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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
TELEaRAPEIc NEWS.
Ths Natss Etesttaa--A etsaA nspshitsan
s~ssp--as tsrity tn.uea.

s~ssp--asterit in.oeo.
PonrrAss sept ls Cd Fre3cr
ick Robic. Acuag Chairman IF the ne
publican state committee. who esiimat
"a she majority 81 600 concludes that
L pow exceeds nat figure and may
reach 10 coo paoyided ,be gains con.
TIME 10 the same ratio The Legislature
Is probably about tbc same as last year.
The House was then one hundred aud
thirteen Republicans and thirty eight
Democrats Tho Republicans gain
three Representatives 10 Portland
three Ii Lewiston, three IN Bangor,
bat lose a few IN tho back towns on ac-
count of local dlsscnsious,
NV YopE Sept r.
There is fresh trouble IN the Tam.
many ring. On Sunday night the Off
ccs Of the Finance department were
broken open and macy importautpapers
distracted. In consequence Of this
Mayor Hall has called upon Con
troller Connolly 10 resign Tie affair
has causcdgreat excitement and NO one
doubts now that this is a den Of thieves
Connolly has refused 70 resign.
A temparory injunction has beer
served on some Of the city officer.
restraining them from collecting taxes
sud paying out money Ahearing be
4 fore Judge Barnard is in progress &
see whether it shall be perpetual o
/ not
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
AnAsELEss SANDER.

We have seen with pain an item go
ing the rounds Of portion Of the Yer
mont press, to the effect that our
friend and former townsman, J. 3.
Adams, Esq, had recently become an
inmate of the Binghamton lnebriate
Asylum While incredulous Of the as.
sertion, and unwilling to give il cur,
rency even by an expression of unbe-
lief Of its truth, in the absence Of au-
thoritiye information of its falsity, we
have remained silent. We arc now no
longer without such information. Our
Vermont readers under whose eyes
this baseless SANDER may have fallen
will be glad to learn that Mr.. Adams is
not, and never has been, an inmate Of
any inebriate asylum. He is still Com.
missioner Of Emigration for the State
of Florida, and Collector Of Customs
for the port Of Jacksonville, Fla, where
he resides. He is, and has been for &
long time, a member in good standing
Of the Sons Of Temperance, and il
| fully able TO appreciate the reckIesnes'
aud cruelty Of the wanton circulation
Of falsehood alike injurious to himsel
and painful to his friends. Will th'
Barton Standard, which first, we be
| liovo, gave currency to the statement
the Chronicic, and other Vermont pa
p,rs, that have given currency Il
I the SANDER, note the denial Fro
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
GORGE r HOLLEY,s ESTATE.

GEORGE B. HOLLEI'S ESTATE.
~ STATE or VERMONT, Manchester District. a..
At q Probate Court held At Manchester, within
and for said District OF Manchester on the l2th
dny Of September, A. d. 1871.
Proaent, Hon. H. u. BURTON, Judge.
The administrator on ths estate Of dsorae y.
Kelley, late Of Dorset, in said District deceased.
made application 10 said Court for al extension
Of the time heretofore allowed by said Oourt In
which 10 pay tho debts and sottle the estate Of
the said deceased.
Whereupon It was ordered that hearing upon
said app ioation be had Al a Probate Court 20 be
held al the Probate ONCE In Manchester, In said
district on the 30th day Of septembsr A. n. 1871;
aud that notice thereof be given 10 all psrsoHs IN
terestod By publishing certified copy Of sha
record Of said order three weeks successfully ~
THR MANCHESTER JouRsAL, Newspaper prtnied
~ said Manchester, previous 10 said time of
hearing.
A true record,
Attest, L0vELAND MUNsos, Register.
A true copy Of record
l7ow3sA
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

To SErTAuIKf OFFEssFEsEss n many forms
We uss disiniseiirg tgrhts Impure breath
caused hy had teeth. tobacco, fpififs Or catsrfh
j. neuiFGliRea by sozaD0sr. lie heslthfal
bsaat6er, ard a Rgctt luauFy as 3 ieuiHAes.
The rsrulsiss breath is D. it, ase, rendered -
ffGaFaht a r9se, aaa eolahess b. faEnas "
lowers, vii be 10 lanRsf noticed.
spalaings Giac Needs everything
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
FRENCH & BARBOWS

FRENCH & BARROW5
Have Just received fno assortment Of
Fancy Goods.
LADIES RIBBON TIES, ....
FANCY yELyLrs AND RIBBONS,
LAcEs, GLOVES, AND o0LLARs,
PLAIN AND STRIPED sAIssooHs,
nUMINs, TABLE LlEEs TOWELS.
We have ALEC full line Of Hamburg embroidery,
all widths and prices.
Also, full assortment Of
Ladies' Missss' and Chiidren's
GLOVES AND HOSIERY.
Linen Handkerchief, Collars. &c.
Hoop shirts and Skeleton corsots,
ola superior make.
and many other styles Of goods usually kept in
LADIES FANCY GOODS
stores. Prices The very lowest. aud every atten.
ton paid 70 customers wishes
Orders from DOT of town by mail viii be hllsd
With the greatest care.
We are thankful Tor liberal patronage tins far,
aud are satisfied that Manchester viit sustain .
Fancy Goods store. We shall add " eur stock
from time - time AZ required.
Respectfully,
FRENCH 4 BARRowa
Manchester. July n. 1911. ssilosoi
IG. L. HOWARD,
VA cHHAEER AN yKWLLER.
Opposite Poet Once aala Street,
aCtpfg Ntuk ~'asS'4A'
Would respectfully Gnpounes " the publis that
he IL tsysCEgsd " &c 81 slnds u uOFk aons ~ .
afst-tlass iewelef. Carga9 Hsstsrs, Zoe watches
aud el0cks csrefaiiy aaiasisd. gsssify nsstiy
yeusirs1 tuf KBeFeriug besutGfliiY ssscutsd.
Al s0rk Vii h. promytly sEecutsd ~ tls lest
wofkmsn Ike hammer, Tor : LIBERAL e02pen-
sallous
D. q. 81 ueTk warranted igzlfI
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
IAMES ALLEN,S ESTATk.

LANES ALIENS ESTATE.
~ srArr OF vERMJSr, Manchester District, a.,
AT Probate Court held At Manchester vltnin
and for said District Of Manchester on The Sth
day Of September, A. d, 1871,
Present, Hon, +. u. Burton. Jndge.
An instrument ia writing purporting TO be the
| Last will and tcstiment Of James Allen, late VI
Wnhall in said District, deceased, was presented
| for probate,
Whereupon II was ordered that sAia In
strument bo proven ri Probate Count TO
| be held Al the Probate Onice Ia MtncheStsT IN
said District on the 10th day of cptcmbrr A. y.
1871 and that notice thereof be given to 81 per-
sons interested by publishing a certified copy -
/ the record Of said order three weeks successive
/ ly in the MANCHESTER JouRsAL, q newspaper
| printed al said Manchester, previous 10 aaid
| time Of hearing.
| A true record
Attest, LoyELAND MUNsoN, Register.
| A true copy Of record,
Attest, LovELAND MUNsoN, Register.
| i79w2H
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
pETER HUNTERS, ESTATE.

sr,rf oF YtBaosr, Manchester District, So
Alta Probate Court held al Manchester, within
aud for said District ~ Manchester on ths l5th
day - August, y 1871
f'reaent Hon, b Is nuBrus JudFe.
An instrument in writing purpofilns 10 he tho
last viii and testament ~ Peter Hantef, late
n Manchester IN said District. deceased, vas
presented tof probate,
Mheteup0n Il was ordered that sAii nstfa-
mont be proven AZ Probate Court 10 be held 81
the Probate Office 10 Manchester IN saia nsstrict
un the last "Wednesday ia septenber A, r, isyl ,
that notice thereof ba given 20 AL refsoss lister.
ested by publishing a certified cory rfthe record
II said order three wecks snceessivcly 10 tho
Manchester Journal, newspaper printed ~ said
Manchester, previous 30 said time OF hearing,
A true Reeofd,
Atttst, HOMELAND MuNsoN. Register.
A true copy of record
Gttest, LoyELAND MuNsoN, Register,
i63w29x
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Marriages.

ssrL en- Is WAnuzfara. e iha Csacreea.
tiaual cAafeh. ~ Nsv Aliaas wstet Ahtsse
Wanrf. - Me- fagk sigY, sna kslls Il sass. e
WA6ngfart
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14

4 -s0E SAIL. Das stAg Ii iif horse shegs pesf
il tie Congregational CLufeh. ff4cs ~
lnqalFs Al iAss 90lAaAL 0g4lgK. l4a
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
AssldNEE's SALE
oEr,T sLluourrr or

OMAR sLlueurrE oT
Dry Goods. Groceries. boots. Shoes, &C
r. T HURp.
West Atangtau. vsrmoaI
Rsspss ,'aly cal. attention. taA
Large STOCK Of Goods
lsisly b0ashl.oi he
Assignee q noobs 4 Martin
ofEas, dr.eavioh. NJ
This slcSt consists q
Erot lp,as rsaaag E,ls IN a oo'a'p sors,
and vili bo sold NON
IS to 40 Per Cen, Less
than usual prices.
NO HUMBUG
about this announcement
Those Who want
CHEAP PROPERTY
viii take advantage Of this opportunity.
200, 900 Spruce Shingles
for sale.
1 Timothy and Clover Seed At Troy prices.
R.T HURD
West Arlington. April is. ISL. 4sly6s0i
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1871
Sing Away Your Grief.

We can sing away our cares easier
than we can reason them away. The
birds are earliest 10 sing in the morning;
the birds are more without care than
anything else know Of Sing in the
evening. Singing is the last thing that
robins do. When they have done their
daily work-wben they have flown their
last fight, and picked up their last
morsel Of food, and cleaDsed their bills
OH napkin of bough, then on top
twig they sing one song Of praise /
know they sleep sweeter for it. They
dream music, for sometimes in the night
they break forth in singing, and stop
suddenly after the first note, startled by
their own voice. oh that we might
sing evening and morning, and let song
touch song all the way through.
As l was returning from the country
the other evening between six and seven
o'clock, bearing a basket of flowers,
met man that wss apparently the
tender Of mason. lie looked brick
and mortar all over He had worked
the entire day, and had the appearance
of man that would not be afraid to
work. He was walking on with light
step, and singing to himself as he passed
down the road, though he had been
working the whole day, and nearly the
whole week. Were it not that my good
thoughts always come too late, should
have given him large allotment of my
flowers. II he had not been out of sight
when the idea occurred to me, should
have hailed him, and said
''lIave you worked all day ?"
'Of course l have" he would have
said.
care you singing? p
"Of course am"
"Then take these flowers home and
give them to your wife, and tell her
what blessing she has in YOU"
Oh that we could put songs under
our burdens. Oh ! that we could ex-
tract the sense OF sorrow by song. Then
these things would not poison so much.
Sing in the house. Teach your children
to sing. When griets arise, sing them
down. Lift the voice OF praise against
cares. Praise God by singing that
will lift you above trials of every sort.
Attempt it. They sing in heaven and
among Gods people upon earth song is
the appropriate language OF Christian
feeling.-ESehange.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06
On the Goose.

The COOS is grass animal, but don't
chaw her cud.
They are good livers, about one acre
to the COOS is enuff, altho there is some
folks who think one goos to l75 acres is
nearer right.
These two calculations is so far apart
it is difficult TO tell now which will finally
win. But don't think if had farm
of l75 acres awl paid for, that would
sell it for half what i; was worth just be-
cause it didn't have but one COOS on it,
Gooses stay well, some of our best BIZ
ographers say 20 years, and grow tough
to the very last.
Tha la one egg at once, about the size
OF COOS egg, in which the goslins lie
hidd.
The goslin is the goose's baby.
The COOS don't suckle his young, but
turns him out to grass on somebody's
vakant lot.
Tha seem to lack wisdom, but are gen
orally considered sound on the goose.
1'ha are good eatin, but not good
chawin the reason ov this remains a
pro 'ound sekr,t to the present da.
When the femail COOS is at work
hatchin, she is hard to please, she rifles
clear up from the bottom in a minute,
and she will fite yoke of oxen if tina
show her the least bit of sas.
The goos is excellent for feathers which
are shed every year by the handful.
Tha are also ambitious, besides several
other kinds OF cuss.
But tina are mostly curious about one
thing. Tha kan hawl up one leg into
their body, and stand on luther awl da,
and not touch anything with their hands.
take notis thar ain't but few men
kan do this.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06

BAD DERTs.-No position in the world re-
quires greater amount of ability and pru-
dence than that of the merchant. Nc profess
sion demands closer attention and more con-
slant supervision, and in meme is there so large
an amount of apprehension and anxiety. The
career of the merchant is essentially q game
of skill. Without ability it is almost impossi-
BILE he should succeed, and without the strict
est attention 10 details there is no hope of sue
cess. Yet how futile does it seem that mer-
chant should labor all the year round to ac-
cumulate profits, and find at the end of the
year that the balance to his credit is greatly
lessened by bad debts. He labors to no pur-
pose for The extension of his business, if the
result of increased eXertions is counterbalanced
by increased losses. There is no department
of business which requires greater watchful-
ness. and none in which there is greater liza
bility to failure than in granting credits The
firm that continually assumes hazardous ac-
counts is certain TO collapse. The experience
has been, and always will be, that no matter
how profitable may be the prices obtained,
they will never compensate for improper risks.
Besides the prospects of positive loss from
weak accounts the anxiety and increased ex-
ertion which they necessitate is most trying.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06
Speak Thou the Truth.
ny THE LATE DEAN AIroRp.

Speak thou the truth. Let Others fence,
And trim their words for pay;
In pleasant sunshine Of pretence
Let Others bask their day. .,.
Guard thou the fact, though clouds of night
Down on thy watch-tower stoop;
Though thou shouldst see thine her rts delight
Borne from thee by their swoop.
Face thou the wind, though safer seem
In shelter to abine
We were not made TO sit and dream;
The safe must first be tried.
Where God hath set His thorns about,
Cry not, The way is plain !"
1is patb within for those without
Is paved with toll and pain
One fragment Of His blessed Word.
Into thy spirit burned
Is better than the whole half-heard,
And by thine interest turned
Show thou the light. If conscience CLEAN.
Set not thy bushel down;
The smallest spark may send his beam
Ger hamlet, tower and town.
Woe, woe to him, on safety bent,
Who creeps to age from youth,
Failing TO grasp his lile's intent, .'
Because he fears the truth.
Be true to every inmost thought,
And, as thy thought, thy speech
What thou hast net by suffering bought,
Presume net thou to teach.
Hold on, hold on thou hast the rock,
Thy foes are on the sand
The first wOrld-tcmpest's ruthless shock
Scatters their shifting strand.
While each wild gust the mist shall clear,
We now see darkly through,
And justified at last appear
The true in Him that's True
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06

GREAT SERMONs-Ofall Improbable preach
ing the preaching of great staple sermons is
the most brilliant and affective. 1t is telling
no tales out of school to say that ministers Of
ten have park of superior artillery, kept for
great occasions, of range and bore far cx-
ceeding that usually employed. These parade
sermons have been got up at the expense OF
whatever the man knew. They are usually
wonderful sermons. They become as we'll.
known to the sermon-hearing community as
the names of ships of war, or of distinguished
race-horses. We have heard men in the inno-
cence of their hearts, talking the matter over
"What did A. give-his Dew sermon ?"
mo; his wild Boar of the Forest"
as s. going to preach?"
"Yes, in the morning."
"What has he got?"
His biggest thing is the 'Cherub.' You
ought to hear that. It's splendid. There's
another about as good-its the 'fish-hook
sermon"
This one has his abraham" another his
great Judas" sermon, another is best on the
OBSTRUCTION of Jerusalem" while fourth il
never SO fine as en- the Last Judgment" For
ty or fifty clergymen preaching great sermons
in city churches for two or three Sundays are
enough 10 create whole years backsliding
Christian Union.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06

DTssTPATloN.-There are three kinds
of dissi patton in the Worthwhile, red
and black dissipation. White dissipa-
tion i the waste of nerve and excessive
use of the brain; there are pious dissi-
patton, scholarly dissipation, business
dissipation, the dissipation of the man
who, with salutary shudders, "thank
God that they are not as other men
are" Red dissipation is the dissipation
of the increase of blood by luxurious
food, or the waste of blood by all those
passions and indulgences which come of
luxurious living. Black dissipation is
that of the grosser indulgence which
criminal men seek. The first named is
increasing rapidly, and taking the place
of lower grades. The peculiar folly of
our age is the waste OF nerve force. In
all directions we see the sign of brain
dissipation. The diseases of virtueus
men are no longer what they used to be
blood diseases. Paralysis is beating
mp iii every community and finding re-
cruits. Good men are living too fast.
Each man is swept on against his will
into the tumult of life The great army
of insomnists are increasing, and such
men have a call to lunacy.-Beecher.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06
SELECT POETRY.
Our Leedle Shild.

You didn'd hesrd de newsi Veil, veil,
Dots kinder funny doc
Wy eferybody knows Id vet
Don'd you dink ids druei
Yes, yes, dots so-ve got SON
| My olt woman and me-
Und he's der shmardesd lcedle shild
You efer yed kin see.
He canned dc very lasd nighd In Mardch,
LOr sassy, leetle Mo0l,
| OF he'd n vaided leedle vile
He'd been Abril fool
But dot baby he knowed ding or dwo--
Dey say so he looks me
Dots cause I'm been he's farder,
Dot comde for dat, you see.
He's got the incest leedle shnood
Und leedle hends und feet,
Und he kin wink nit bofd he's eyes-
Oh he's goOt enuf to eat
Watts dot? l bet you dot I'm broud,
feel like Of I'm vildl
l vOOdn'd shwab him for farm;
No, he's doc nice a shild.
Come der house und saw him vonce.
Hush, now Don'd wake him up,
He's god awful bair of lungs;
He kin shgwcel bisned bup.
See, dere he is; now ain'd he nice?
He's fixin his mound to CRY;
He vOnds to suck on something, guess,
He's leedle droat ish dry.
Ven go down shdairs in der bier saloon,
Und drink glass of bier
To der heald of dot leedle small slild of min
Dot vaw send to me dis year;
Und veil hope ven he gifts TO be man
Dot chused like he's fader he'll been,
UndVell hope onOder shmall shild will com
Nexd year dis dime agin.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06

JOSH BILLINGS ON THE RAcooN.-The racoon
il resident ov the United States Of America /;
he emigrated to this country soon after its dis
koyery by Columbus, without a cent and
nothing but his claws to get his living with.
He IL one ov them kind ov person whose hide
resides among the heavy timber, and cult
Yates the c0rnfields and the nal oring garden
sass for sustenanc, and understands his bizness.
His family consists of a wife and three child
rcn, who reside on the inside oy tree. he
can always be found at home during the day,
looking after his own affairs. He dresses In
furs, and his tail which is round hez rings on
it. These rings are ov the same materiel that
the tail il, and worn upon all occasions Dur,
ing the winter he ties himself up in hard
moi, and lays down by his friends,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06
CHARLOTTE BRoxrE ON MARRIAGE

CHARLOTTE BRoNTE ON MARRIAGE
In Charlotte Bronte's recently published
letters she thus expresses her views re-
garding marriage: "Do not be over
persuaded to marry man you can never
respect do not say loue because,
think, if you can respect a person before
marriage, moderate love, at least, will
come after and as to intense passion,
an convinced that is no desirable feeling.
In the first place, it seldom or never
meets with requital aud, in the sec
ond place, it it did, the feeling would be
only temporary it would last the honey
moon, and then, perhaps, give place TO
disgust. Certainly, this would be the
case on the mans part /; and on the wo-
nan's-rGod help her if she is left to love
passionat.ly and alone" u - D'I.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06

SLEEPING IN JAPAN.-As I was about
TO pass my first night in Japanese
house, l watched anxiously the prepara-
tions for sleeping. These were simple
enough: mattrass in the form of a very
thick quilt, about seven feet long by four
wide, was spread on the floor, and over
it was laid an ample robe, very long and
heavily padded, and provided with large
sleeves. Having put on this night-dress,
the sleeper covers himself with another
quilt, and sleeps, 1. e., if he has had
some practice in the use of this bed.
But the most remarkable feature about
japanese bed is the pillow. This is a
wooden box about four inches high,
eight inches long and two inches wide
at the top. 1t has cushion of folded pa
9ers on the upper side to rest the neck
-, for the elaborate manner of dressing
lie hair does not permit the japanese,
specially the women, to press the head
IN pillow. Every morning the uppel-
most paper is taken off from the cush-
ion, exposing a clean surface without the
expense of washing a pillow-case.
passed the greater part Of the night
in 'arning how to poise my head in this
novel manner; and when finally closed
my eyes it was to dream that / was be-
ing slowly beheaded, and to awake at
the crisis to find tie pillow bottom side
up, and my neck resting on the sharp
edge of the box. During my stay in
the country l learned many of its Gus
toms, mastering the use CT chop.sticks,
and accustoming my palate to raw fresh
fish, but the attempt to balance my head
on two-inch pillow l gave up in dis
pair, after trying in vain TO secure the
box by tying it to my neck an / head.
P.typDellU.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-06
An Awful Looking Man,

In small village in Western New York,
several years ago, lived an individual named
Amos Dragdon. He was tall in statute,
weighing some three hundred pounds. His
skin was red, his head nearly bald, and the
whole expression of his countenance forbidding
in the extreme. He was blacksmith, and al
ways wore a red flannel shirt open at the
throat Notwithstanding his i'll looks, how
ever, none knew any evil of him.
His wife was as nearly his opposite as could
be imagined. She was tall, slim old lady
the incarnation of ncatness, and exceedingly
quiet in her manners Her countenance, on
which an expression of placid serenity dwelt,
was seldom moved by smile, and still more
rarely by frOwn. One day she was taking
tea with a neighbor a lady who liked to be
regarded as possessed of exceedingly delicate
sensibilihes, and who was wont to go into an
ecstacy of horror on the slightest provocation
Several other good danes were present also.
AS they were all sitting at the table the lady
of the house, happening to glance out of the
window. saw Amos BrasdOn with whom she
was unacquainted) coming up the street. Here
was her opportunity. She dropped her teacup
with a shrek, and exclaimed
"Oh, oh mercy ON us a! Who is that com
ing up the street ? Just look What an
awful looking man ! Oh l am so afraid he is
coming here r.
The attention of all was of course, directed
toward the object of her eXcamutions, and
nearly all saw the situation at once. The EN-
barrassment was painful. But Mrs BragdOn
was equal to the emergency. With steadi-
ness OF demeanOr and an equanimiiy of tenn
per that nothing could disturb she said
in calm, measured, perfectly distinct tone:
"Why, that is my husband. He's an awful
looking man, but God made him !"