The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-04-06

mother-in-law, but men are liable to
be mistaken. She thinks it was a
case Of maternal duty, and she is not
liable to be mistaken. 1t happened
in Nodoway county, Missouri, and it
proves that shopping is as dear to
the female heart there, as in the
great cities Of st. Louis or New York.
But it settled case of female pre-
rogative in that family, and that
was something,
Mr.. Bloss, Holloway merchant,
welcomed them as they rode up to
his door in a farm wagon, drawn by
the smallest pair of mules in Mis-
souri. They had a nice shoat to sell
and Mr.. Bloss bought it. Two hun
drcd and twenty pounds of meat at
five cents per pound, amounts to
eleven dollars and eleven dollars in
that region will buy great many
things comforting to the female heart.
"Me and Martha Jane want hair
combs, the first thing" said Mrs.
spanagol, the mother-in-law, to- the
merchant; "nico ones with holes in
the tops of 'em; and then show us
something purity and cheap, and fast
colors, too, fur Martha James new
dress. Lem me see, about fourteen
yards, l reckon"
"Hair-combs and fourteen yards
fur one gownd," said the young hus-
band, indignantly. "Then thar won't
be nothin' left fur me; and l want
powder and shot and two papers of
fnc-cut tobackcr and a heap of
things"
81 never knowcd a man yet that
didn't want to squander every cent
on torbackor and powder and shot,
when, goodness knows thar amt
scarce man Twin worth the powder
and shot to shoot him. Now, Reu-
ben Galloway, do you want your wife
to go without decent rag on her
back? Is that what you married my
Martha Jane fur, to let her go with
nothin' at all, you doin' all the trad
inn Speak up like a man now; if
you're agoin' to do this tradin' me
and Martha Jane is goin' home
His mouth watered for finc-cut to-
bacco, and he wanted powder and
shot to hunt squirrels, and he didn't
like to be bossed that way by his new
mother-in-law; but when she looked
him square in the eye, he saw she
meant business and he weakened,
but he managed to say he "never
knowed woman aforc to buy four
teen yards fur one gownd, never"
eyes, and you didn't know women
nowadays always generally war
,har-combs with holes in 'em to set
'em off; but what's the the use of talk
in, if you're agoin TO do this tradin',
why me and Martha Jane is agoin
home. Come, sis" and that mater
nal parent took her daughter by the
hand and led her out to the wagon
"Now, you hold 'em fast while l git
in, fur that of mule is mighty
skeery"
And she took her seat in the wag-
on, rcmarking to her son-in-law;
"You can stay yer, and buy powder
and shot and terbackor; but you amt
agoin' to make no gal of mine suffer
fur har-combs, and things she needs
NOT whilomy names lIannahSpan-
agel; no, sir!p
She took the reins, giving one of
the mules sharp cut with the whip
as she said "Git up, january He
felt from the first that he was going
to get the worst of it, When he saw
those small mules let themselves out
under the old lady's whip, he broke
into a keen run till he came up with
them,
"say, old woman, don't carry Mar
tina Jane of that way-don't? You
can do all the tradin' if you'll only
come back, She kin have hair.combs
and everything; and Illquit chawin'
fine-cut tcrbocker fur good if you'll
only bring Martha Jane back"
She checked the small team and
drew herself up rcsolutely:
a want to know eff me add Mar
tina Jane is goin' to do the tradin'
hereafter or not; that's what l want
to know"
He hadn't bargaincd for this last