Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-04-01
II U N 0 r o U s .
Another from Bill Arp.

On. every night! Here it is half past
] o'clock! LIS wonder von come home at
AL! What do-yon-think woman-is
made FIR? do believe if a robher was to
come and carry me off Won wouldn't care
=" NE cent. What is it you saw? stCiy
Tunnel business must be attended 10 ~ Citv
Council business! How do know YOU 90 to
the City Council? Does the City Council
meet e>v-c-r-y night? They don't meet but
once week 'n-New York but | suppose
X nme is a more important place Oh YES
our every night. Twelve o'clock-onc
"'c!"ck-swo o'clock. Here I stay with the
children, all al"ne-lyinc awake half the
night waiting for you. "Co"h9nt come home
"ny soo""r.'" OF course you couldn't If YOU
didn't want 10. But know somethin" Won
think don't but do. That do I wish
j didn't. Where wer" ynu Monday night?
Tell me that. The Ma-shalsold me the Citv
Council didn't meet that night Now what
have YOU got to say? "C3uh1nt 0et a ouo>
rum !" Well if you couldn't why didn't you
come home Out e-v>e>r>y nisht-hunting
--for-a-nnnrum Bet ynu wouldn't hunt
FOR me this !ata if was missing. Where
we're ynu Thursday night and Friday night
There was show in town wasn't there? Do
.on always put on your best vest and clean
shirt to go tn the Council? What did you
I'M that bottle of hair oil for. and hide it?
Oil TOR !yo"r horr,' indeed Who ever
heard of hair oil for MILESTONE. So you
think [ didn't Won in the other room
brushing and grcasing your hair and looking
~ tho glass ut yonr pretty self? ssA nan
o"7hf n he dscem! ~ Tie ought, ought he!
es indeed. decent man ought to, and n
decent man will stay at home with his wife
-sometimes-and not he ,,r. c>v-e-r.v NIGHT
How comes it that IT," City Council didn't
meet but twice a month last year? "Trvtnq
70 trorh' 1t oWt of 8eL:.'' Yes, that's nrobable
--very-laughing and joking and smoking
lind swapping lies will work debt off. won't
it? l-want-tn-know-h how much
-!onger-y"n rs-ooinc-to-keep-
--this-nisht- husiness Yes I want to
know. Ont every night City Council
Free Masons. SLOWS, hair bland it's brush
and brush and brush until you We nearly wore
cut the brush and your head too. What is
IT you say? "H helps vo~r BUSINESS to keep
your sociaI rrintjons ~ All. indeed
You've 81. relations here at BONE sir. They
need keeping mp some should think What
did you say about 'catching it, the other
night at whist party? "Feliers. its IL
"'cl"rk. but let's !lnv while loncer-we
won't catch 1t any worse when we get home"
A pretty sneerh for de cent man -
Catch IT, Catch it," Well I intend
you shall catch it-a little. What's that yon
say? "lfI 'ro"'7"r fret 7,o~ 81 vou scom7H
stry ~ home ~ Well. sir. do YOU stay
at home first few nights and Try it. Per-
haps the tre'ting would stop. Ont e>v-e>r,y
night because | fret you 90. What's that,
cir! "I"" h'no'r hu0ics ,rAo mir. oI.rnvs a
sco'di"g Meir h"sbo"Hs!' You do. do Won?
How come y"u to know them? What busi>
ress had yon to know ther,2 What right
have You to know whether other women fret
or not? That's always the way You men
think all the other women are saints but vout
wives. Oh. yes-sarts-s-a- i-n>t-s. I'll
have Won to know sir, that there isn't wo-
man in ti.is town that's ary more of a saint
than 7 am I know them all s;r-a he APP
het'"r than yon do. Yon only see the sugar
and honey side Of them. and thev-only-see
-fh"-snear-nnd -honcy-sidc-
Nov. sir. jns' wan. Won to know that if YOU
don't stay at home more than you do. I'll
l'ave these children her" to get burnt up. and
tn en ont 9 very night When poor
S-o"'an g"t7 desperate. why, sir, she is-shc
is desperate that's all