The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-26

maids or disconsolate widows in the
land.
Shakespeare has taughthusbands how
to tame a shrew, but wives have been
left to work out their own domestic sal
walton in the way of tanning brutes and
devils of husbands. One that | WOt Of
has performed the job to her own salts
faction and that Of all sympathizing
wives. The husband in this case had
buried one wife whom he had lied a
dance" of domestic misery, and whose
life was probably cut short thereby.
A cOlOred %cOncubine had been chen
Of the walk and her sway continued
into the administration or servitude of
the second wife, who married with her
eyes open and with q full knowledge of
the difficulties she had to encounter.
But she felt that she was equal to the
emergency. When dresses were pur-
chased the colored partner took her
choice first when she wanted to drive
out OF visit, the horses could not be had,
they were turned out in the pasture, or
they and the carriage were locked up !;
articles she needed about the house
were locked up and the keys refused
her ; and she was denied admittance to
some of the rooms. If she became
Obstreperous, a drubbing wast the result.
These with a thousand other annoy
ances and vexatiOns which only the fer
tile brain of q prosecuting matrimonial
mate "a conceive of, had been the sad
experience which blighted the life of
her predecessor; and a similar eXpe-
rience was held out to her.
The husband and colored partner, by
reason of their past experience, were
more skillful than ever, and perfectly
AT .fdit in their respective roles. But
he was getting old and had not the
physical strength that enabled him tC
thrash the first wife, or bully her with
the fear of q thrashing. The second
wife was young and strong and active
land had a will and energy and deter
mination equal to that which took Ma
pOleon over the Alps. When thu
crisis came she was ready. The doors
that were locked against her she
smashed to pieces with an ak whe1
her loving spouse followed her up thu
stair steps as if he intended to chastis'
her, she knocked him back to the bot
ANn1 Of %lo c&orc with n cE5ol- whJ0I
stunned him and put him in fear o
losing his life if he should even repea
the attempt to whip her. In fact sh
told him that such would be his lot
he ever attempted to whip her again
She was a woman of her word, and h
soon found it out. Her threats wer
not idle ones, but always followed b.
prompt execution, if he failed to de
mean himself as a gOodhusband should
She threatened to burn the stable
the horses and carriage we're locked Il
from her; she threatened to shoot he
l colOred partner, who lorded it over tn
first wife, and actually drove her off tn
: place. She has permanently reconstruct
I ed the whole establishment, and is will
/ al a good wife; while her husband, VIII
was the terror Of his first mate and I'll
= horror of other mems wives, is now {
G meek and mild hammered u man, to b
wife at least, as the most domineerir
s woman could desire. "Loye may I'll
the camp, the court, the grove, and tt
J gods above and men below but
y there is anything in observation al
experience, it requires something a Ii
tie more substantial on the wife's pa
to take the devil out of a brute of
) husband. Au revOir.