headed
creatures that over were born
You arc the most SO, Charlotte."
"Ccrtninly, certainly; havo il
your own way, pray. Ion ST.,
how much l contrndict you" ro
joins tho wife.
"Of course, you didn't contradic,
mo AT dinner time oh, no! not
you !" says tho husband.
"Ics, | did," says tho wife.
ooh, you did u cries tho hus,
band. "You admit thnt?"
"lfyou call that contradiction,
| do," she answors land / sny,
again, Edward, TINT when You
arc wrong will contradict you.
| am not your slave"
"Not my slave p repeats tho
husband, bitterly 'und YOU still
mean to say that in Rlack burns
new house there arc not more
than fourteen doors, including the
door Of the wine ccllar?"
IL mean to say rctorts the
w,fe, beating time with her hair
brush on the palm of her hand,
that in that house there arc four
teen doors aud 10 more"
"Wrll, thcn," crics tho husband,
rising in despair and pacing the
room with rapid strides, "lhis is
enough to destroy n mans intel,
lcct and drive him mad"
By-anI,by he comes to q lilllc,
and passing his hand across his
forehead, finally rcscats himself
in his former chair. There is Il
long silence, and this time the
wife begins.
81 appealed to Mr.. Jenkins, who
sat next to mo on the sofa, in the
drawing room during tea"
"Morgan, you mcan," Interrupts
tho husband.
81 do not mean anything Of the
N'''', NtH" H"Sl LllS WIG.
"Now, by all that is aggravn,
ting and impossible to bear" cries
he, clenching his hands and look
ing upward in ngony-"sho is go.
ing to insist upon it that Morgan
is Jenkins |"
"Do yon take me to DO q perfect
fool p cNcluims the wito. "Du
you suppose I don't know ono
from tho othcr2 Do yon suppose
that | don't know that the man
with the b!uo coat was Mr.. Jcr.
kins p
Uenkins in n blue coat" cries
the husband with a groan. "Jcu
kins in blue coat u man who
would suffer death rather than
wear anything but brown |"
"Do yon charge me with telling
IN untruth ?" demands tho wilu
bursting into tears.
81 charge you, ma'am," rctorts
the husband, starting mp, "witl
being II contradiction, II monster
aggrnvation, n.a-a.Jcnkins in {;
blue coat What have done
that | should 10 doomed to bean
such pcrpctul tormcnts ~
ADULTERATIoN IN ARTICLES on
y NECESslTy.--Thc extent to whicI
articles Of all kinds imaginable
are ut present subject to aduItrra
tion is suu y wondcriul-as strange
az it is rcprchcnsiblc. Everything
is adultcratod !; our -four, coffee
tea, sugar, butter, lard, &C., &c.
&c. Lard and lard oil seem cspc
cially to be the victims Of this cor.
rupt practice, talIow and refined
cotton-secd oil being, as II rule
much cheaper, and answering III,
purpose admirably. or this fac,
we arc again reminded 10y notic
ing in tho New Orleans pnpor>
that tho cotton.sccd oil factoric.
around that city arc compelled t'
suspend orornt'ons, partly for the
want OF Seoh, but more especially
because tho business, owing to !
reduced demand for the product
has boon nnproAlnhlo. White re
fined cotton -sood oil has bcon use,
principally to adultornto lnrd an'
sperm oils, and tho large hog crol
of 1870 put down the price Of lar,
oil 30 low that cotton.sceh oil wa
no longer IN demand for purpose
OF aduItcration. Until tho pric,
Of genuine lard oil shall again b'
raised, it ia, therefore, probubI'
that those tnctorioa, or tho great
or part Of thom, will romain cloUod
and that tho consumers of thn
article may obtain it unadultor
ated.
THE Coon WlpE.-Sho com
mandcth her husband in any cqun
mattor. by constantly oboyin!
him. 1t was always observed
that what the English ga,nod y
tho Frcnch in battle By valor, TN
Fronch gained Of tho English by
cunning in trcatios. So IT th'
husband should chance by hi