The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-11-19

a, DO nov
now \ MAN AND uts WIFE PUr Up
sIoNE.
Putting up Stove j., not SO difficult n
Itself It is the pipe that rai,cs four.
dfhs of the mischief and all the dust.
Yon may take down "a stove with all the
care iu the world aud have our wife pm
away tie ripe in ~ secure place, aud yet
that pipe WON'T come together again as 1t
WAS before. You fad thi, out wHeu YOU
are standing on Il chair win your ann,
Iuli OF pipe ard your mouth Iull Of ,ool
Your VIE /, standing on the floor ia II
position that enables her to see yuu, the
pipe aud the chair; aud here She give,
uleraucc 10 those rcmatk~ lhaI are cNCu-
lated 20 hasten man into the extreme
uf insanity, Her dress pinned over hel
waist, aud her hands rest Un her hips.
She has got one of your ha,s on her head,
aud your linen coat ou her back, and IL
/ pair OF oui ubbers on her feet. There
I is about five cents worth OF pOtblack ou
/ ucr nUse,. and lot Of -four on her chin,
aud altogether she is Il spectacle thai
would inspire a dead man Win distru-t
Aud while you are up there trying 10 cir
cunvrnt the awful conlrariuess OF the
/ pipe, aud telling thai you know some
tool has beeu mixing il, She stands safely
on tile floor ana bunbarls yUu with such
domestic muttoes as: WHATS the Use OF
4 ,wearUg so? You ain't got any more
/ patience than child. Do be car ful ol
/ that chair. Aud then she goes off, aud
rc-appears with m armiul more of pipe,
and before YOU are aware OF it she has
got that pipe 20 horribly mixed up that I
| does seem no two pieces are alike. GUn
/ ,iu the ends, and work them to aud fro,
aud take them apart again aud look at
! them. Then you spread one out aud ,m
! them together aud mount them once
more. But it is no 20. You begin TO
thiuk the pieces are inspired with lie,
aud ache 10 Kick them through The WIN
dow. But she doesn't lose her patience,
/ She goes around with that awful
| ly eXasperaIiug rigging on, with
a leuglh Of pipe under each arm,
aud g.haudled broom in her hand,
aud says she don't see how it is some
| people never have any trouble ia putting
/ up ii stove Then you miss the hammer.
/ You don't see ii any where. Yuu sGaIe
ruto the pipe aud along the mautle, aud
| down on The stove, and of 10 the floor
/ Your wife watches you iutenlly, aud T..
liuaIty Thoughtful enough to inquire whar
pulls the article from her pocket Theu
/ you feel "a, il YOU could 90 out doom
aud swear lie Twelve teet squarr
/ through q block of buick buildings, but
she merely observe, Why on earth don't
. you speak wheu You want anything, ana
not stare around like dummy When
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and il yoa Think her arm, are made Of
ca.t iron, and then the broom slips ID
rie pipe, and Ia her eudeavJr To recover
her hold she iaus you uudsr The chin
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