The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-11-09
HOW A WIFE WAS RESTORED TO
HEALTH

+ All almost miraculous cure, says the
Chicago Tribune, is reported from
Sheldon street, the patient being the
wife of well-to-do citizen. She has
for years been ailing, and recently
took to her death bed and kept her
husband unhappy by lamenting that
she was going to die. Yesterday her
husband went out and got buxom
| young widow, who is her particular
adherence, to come in and look over
the house. The dying woman heard
him opening doors and explaining
things, and lay racked with indigna-
ton and curiosity. Presently the
buxom young widow departed and
the husband returned to the sick
room. No sooner had he entered than
she accosted him: 10 ct
'Peter Whitehead Hollingwortb,
what have you done p
Nothing, my love, nothing. Don't
excite yourself. Be calm. Only as
you were complaining that you could
not get up and look after things, and
that the house was going to wreck and
ruin. | thought I'd ask Mrs. Dasher
in TO let me know what could be done
to save you the trouble and relieve
your mind of anxiety
oh, you did?' she murmured with a
deep inspiration.
Yes, aud 1 showed her all over the
house,
tAnd the beds not made, and every
thing like pig-sty.' .....
Never mind, my love, I told her
she must excuse it, as you were sick
because you were good housekeeper.
And she said you must be-
oh, she did?'
Yes, aud she said that if she had
her way she'd have a new sit of par
lor furniture in. and less AunlsA- waH
paper, but that some people had no
taste anyway, and-by the way, Maria,
yeu and Mrs. Dasher are pretty much
the same size. amt you p Then he
fell into trance that lasted for some
minutes, then muttering, "Well, per-
haps they'll fit; if not, they can be
made OVER departed.
When that husband went home last
night he was surprised to see his dy-
ing wife up and dressed, and bossing
things with a metallic ring in her voice
and a glitter in her eye such as he
HADN'T Soo,, for voorc on a ,r,ba,, l,o -
nocently remarked, why, Maria, I
hardly expected to see you up again.
she said, Il know it, you bald headed
old reprobate; but I'll live to bury
you yet, and if that painted Jezebel
comes into this house again I'll tear
her into cotton waste and jute strings.
HONESTY Is THE BEST POLICY.
One day about three weeks ago a
strange customer came to a Gratriot
avenue grocer. He wanted some
goods, and he paid cash down. The
next day he made another purchase
and paid cash. and as the days went
by his face and his cash became famil-
lar. One day he returned with the
change given him and said:
Il believe l am an honest man. You
paid me twenty cents too much"
The grocer received it and was
pleased. Two days after that the
stranger returned from the curbstone
to say:
Another mistake on your part; you
overpaid me by forty cents
The grocer was pleased to have
found All honest man, and puzzled to
know how he should have counted so
far out of the way. Three days more
and the stranger picked up dollar
bill in the store and said:
This is not my dollar. I found it
on the floor, and you must take charge
of it, rEs,
The grocer's heart melted, and he
wondered if the world was not pro-
crossing backwards.to old-time homes
ty. A skip of one day, and then the
honest man brought down a Wheel
ordered eighteen dollars
worth of groceries, and would have
paid cash had he not forgotten his
wallet. He would hand it in at noon
as he went past, he said, and it was all
right with the grocer.
That was the last of the honest man;
morning fades to noon, and noon
lnelts away into darkness, but he
cometh not. There are no more mis-
takes in change-no more dollar bills
on the floor, and the grocer's eyes have
a way-off expression as if yearning to
see some one for about two minutes,
How TO DEAL WITH SCANDAL.-
What's the use of minding what "they