Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-17
Silrewfsh Women.

told In the IalmuQ-tnat compendium
e one might say, of alegory and anecdote
5 1t seems that Jose, rabbi of fair attain
l ments and character, had the happiness o
: being married to woman who was as per
verse after marriage as she was graciou
beforehand One day, the story runs, th
rich and learned Eliezer, the son of Asar
va, paid visit to Jose. Jose received hi
: guest with great pleasure, and feeling
) highly honored in the company Of one 81
wise and wealthy, entreated Eliezer tt
i stay. to dinner. He consented, unconscious
of his frfG2ds connubial blessedness Th'
wife, delighfes. to vex her husband, turned
her back on his frIgrT BY sIindry slife
4 of. the tongue and gestures gave the IN
fortunate Jose to understand how little
she cared for him or his learned compan-
! ion. Jose good-naturedly took no notice
of her churlish conduct, but merely asked
her what she had for dinner. Nothing,
nothing" replied the termagant in q sllrill
voice, nothing but few vegetables" This
Hebrew Xantippe had, however, prepared
some very fine chickens for herself which
she afterwards ate with the greatest rel
ish, leaving Jose and Eliezer to ponder
over their scanty vegetables and the say
ing of Solomon, ''It is better to dwell in
| the corner of roof, than with a quarrel
some woman in q roomy house."
Milton had most vixenish wife. 1t
might have added to his comfort to have
been deaf instead of blind. To tlatter his
wife, Buckingham once called her a rose.
{ssI am no judge of colors,'' replied the
| poet, Sand it may be so, for"-he added
with sigh-s'I feel the thorns daily"
| The 'sjudicious' Hooker Jared no less
badly in the selection of a better half and
experience with her. The picture of his
| domestic relations, as drawn by Whipple,
though truthful, is by no means fattering.
Whipple attempts to excuse, in ameasure,
the temper of Mrs. Hooker, on the ground
that Hooker married her to be his nurse
and, ''there being no possibility of equali-
ty between them, she, in spiritual self-de-
Tense, established in the household the des-
potism Of caprice and the tyranny of the
tongue His snarling wife used to fire.
quently bid him rock the cradle, and so
annoy his friends on a visit that they rare
ly came to see him again, except when they
knew that Mrs. Hooker, with her sspiritu-
al sarcasm, y was not at home. To Gram
mer repining that his wife should not
prove more comfortable, !" Hooker replied:
MY dear George, if saints have usually a
double share in the miseries of this life, I,
10, 1,o+
my wise Creator hath appointed for me,
but labor as indeed l do daily-to submit
mine to His will, and possess my soul in
patience and peace.'
The famous DR.. PaTr had wife who
used to quarrel with her husband for ex-
pending so much money for his books while
he allowed his library-chairs to be sadly
out of repair. One day, meeting him in
the library, she exclaimed, ssMr. Parr, we
should have new chairs for the library
they are in a very sad way" Il cannot
afford it, Mrs. Parr," quickly replied the
doctor. 'sNot afford it p returned the
lady. when you can give ten guineas for
a musty book which you never open ~ Il
tell you, | cannot afford it," vociferated
the doctor, growing angry with his wife's
obstinacy. ''Not afford it 2" slowly said
the lady, ''when your rents are coming in
so fast,'' pointing to fast-widening gaps
in her husband S garments,) s'When you are
| in as much need of repair as the library
chairs !" DR.. Parr, who had expected d
scene, quietly collapsed at his Wife's mas
! terly stroke of humor, and Immediately
sent for the upholsterer and the tailor,
completely vanquished by his wife's sharp
ness.
| Although James Ferguson, the celebra-
| ted astronomer, in his autobiography does
not once allude to his Wife's conduct, 1T
has been well ascertained that her temper
was not the most congenial. One anecdote
illustrating the fact has come down to us.
1t appears that one evening in London
while he was delivering lecture on as
tronomy his wife entered the lecture room
in passion and maliciously knocked down
several pieces of apparatus. Ferguson
calmly surveyed the catastrophe, and turn
ing to the audience quietly said: ''Ladies
and gentlemen, I have the misfortune to
be married to this woman
Even great artists have not been free
from the sharp action of shrews. The
wife of Albert Durer compelled that re-
nowned painter to toll merely to crafty
her own misery disposition, and when, in
disgust at her Wretched treatment, he ran
off. she allured himsb back to his death-bed.
/ Disraei the elder relates Of Berghem, that
his wife would constantly keep him
busy, and she contrived an odd experiment
to detect his Incidence. He worked in a
room above her own; ever and anon she
cheered him by humping a long stlck
against the ceiling, while the meek, obedl-
emit Berghem answered by stamping his
foot on the floor, and clinching his fist
too. perhaps, to satisfy his wife that he was
not mapping, but that he still lived
Moliere was extremely unfortunate in
his wife. Captivated by the grace and vi
yacity of the actress, Bejars, he married
her. only to find that after marriage hel
grace became converted into giddiness
and her vivacity into coquetry. Her vanl
ty and articles often drove him to despair
She had no pity, to use his own words fol
his sorrows, and ensnared by the desire Of
general admiration, laughed at his ankle
ties.
The beer drinking population of Mu
8 mich, Bavaria, recently struck against
rise in the price Of beer, pledging them
selves not to drink until the price was re
duced to the old figure.
, A lady in Pittsburgh was serlousl
: burned recently by having her clothln!
set on fire by some fire-crackers carelessl