The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-02-06
"Drunk and Beating his Wife,
The Other Side of the Picture.

But lis sound \ not TOO long or too hard
Tor its meaning For TO be responsible
is 10 he an,werablc for aud " hen we
come 90 think what women have TO be
answerable Tor, We shall be quite over
powered and astoui.hed.
I There is an old saying, which is gene
rally used as joke. that woman i al
the bottom Of everything 30 that when
. man fell from scatio.diug one day
and was killed. bystander Immediately
asked. Nv ho WAS she meaning that
oven this misfortune must havc been
owing in some ,vav 10 q woman. Boz
what j. u-cl as joke has a terribly real
earn" -fnc,@ in if II il va, not true
.iiai "a woman caused tie man TO fall
nom the scafIoldn-. vet il il true tliai
women are "a; fhc bottom of nearly all
the evil and. ,nan'- God. nearly all the
good. that j. Ia the world Women are
causing men TO TAI. every day d her
women ere Lifting Up men cay. and wo-
men. TOO. who need lifting every day.
W. are much too apt a. forget iii-. a.
wC -if q. orr iiresiGc~ daruing stockings.
ur as wc stand over the baking and Tie
pudding making. We gci 10 think. when
We think about il al ali that We mean
10 cook the dinner. and to clean tbs.
i.ouse. and to rear the children. and L.
get along with our husbands and the
rest OF lhe world a. well "a We can. -
Aud we forget that ~ The time we are
moulding men and women making
our husbands good ayd steady. or mis-
cradle and unsteady: making our sons
into drunkard- aud Sp,ndfhifts. who will
he CURSES to as in our OH agc. or max
Ing them. with Gods blessing. honest.
God-fearing. sober and industrious sons.
who will be a blessing aud comfort 10
our grey hairs.
We don't make the men drunk |
hear one OF our wives say. we hate the
public house. but we have no power
over our hu~ bands or sons when they
get thcre. We don't make theIn spend
their money we should be glad 10 have
the money TO help the food and rent in :
stead.
But. let rs think a minute. We cer-
taiily do not take Our IONS and hus-
bands by the hand and lead heu TO liz.
pullic-huuses or The ~hop- but arr.
,nere no ways that women have OF driv-
ing mel there? We do not want them
to spend tneir money. bat DO We take
pails to show them how we could make
good use OF that money at home? /
don't mean by words. OF which mosi
wives give their sous aud husbands too
much but by deeds. bv house they
can care iO come into. bv comfort. clean
Illness. and order. which every tired man
loves to find when he comes home.
viii show picture. a real true pict- :
ure. and then we can judge what wo-
men can do. and " hat they can undo.
A young. clever artisan. who i earn
ing good wages, thinksas he looks ronnd
hi empty bachelor room. how nice il
would be to have gentle. loving wo-
man there. To see her sewing bv The
candle on the table when lac comes home
M night: 10 see her Look 40 AMI smile
when hc comes in. while tile kettle SING
ing on the hob and the white clofL
spread on the little table. showed every :
thing was ready for his supper: how bN
aud by he might sec her j, ith her foot o.,
the cradle. rocking il soaiv * She scws (.
how hc woHla AIye clean, weli-keut.
little sous and dang iiicrs. TO hc brought
up a. he had bctn ~ a thfiiv. Kin ?
mother: how he should teach Them liz
trade. and by and ~ become a forenoon.
and then master. and hl- son in ia /.
business with him.
The Young artisan marries. lie be-
gins now his happy evenings al home.
All goes well for month nf two. fcg
his vile j. ioud 81 lin. and he is very
fond 90 her. Dat -hc ha nni been used
to iaiiiy ways. and -bc j. not ogdetlv.
She likcs reading better tAar h.asc-
work. and generally keeps book iu
Arr hand.
When hr, husband coiacs home. she
starts ug from her book and begins fn
get hi- ipuer. Bur his rcr fall. a.
he sees 'hc IRE has sunk ioWn ton a+,t
duh sparks ani The room j. NOT udv.
aud NO cloth i snreld iiisWiie begin
slowly mking lac omhrrs together. bu'
ii il nearly All hour before The kettle /.
boiling.
This happcns nigltaftcr night Wher
he says he should like her 10 have thing.
! 'a biz comfortable, She begins a. mon,
aud cry. -if you felt rs ~ady a. ( ,ip
she says, 'youd have more patience II
is easy for you % grmble when you \.
! out all day and seeing foik.. and | IN
muping here all alone"
lie ieel- hurl li this. because he know
: he has been toiing hard az day. anc
. that he IA brought the money home i.
, hi, pocket his whole weeks wages I,
/ his wifc
Whiichc j. ont she ilciS over what n,
has said 70 her, and thinks him "vcr,
, hard !" but she does not try to pleaseanc
soften him by getting thing. straight
and because she does not do her dut,
r tie time seems very long, and hang.
ihcavily on her hands; aud then whel