The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-12-03
The Way Wife and Hushand Conear.
ed Their Faults.

After having been marr;ed SON,
weeks, il came into tie head of ,
young husband in Pittsburgh on,
Sunday, when he had but little to ~
eupy his mind, to suggest tO his wifi,
that they should plainly and honest
| iy state tile faults that each had dis
covere1 ia the 0t .er since tney hac
been man and wife After some hesi
tati0n the wife agreed TO the urOpusi-
ton, but stipulated that the rehearsal
should be made in all sincerity and
/ with an honest view to the bstterins
OF eaeh other, IS otherwise Ii would b,
OF no use to speak of the faults L
which marriage had Opens-d tneiI
eyes The husband was Of the same
! mind, aud the wife asked him to be.
/ gin with her faults. H was some-
what reluctant, but his wife insisted
thst lie was the first to propose the
matter, and as he WAS at tue head oi
the house, It was his place to take the
lead. Thus urged he began the reci-
tai. He said:
my dear, one Of ths first faults
observed ia you after we began keep
ing house was that you neglected the
tIn-ware q good deal. You didniI
keep it scourei as bright as il shoul,l
bs. Ny mother always took great
pride IN her tinw4re, and kept 1t as
bright as dollar"
81 am glad that you have mention
ed It, DEAR" said the wife, b.ushing =
little; hereafter you shall see no
speek on cup or pan. Pray proceed .
u have often observed" said tue
husband, that you use your dish
rags long time without washing
them, and then finally thro1 them
away. Now, when at home, re-
mem Der that any mother always used
10 wash out her dish-rags when she
was dOns using them, and then hang
them up where they could dry, read J
for the next time she would need
them"
Blushing as before, the young wife
Promised to amend this fault.
Pne husband continued with q for
midable list Of similar faults, many
more than we have spaee to enumer-
ate, when he declared that he could
think Of nothing more that was Wor-
Thy OF mention.
Now" said he, "my dear, you be-
gin and tell me ali the faults you
have observed in ms since We have
been married"
The young housewife sat in silence ;
her face flushed 20 the temples, and =
great lump came in ber throat, which
sue seemed to be striving hard TO
swallow.
Proceed, my dear tell me all the
anTr rah IN
ing none
Arising sudi My fr'm her seat, the
little wife burst into tears, and throw
ing both her arms about her husbands
neck, cried
My dear hasLand, you haYe not q
fault IN the world. IL you have even
one, my eyes have been 80 blinded by
my love for you that as long as we
have been married have never once
observed 1t. Iu my eyes you are per-
feet, and all that you DO seems TO me
70 Oe done IN the best manner and Just
what should be done"
"But, my desr," said the husband,
his face reddening and his voice grow
Iug husky with emotion, Just think (;
nave gone aud found all manner OF
IauIt with you Now do tell me some
OF my faults know 1 have many
ten times as many as you ever had or
ever Will have. Let me hear them.n
"Iudeed, husband, it is Hs [ tell you;
you have not single fault Lhat-I can
see. Whatever you do seems right in
my eyes. Aud now that know what
= gJOd-fOr-nOthIng little Wretch am,
| snall at once begin the WORK Of re-
fOrm, aud try t. make myself worthy
OF you"
"Nonsense, my dear; you know
sometimes 30 away and leave you
without any wood cut; spend my
money for drinks and cigars, when
ought 10 bring II nome to you"
"NO you DON'T" crIeu his wife,
''yOu do nothing Of the kind. / like
u see you enj ~ yOurselfi l should be
unhappy were you TO do otherwise
than just exactly as you do"
"GOd bless you, hItls wife," cried
the nov Thoroughly subjugated hus-
band, "frOm this moment you have
not u fault IN the world. Indeed, you
never had fault 1 was but jOkIng--
don't remember u word l said ~ anu
he kissed away the tears that still
trem bled in tue little wOman's eyes,
Never again did the husband serutj-
niz: the tInware or examine the dish
rag-neVer SD much AS mentioned one
of the faults he had enumerated but
soon after the neighbOr-WOmen were
wont to say:
sit is wonderful how neat Mrs.
keeps everything about her house.
Her tinware Is always As bright as q
new dollar. and I do believe she not
only washes but lrous her sish-ragsi"
Aud the neighOOr-men were hesTh IL
say "What steady fellow M-has
got to Os of late he don'tspend dime
now where he used TO spend dOliars,
and can never be kept from home
half an hour when he Is not at work.
He seems almost to worship that wife
of his. "-LeIder.