Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-24

that there was anything didn't know? I
Not while I bore about upon my shoul-
ders the head of tlord Of creation,
which his name 1t was Sqniggs.l Sq
chewed tobacco. My wife had TO
scour the spittoous. Ny wife never
were married. Oh, Lord, no. 1 would
not have had her know it for as much
as Squiggs' head was worth. I used to
throw my cud out the window before 1
called on her In the dulcet days of court
ship, and scour my teeth with violet
tooth powder, and scent my breath with
all the "perfumes OF Arabia," lest she
should catch a Whit of puff of tohac-
co when 4 kissed the dear girl good
night. Ihope understand what is due
TO a lady, likewise what is due to my
self as gentleman and that man who
would eject tobacco-juice In presence OF
a lady, ought to be taken by the neck
aud led out Of good society. But mans
wife--she's something very different,
you know, aud IL a man can't be as free
and easy as he chew-ees, in his own
house, what's the use of having house,
So I chewed tobacco at home after l was
married. and my wife secured the spit
toons. Before was married, as told
you, used to be seen always In che
snowiest of collars and the shiniest OF
oOOto. "A PaSlCh ANSoao h0A bsS tOstCt al
ways marks the true gentleman, espe-
cially in the society of ladies'. After
was married, no amount OF nagging on
the partof my wife could make me keep
my boots blacked, and used to sioucii
around home all day long sometimes
without any collar mt all on, But If
my stockings weren't meuded at the mo-
ment wanted 'en, carriedOn high.
I spent as much as two-thirds Of nay
evenings away from home. II my wife
hinted that she would like 10 accompany
me, occasionally, / was horrified at the
Thought. The particular place to which
my business called me that eveulng WAS
no fit place for a woman to 20 to. 1t
was astonishing what a number of
places knew which weren't fit tor a
woman to go to. But went there my
self most every evening. 4 mans
business, you know, takes him into To-
calities where IL would be absolutely
shocking for refined woman to co.
And then It was SO nice and easy, when
didn't want to be bothered with my
| wife, to say that 1t wouldn't Be pleasant
or proper for her to 60 where I was
obliged to. Don't you see?
There are topics on which was never
weary of descaPtins to my wife, when
at home in the bosom Of my family
That was the sort Of woman whom men
| liked best for their wives. found Que
particular extract which I regarded
| precious as gold. SO precious that I cut
| 1t out and pasted Il In the front or my
wife's cookbook. 1t was this:
"Women should know that modesty
and meeknesS are the true aud lasting
ornaments; for che who has these, Is
qualified, as she should be, for the man
agement of family, for the education
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band, and submitting to prudent way
Of living. These are the only charms
I that render wives amiable, and give
them the best title to our respect"
/ [ counseled my wife that a woman
| who made herself conspicuous in any
way, or who had single aspiration he
yond the domestic hearth, was the las,
woman on earth that q man would wish
to choose. A woman should cluster
arouno the domestic hearth. There was
nothing like it. At the same time, /
had a constant habit of leaving my wife
at shome sitting around the domestic
hearth night after night, while I went
to parties and balls, and danced attend
ance on the loudest, sauciest, most ex-
travagantly dressed and dashing women
could find, and the more extravagant
and saucy and dashing they were, the
better liked 'en, and the longer they
held me, butterfly-like, within the fame
of their destinations, But q man could
not endure such brilliancy In a Wife,
you know. Oh, not It would make
him feel as though he was Of no conse-
tqucnce--a sort of second fiddle. yoa
see--and that would never do in the
world. It wonld be utterly destructive
to all proper domestic discipline. And
when my gay friends asked after my
wife sometimes, / always said she wac
euch u domestic little CT cIeatnre that shs
had no taste whatever for society.
After O while I went to Congress. I
| worked hard to be elected. l epent half
my little fortune treating ward bum
mers, shook nay best coat sleeve OUT
shaking hands with fellows, and prom
ised every other man I met post Office
entertained my constituents largely at
home, just TO get their votes, although
they weren's always over clean, and did
not, by any means, always understand
what belonged to good manners. They
were not people whom my wife would
have chosen to meet, as rule, but the
domestic hearth protected her. In point
of fact, election times, from morning
tall night, mostly had the house filled
with lot of uugramnatieal trash. Ny
wife didn t like It at first, but told her
she couldn't understand POLITICS. Poli-
tics was hone of a woman's business,
In due time was elected-by the skiu
of my teeth.
And Squiggs is In Congress this day,
while his wife is 1t home, clustered
around the sacred shelter Of the domeS-
; tic hearth. taaa
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