Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-06-12
A New Mrs. cauale.

According to the Bowling Greer
| (ky.) Pantagraph, a member of the
City Council of that town, upon re-
turning home rather late one even
ing last week, was RECALLED by his
good lady with an animated address
in something ike this style:
every night! Here it is halfpast
one o'clock +! It's wonder you came
home at all? What-do- you think
-a-woniau is made for9 I do be-
lieve if robber was to come and car
ry me off, You wouldn't care ONE cent.
What is it you say7 Getty Council
business must be attended to!" City
Council business! How do I know
you go to the City Councils Does
the City Council meet every night
They dent meet bit once in-New
York, But, I suppose, B-o-wl-i-n g
Gree n IS q more important place.
Oh yes-ott very night. Twelve
oclork-one o'clock-two o'clock
Here stay with children, all alone
lying awake half Of the night waiting
for you. Couldn't come home any
| sooner? OF course you couldn't if
you didn't want to. But I know some;
thing; you think I don't, but I do {?
wish I didn't. Where were you Mon
day night? Tell me tkat The mar
shall told me the City Council didn't
meet that night. Now what have vcu
got to say ? 'fCouldn't get a quorum!'
Well, you couldn't why didn't you
come home? Out every night
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. But you
wouldn't hunt me this late if I was
missing. Where were you Thursday
and Friday night? There was show
in town wasn't there? Do you al
ways put On your vest and clean
shirt, to go to the Council =? What did
you buy that bottle of hair oil for and
hide it? coil for your hone,' indeed !
Who ever heard of hair oil for whet-
stone So you think I didft see you
in the other room brushing and greas-
ing your hair, and looking in the glass
at your pretty self? ga man ought to
I decent = lie ought, ought he? Yes
and decent man will stay at home
with bis wife sometimes, and not be
out e-v cry night. How comes it
that the City Council didn't meet but
twice a month last year? "Trying to
work it out of debit" eyes, that's
probable-very laughing and joking
and swapping lies will work debt off,
won't it? Now I-want-to-know
I-how-mucl.-lorger- you-are--g6-
ing-to-kecp-- this-nigh t-business?
Yes, I want to know! Out every
night. City Council, Freemasons, Red
Men, Odd Fellows, shows, hair oil
and it's brush and brush until you've
nearly worn cut the. brush and your
head too. What is It you say? at
helps your business to keep up your
social relations!' All, indeed! You've
got relations here at home, sir. They
need keeping up some, think. What
did you say about ''cathing it" the
other night at a eurchre party EEL
lers, its ~ O'Clock, but let's play a
while longer , We won't catch it any
worse when we get home" A pretty
speech for a de cent, Snan! "Catoh
It'll" ''Catch i'll" Well, I intend you
shall catch ia little. What's that
Eyoa say? s'If / Wouldn't fret you SO
you woald stay at home more!" Well,
sir, do you stay at home a few nights
and Try it. perhaps the fretting would
stop. Out v-e-ery night because
you fret you so. "What's that's sir?
"You know ladies who amt always
scolding their husbands!' You do;
do you? How come you to Know
them? What business had you to
know? What right have you to know
whether other women fret or not :?
That's always the way. YOU men
think that all the other women are
saints but your wives. Oh, yes
saints, sal n is I'll have you to
know, sir, that there isn't woman in
Ethis town that's any more of q saint
than I am. I know them all, sir a
"a he APP better than you do. You
see the sugar and honey side Of them,
and they-only-see-the- honey-and-su
sar-of- your. Now, sir, l just want you
to know that if you don't stay at home
more than you do, I'll leave these child
rem to get burned up, and I'll go ont
every night When poor woman
gets desperate, why, sir. she is-des-
perate, that's all.