The Van Buren press., 1873-06-24
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6f'Si'y NA6"''
According 30 the Bowling Green KY
Pantagraph, member of the city eoun
ell of that town. upon returning home
rather late one evening last week, was
regaled by his good lady With an sninlat-
ell address in somethn. like THIS style !;
Ever night Hcrs it is halfpasi
one o'clock Itss wonder YOU came at
all! What---do--you - think - - We
mans made for, do believe II rob
Der was to come and carry me off, yoa
wouldn't caro- one cent. What Is II
YOU say ? CITY council business must
ho attended to ~ City council business
How do l know You 60 to the city
council? Does the city council meet
ev cry night' They don't meet but
once in New York But | suppose
3 o-w-l-i.n Z Green is a more ,mpor-
tant place Oh, yes--out every Y night
Twelve oclooli -- one o'clock - two
o'clock. Here stay with the children,
all alone--lyins awake half Of the night
waiting for you. You couldn't come
home any sooner? or course you e0u.d
not If you didn't want to. Bat | know
something, that do wish didn't
Where ware you Monday night9 Tsll
me that The marshal told me the city
council didn't meet that night. Now
what have you go, TO say? "Couidn t
get a qusrum! Well if yeu couldn't,
why didnt you come homer Ont V
cry ing--for-a-quorum
Bet you wouldn't hunt me this late If
was missing Where were you Thurs.
day night aud Friday niyht' There vas
show In town, wasnt there? Do you
always put on your best ves, and = clean
shlrt to go to the counsil7 What did
you buy that bottle of hair oil for and
hide it' "Oil for your hone, indeed
Who ever heard Of hair oil for what.
stone2 SO you think | didn't see you
in tho other room, brasding and greas'
ing your hair, and looking IN the glass
at your pretty sclf' "A man ought to
be decent" lie ought, ought hs2 Yes,
indeed, 4 decent man ought to be, and 4
decent man will stay at home with bis
wife sometimes, and not be ont c.Y c.r
night How comes it that the city conn-
Gil dl In t meet but twice p nonth last
year7 Trying to work it out Of dabt!'
Yes, that's probsble-verv; augbin.
and Joking and smoking ana swapping
lies will work debt Of, won't it7 Now
-I-want--to--know how much -
iengcr-you--are-going 70 -- keep
this -night--business' Yes, want to
know Out very night. CITY coun
Gil, Free Masons, Rel Men, Odd Fellows,
elbows, hair oil--and It's brush and brush
until you've nearly worn out the brush
and If head toe What is it you say z
ct helps your busine to keep up your
social relations !" All indeed Youvs
got relation. here at home, cir They
nee keeping up some, think. What
did you say abous catching it, the other
night at euchre party "Felers, it's
twelve o clock, bat let's play while lon
ger; we won't catch Ii any worse when
We get home. " A pretty speech for a
do cent man "Catch it! "Catch
it." Well. intend you shall catch it
Il little. What's that you say7 If /
wouldn't fret you so you would stay at
home more" Well. sir, you stay At
nome iow nights ana Wy IL IcIHai 3
the tretting would stop. Out every
night because ! fret you go. What's 5
that, sir? You know ladies who are
not a!wsys scolding their husbands p
You do; do your How come you to
know themP What business had you to
know them' What right had you to
know whether other women fret or not 7
That's always the way. Yol men think
'that all the other womSn are saints but
sour wives Oh, yes--saiats, q n t's
I'll have you to know sir, that there ism {
\ woman in this town that's any more OF
a saint than am | know them all, sir
II h ca p better than you do. You
zee the sugar and honey side Of them,
and ouly-see--the- honey--and
sugar gar-side-of-vou Now. sir, just
waut You to know that I'll leave these
children to get burnt up, and III 60 out
every night When poor woman
gets desperate, why, sir, sue is--desper-
ate, that's all