The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-25
Gbe A!sew & !4asorfbwsst. &
25, ISL.
A ComnIaining ITusband.

A PHASE OF THE 4woMAN MovENENT"
BY FRANK cLIyE
say, Squire, I've quit on Susan and want i Oiii
TO show
That She haint got no claim on me- Du' so' ~
hoe her row nm
And ,twixt us. squire, she jest ken hoe II ike
any other man,
For she is keen 20 hnteh' ana gnus 10 cary ''i'
plan.
sex amt tree,
And 10 vent her spite agin the law, she makes
Z call it rough, but Susan seems to think IT'S
strictly just,
Because the laws agin her, TO make me git up
We didn't hitch well from the starr, for was on
the trade,
And swopped a COW for three hound pups, the
peartest ever made.
The COW her father gin her-but mans wife's
things is his
Wal, from that day agin my trades she's had n
prejudicei
She seolded when treded of ten South-Downs
for gun
We missed the wool and mutton, but a man
must have some fun
And when swopped her chickens for patent
milking-stool
She snarled, "What goods amilkng-stool with
out a COW, ye fool ,"
I've allus had n hankerin' for labor-savin' tools
But Suke says paten;-rights is only traps fol
ketchin' fools;
The woman is that contrary she's allus been
disguised
Senee my patent steam egg-hatcher knocked
her over when it busted.
Ye see, till we was married, wasn't worth
red;
Rut. turning Susan's things, I got heap of stuff
ahead
Dogs. guns. steel-traps and patent-rights oi
things that's labor-savin-
But every strike made was sure TO set that
woman ravin'l
She rwitted me with fooling of her property foI
trash,
Aud tried to shct down on it. Now wasn't that
rather brash ?
told her was boss, according to the laws
idea,
She grabbed the tater-snlasher and forthwithly
went fur me,
We had a little interval OF explanation then,
In which she vowed she wouldn't stand the tyr
amy of men.
told her could stand some tater-smasher o.
abuse,
But if she tried to hcnpcck me, I'd raise the yer!
deuce,
..I'm too much Of "a man." seq 1, ''for you L
snooze around,
And in this roost / weigh jist sixteen o u TO tn
poundw
Ye see this scar behind my ear Wal, when
spoke Of heft
she fung my patent mop-stick, and that there
the mark len.
She took to running after these ere woman su
nrage critters,
Which so disguised me that took to runniI
after bltters;
Pm satisfied she don't respect her husband
sheoughter;
Which comes Of the condemned rebellious II
lions they have taught heri
Fur femenine equality she says she's an asp
ant,
And VOWS she "will not cringe nor toll for
domestic tyranr''-
That's me, We know yet o. res one chore s.
likes to do for me,
She dusts my jacket and cleans me ont wi
pesky energy!
Pm peaceably inclined myself, but suke
quarrelsome,
You don't hear no complaint from me If !
don't have a crumb
For three days on astrctch; but Susan she'll !
up and rare
About such little things as that, enough to raj
yer hairi
like a lively woman, but suke carries thin
too furi
Is'pOse she'll be disguised when she finds 7
quit on her.
But I'm man OF spirit and won't be licked, v
see,
Day after day, without one break fur death
victoTyl"
LATER.
Squire, never mind the paper; Suke has adv
tised fur spite,
That she won't pay no debts fur mel Tina
where she's got me iighti
For I'm dead broke. She says must light ol
'Twixt you and me
She's got me In one Of these things they cal
-quandary."