The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-05-16
The Perils of Rarbarism.
From the Evansville, Ind, journal, April 4

| From the Evansville. Ind, Journal, April q.
! A worthy citizen undertook to trim his
| beard short time since, and by a slip of
| the scissors, spoiled his cut He trimmed
little more, and still more, but it would
look lop-sided; so he went to the BARRIERS
and got shaved for the first time in twelve
years. He was very busy, and business
detained him in his office until late hour
of the night, and when he went home he
found that his family had retired. This
was not an unusual occurrence, So he
| silently entered by means Of a pass KEY,
sought his own room, and undressed
without lighting the gas He got partly
into bed, when his wife astonished him bv
uttering a loud and prolonged scream.
| He was very much alarmed for her, and
feared she had lost her reason He i'm
| plored her to tell him what was the mat
| ter.
| At the sound OF his voice she screamed,
"Oh! Edward, come quick and save
| me-
II am here, dear" said he, but she only
screamed the louder at the words.
| He sprang out of bed, and had lust
struck light, when his brother-iu-law a
| muscular six footer, rushed into the room
and fired revolver at his head. Luckily
it missed, but his fist did not, for in a
minute a pale-taced man with long white
robe, staggered under blew that doubled
the size of his organ of comparison.
"My Cod" exclaimed the husband,
''are you all crazy ?" ..
"Bless my heart ~ exclaimed the mus
cular brother-in-law, ''if it amt Ned HIM
self! Why what on earth tempted you 10
get yourself up in that style ~
"What style?" asked the much abused
husband, as he rubbed the growing Jumps
on his forehead
"Why, when did you shave ?"
1t was all clear to him then. His wife
had put up her hand in the dark, and
meeting the shaved face of man, took
her husband for an intruder. She rocog-
nlzed his voice first, but the second time
he spoke her terror was too great, and
she tainted. When the brother-in- law
rushed in he saw a thin faced man with a
slightly bald head, in long white night
robe, and in a rage at the supposed out
rage, fired at him, missed. and then knock
ed him down with his fist Fortunately
his voice saved the husband for second
shot. His wife recovered from her faint
only to faint again at the recognition of
her husbands shaven face, and the pistol
shot. He finally got to bed and slept very
well until morning, when ''the baby" a
child about two years of age, approach
ed the bed, as he had been used to do,
and, frightened at the sight Of stranger,
ran screaming from the room. Tripping
on the carpet the poor child received a
severe bump on its little head.
Matters were finally Strengthened up at
home, but on the street his friends passed
him without speaking, and at the bank lie
was not only refused payment of draft
but threatened with arrest for signing his
own name in endorsing it. Of course
little explanation brought the various af-
fairs all right, but it took so much time to
explain, and for the confusion on his fore
head to get we'll that the aforesaid citizen
vows he will never shave again, as he
considers it habit dangerous to peace,
and even life.