The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-15
AN ANCIENT LAW,
THE ORIGIN or THE"GRA YAAhES
BEING THE BET TER HORSE

Iyrom "Noies of BoOkworn' or see'Ilo"s ,''% ,,o"
~ por,Glio or n Literary Gentleman" publish
ed in 1921
A gentleman of a certain county III
inland married young lady oil conS'u'
an,hlo fortune, and with many other
charms. but finding, in a very short 'ime'
thot she was of high domineering SPIRIT
and always contending to be mistress OF
him and his family, he was resolved to
-,rt With her. Accordingly, he went TO
ho, mther, and tod him he found his
sernhter of such a temper and was so
heartily tired of her, that if ne wou'u
,oke her home again he would return
every penny of her fortune
The old gentleman having inquired
into tbe cause of his complaints, asked
Hybv he should be more disquIeted at 1t
+bon nanv other married man, since IL was
tbe common case with them all, and con-
seonently no more than he ought to have
ovnacted when he entered into the mar
r;ed state~ The young gentleman de-
.irod 70 be excused, if he said he was SO
far from giving his assent to ta's "sSeruoh'
that he thought himself more unhappy
t"v sh"n onv other man, as his wife had Il
sn;rit no way to be quelled; ana as mosE
Sopprto;nlv no man, who had sense OF
C;nht and wrong, could ever submit 10 pe
,osyorned ,as by his wife, "Son," sad the ola
80 s,on won are but little acquainted WIN
tha % world. if YOU do not know tiIat az
,"n W" Govern their husbands, though
not all, indeed by the same method; METHOD, now no 7
ever to end all disputes betwee', y. u.s. US,
will nut what have said on th1S W ! piGU,, Gvo
II Won are willing to try "; hayc a.,,,',.s nse
hoyses in nv stable; you shall marl,tss I.t'' y
thase tn a cart. in which snail put y
HaSL % Of containing one hundred eggs; all1
e % in possing through the country, ana III
mnatin@ ~ H. strict inquiry into the trGth or r
e,Ia"hnod fil%ni ofmv assertion, leavlnga morse
90 The house of every man VINO Is muster
"S "S his famiIy himself, and an egg o.llg
where the wife governs, you ao slouiU hnne n
v0nr eggs gone before your horses a'UpI ,,p,
Won will then think your own I ca9e % "u' o'o
Uncommon, but will be conten.eu ;G ;ro ~ ~
Snme and look upon your own wlie "s M
% ~ worse than her neighbors, II, on t''g
other hand, your horses are gone n'S', i
% wi, taLe nv daughter home again. anu
Won shall keep her fortune; ,.,roors 70
'h This nroposal was too advantageous 10
Ihis PloPo'" younq married man
thorei,re set out with great eagerness 70
Get rid, as he thought, OF hlS horS'' anu
bis wife. o 70 he heard
woman. with shrill and angry V1lce' ICr
al, to her husband to 60 to the uoor'
Tnre he left an egg, as you may DC SURF SURE.
L.;tho,,t Ih1" -" NV further inquiry; at the neX'
ha met with something of the same klnu,
VA Nv 'nt ~ overv house in short, until MS eggs
Snu n,nre ." olmost gone, when he at length ar.
.;0oJ Of the seat ola gentleman OF ianlly
and figure in the county; ne knooMtu ',"nstor OF :"
the door, and, inquiring for the lnt'9I th Of ot
the house, was told by the. servant ;s t'i" I'n
b;s master was not yet stirring put: II ,i,e he
nIeased % to walk in, his lady was III Ihe i
P PparIor The lady, with great complalsI,
P a"ce desired him to seat hlmsell, aI.o n
"oiJ ";f his business was very urSeIIs.he
0'ouid awake her husband to lec nun
%now % II Int had much rather not ais'uro
him y "Why. really, madam" salu ne
"my business is only to ask III, q"S',, oS vonr
which you can resolve as ,o,'9 wera ~o With
husband. if you will be lngehuonII "i,I AVA
me. Won will doubtless think IL ouu, ,,oi,a "io
i nav be deemed impoIite for ahyone'
mnch more a stranger, to ask such queS,
ton. hnt as a very considerable wager
Jen,nds [ unon it, and it may be some ,, aG,
uopu .,op,aEo t6 vourself to declare the tru!m
% v. ma 7 hone these considerations VIII
W "IonI nI' NV excuse. 1t is, madam to de-
sir. & tn he informed whether you govern ,pn
vSur husband, or he rules oNei , yG%h; yHth;.
aIndeed, sir" replied the lauyii .hinL i
onestion is somewhat ODD; Dut, 40 v.'imn hm,
no one ought to he ashamed OF uol!e .h,, lo,
dUtv % shall make no scrupIe to say, Una,
I have always been proud to obey my
husband in all things; but if woman
own word is to be suspected III suc'i "
0" oosn let him answer for me; for here he
comes" o,,ont enter.
nH bsns tns made rT9 @ Win the 6"snss5 %
confirmed every word his o6edlent ,,,n, w,lr
had reported in her own taVor; 1?oT
Which he was invited to choose wllltl' :,
horse in the team he liked DesV' anu "
accept of it as present. tbe
A black gelding struck the fancy OF i, tme
gentleman the most; but the lady sm deslr
ed he would choose the gray mare wi wIiico' hn,
she thought, would be very Mt .,,hstpe lPr ne.
Side.saddfe; her husband gave suDstan ,.i
tiaI reasons why the black horse wo.'i StiI
he most useful to them, but madam s,la VI.
Dersisted in her claim to the gray ma[e' I
kWhat," said she, "and you VIII not Iak' &,
her then? But say you shal'; ioI a+tn, ao'
sure the gray mare is much the 9ette' We,
horse" "Well, my dear, replied ,,l ,m'
husband, ''if it must be So" gu ni'.S' ,.'
take an egg" replied the gen leman Ca carr =,
er: sand / must take all my horses DatE d.! tI
again, and endeavor to live happy Will