The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-12-10
FACTS FOR THE MARR1ED.
A Husband without n FauIG-And
IN Wife that was still Better.
From the Territorial Enterprise !

From the Territorial Enterprise
After having been married som
weeks, it came into the head of a younj
! husband in this city, one Sunday whel
he had little to occupy his mind, to sug
! gest to his wife that they should plainl,
and honestly state the faults that eacl
had discovered in the other since the,
had been man and wife. After SOM
hesitation the wife agreed to the propo
sition, but stipulated that the rehearsal
should be made in all sincerity, anC
with an honest view to the lettering o.
each other, as otherwise it would be O
no use to speak of the faults to which
marriage had opened their eyes. The
husband was of the same mind, and the
wife asked him to begin with her faults
He was something reluctant, but his
wife insisted that he was the first to pro
pose the matter, and as he was the head
of the house, it was his place to take the
lead. Thus urged, he began the recital.
He said:
"My dear, one of the first faults OBJ
served in you after We began keeping
house was that you good deal neglected
the tinware. You did not keep it
secured as bright as it should be. My
mother always took great pride in her
tinware, and kept it as bright as new
! dollar"
81 am glad that you have mentioned
it, DEAR" said the wife, blushing little;
thereafter you shall see no speck on
cup or pan. Pray proceed"
Il have also observed, said the hus-
band, ''that you use your dish-rags a
long time without washing them, and
then finally throw them away. Now,
when at home, | remember my mother
always used to wash out her dish-rags
when she was done using them, and then
hang them up where they could dry,
ready for the next time she would need
them"
Blushiug as before, the young wife
promised to amend this fault.
The husband continued with a most
formidable list of similar faults, many
more than we have space to enumerate,
when he declared he could think of
nothing more that way worthy of men
ton.
"Now," said he, "my dear, you begin
served in me since we have been marri-
3D." ;
The young housewife sat in silence
her face flushed to the temples, and a
great lump come in her throat, which
she seemed to be striving hard TO swal-
low.
proceed, my dear; tell me all the
faults you have observed in me, sparing
none !"
Arising suddenly from her seat, the
little wife burst into tears, and throwing
both arms about her husbands neck,
cried
"My dear husband, you have not a
fault in the world. If you have even one,
my eyes have been so blinded by my love
for you that so long as we have been
married | have never once observed It,
In my eyes you are perfect, and all you
do seem to me to be in the best
manner and just what should be done"
"But, my DEAR" said the husband,
his face reddening and his voice growing
husky with emotion, ',just Think. L have
gone and found all manner of fault with
YOU. Now, do tell me some of my faults;
I know | have many-ten times as many
as you ever had or ever will have. Let me
hear them"
'Indeed, husband, it is as | tell you
you have not single fault that | can see.
Whatever you do seems right in my
eyes; and now that | know what a good
for-nothing little wretch | am, L
shall at once begin the work of reform,
and try to make myself worthy of
you.
''Norsense, my dear, you know some
times | go away and leave you without
any wood cut | stay up town when L
ought to be at home; | spend my money
for drinks and cigars when l ought to
bring it home to you L"
''No you don't" cried his wife you
do nothing of the kind. like to see you
enjoy yourself; / should be unhappy were
YOU to do otherwise than just exactly as
you do"
GOOD bless you, little wife !" cried the
subiugated husband from this moment
you have not a fault in the world Indeed
YOU never had fault; l was but joking
don't remember a word | say J" and he
kissed away the tears that trembled In the
little woman's eyes.
Never again did the husband scrutinize
the tinware nor examine the dish-rag-
never so much as mention one OF the
faults he had enumerated; but soon
after the neighbor women were won't to
say:
cit is wonderful how neat Mrs
keeps everything about her house. Her
tinware is always so bright as new dol
lar, and do believe she not only washes
but irons her dish-rags" And the
neighbor men were heard to say "What
a steady FELLOW Nj has got to be OF
late he don't spend dime where he
used to spend dollars, and can never be
kept from home half an hour when he Is
not at work He seems to worship that
wife of his"