The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-04-25
TWENTY-FIVE.
How the Wife of a Utica Editor
CurDed his UHgOYeFnabIsa
Temper.
From the Utlcn Herald.

l found the cherished face Of my
Mary Ann greathed in smiles, ths
other evening, when / returned
from my artlnous daily toll. CT am
engaged as standing man at q sa-
loon. So many candidates are
treating that the. salosn keeper
hires six Of US to be treated. We
all drink with every candidate who
comes in, and it makes business
pretty briik.l aHoDg ELE8EEF
Said my chosen ono, Joshua, 7
am afraid you do not always find
me an angel in disposition"
Said 1 "fhaCsso- -hir- my dear,
/ don't seldom find your hahgel in
lin anything"
"And," she added, "you are not
always the most pleasant man in
the world" "
l did not feel called on to reply
"NOw," said she, "read that"
She had cut an item from tie col
umns Of some paper, wherein q dc
meatesl writer told about some ina
possible woman, wh0, being trou-
bled with a bad temper, counted
twenty five every time she was pro-
voked, and thus became swcet, ami
able and dearly loved arnament
the house of her delighted t...sDand.
l read the article = T.il as the con
dition of my head would allow,
and remarked, "bosh.2
Maria Ann paid no attention to
s.
said that every time 1 got mad !
should count twenty-five, earl eve-
~ time she got mad she would
count twenty five. I asked her
who size thou yht would pay the
rent while we sat and counted TWEEN
ty-fve, Overland over all day long.
Then she sail l was always raising
objections to her plans for our mu-
tusl Improvement, and I said / was
not. and she said ] was enough to
try the patience of a saint. and 4
said she was too, and she came for
me, and I told her to count twenty
five; but she forgot all about that
and iust tailed one IN my lelt eye.
Then l was going to demonstrate
with the poker, and she told me to
count twenty-five, and I said
would not, but did before she had
pulled more than half ny hair out.
Then she made me count twenty
five until l was out of breath and
felt real pleasaEt and gOod-na-
tured. So we went to supper.
Now, the cat was-cu:1ed upiu my
chair but | did not see it until /
sat down, but l was pretty sure it
Was therein fact, / knew u was
there as well as l wanted, and more
too. felt inclined to rise up sud
denly, but as ] gathered to spring
size bTaudisea the tea pot and mnr
mured. ,'Joshaa, Your temper is
rising; count twenty-five, or Til
break your head and that cat
was drawing 81 lnap of the tenth
ward with her claws around behind
me, with the street and boundaries
marked ia my blood. I rose to ex-
plain, aad said, My dear-I--"
but she caromed on my head with
a wellshot tea-cup, and sprinkled
my head with quart of hot ten,
and ] sat down and counted twenty
FIVE; but it killed the cat. The old
fellow died hard, though. I could
feel him settle as his nine lives
went out one by one.
A few days practice of this rule,
under the loving instruction of Ma
ria Ann, has enabled me 10 conquer
my temper completely. Nobody
can get me mad now; I am in a
state of perpetual calm, and ! want
to see the man that wrote that sto-
ry. I want to fit. himfor the hands
of an undertakeE and make a de-
mand tor mourning goods among
his friends Then | can die happy
counting twenty-five.