Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-04

'side-1 hafnt AFRAID to bes you a ten
cent bill, that that Romeh's husband
thinks that Wimmen are too delicate To
GO to the polls.n
Josiah was speechless for pretty nigh
a half minute. and when he did sneak
it was words calculated to draw atten-
ton from contemplatin' that side-Of
t1e subject. 4 was for reasons which
have 100 much respect f6f n Y khsbahd
to even hint 1t, odous to hhnT Ind
odious colildbe. He waaoedne NJ fer
|getit ahdinl he ntIessad sbedeish
manner men can so readily assume,
when they are talkin' to females he
said, as he gently fingered his alma
mac, and looked pensively upon the dy-
in female reyivin' at view of the bot
tile.
1--WE men think too much of you
wimmen to want you to lose your sweet
and dignified retirin' modesty, that is
your ehiefest charm. How long would
IdigRit4 and mDdesty stand. .iEm before
Ithe wiIH prena of publieii iife3 II ou are
made 70 be happy wives, to beAaiarded
blythe stfpneer sect from the cde Blast,
tand- the tofrid zone, tessfave A feface
built by manly strength to keep out the
cares and troubles of life. Why, if [
was one of the fair sect, 1 would have
husband to fence me in if / had to hire
One."
He meant this last, about hiring a
husband, as joke, for he smiled feebIy
as ne said it, and in other and happier
times, sterns0nty would have cdflpell-
lime to faugh at it, Hf Mt 60w.h a Oh,
nO.Iry breast was H6&fig NTH too
m&pF different sized sfhotidrs.
s4oaNDeld hire ahtehahd, would
you? A woman don't lose her dignity
and modesty in racing round, tryiD to
get married does she? "Oh, mol" says
l, in tone as sarcastic as sarcastic could
be. "Oh, mol" and then added stern
ly, "if it ever does coi.li. fashion to
hire husbands by the year, [ know of
one that could be rented pretty cheap,
if his wife had the proceeds and avails
in pecuniary sense"
He eavoided the stiddy glance of my
keen grey eye, but | see he was still
quailin' as he murmured in still more
eonsiliatin' tones:
"Wimmen are too good to vote with
US hardened men. Wimmen haint
much more nor less than angles any
way"
My glance at this moment fell on. to
the s1Dve and 6ays1, e Josiah Allen,
there is one ang u that would be glad
/ to have q little wood got for her to get
dinner with" says /, in q tone SO cold
that he shivered imperceptible. "There
is one angel that cut every stick OF
wood she burned yesterday, that same
angel doin' big washin' at the same
time, nd again repeated my words
IS 4aglanced at the schily stove, 81
would be glad Of a handfull or two of
wood, JOSIAH Allen. ~ t~-
81 would get you some this minute
Samantha, but you know just how hur
ried be with my work, says he, get.
in up and taken down his hat, ''can't
you pick up little for this afternooni
You haint got much to do, have you?''
"Oh, no!' says in lofty voice O
irony, "nothing at all, only a big iron
ing, ten pies and six loayes of bread tG
bake, cheese curd to run up, three
hens to scald, rehqfnin' ,anG nIaoppin'
and dinner to !gst@ gpst 4 easy morn
Iin's WORK for angei.s fSiihN
"Wall, then, guess you'll etalong
says he, ''and tomorrow I'll to get you
some."
Isaid no more, but with lofty emo
ltion surgin' in my breast, / took my
ak and started for the wood pile.