Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-29
Whole Number II 8

rcvenge> herself 10y noisy quarrel wTI,
the servant before his door as he takes his
uUonday nap. He is frequently tempt
Ell to strange the dragon, pitch her out Of
the window. or poison her. but the angelic
patience and sweet disposition Of his wife
head him in check. He wonders how this
angel can be the offspring Of such devil.
lie observed her spectacleS fall one day and
Placed his foot upon them until they were
gfJund almost into dust. The following
day he found all his cigars had been thor
oughly oiled.
accidentally he discovered that his
m9ther-ln-law had perfect horror of mice.
he jumps Ior JOY. In the evening he
brings nome box literally swarming with
white mice. lie conquered his own dis
gust for the creatures fol the pleasure Of
.olmenting his mOther-in-law. He takes
one of them out of the box for the purpOse
OF showing the cunning pet to Charlotte
By chance it escapes his hold and rushes
Tor the sofa where the old lady is sitting.
With Sild cry she rushes out of The
rrom. He catches the little mouse and
kisses it in his fond delight. He would
have Rugged a rat that had driven this
woman away. He resolves TO follow up
his success, and becomes a regular mouse
hunter.
The following noon the august dame sails
calmly into the room with cat on her arm.
However Simson is not discouraged. He
thinks cat can dispose of ten mice a dav
| will fetch home twenty; if she devours
twenty can get forty. He is resolved to
sacrifice his fortune, if need be on mice,
and at last succeeds in clearing his room
of the old lady; and SimsOn permits the
detested little beasts to overrun his whole
house. The mother-in-law procures an
other cat, and scatters poison about, but
ne daily brings home new case of mice,
and after while fetches two rats. 1t was
war to the death with him, if he was forced
to scour the sewers Of Paris and London to
obtain the wherewith to conduct it.
The old lady does not venture out of her
room any more, but issues her orders from
there to Charlotte and the servant
His wife complains that the noxious ami
mails are destroying kitchen and larder,
even penetrating the clothes press to build
their nests.
Never mind, let them devour and de-
stroy everything, l will buy morep He
thought it was time enough to begin to ex-
terminate rats and mice when the larger
annoyance was extirpated. Il shall not
give up until they have devoured US all -
Your mamma has destroyed weeks and
months of my happiness, and that cannot
be replaced.
One day Charlotte Informed him that
mamma had found another residence and
resolved to leave thean. He clasped her in !
his arms and danced around the rOom like |
one mad, at this information. Sure enough |
the very next day the dame departed, bag ]
and baggage. SimsOn stralghtWay buys
his wife the finest outfit in town, donates !
hfteen dollars to the poor, and absolutely |
goes to church the following Sunday and /
pourS out his gratitude for this deliveranee. |
Months passed before his mother-in-law /
honOred his house with a visit, and then |
only because Charlotte was obliged to keen |
close and guard little son Of tender age.
Simson received her with ceremOni0us /
pOmp. Since then uIaSte-S seem quite tol- |
cradle between them. The Captains wid- !
Ow never remains after eight O'Clock in the
evening, and rarely sits at the table with /
him. And Simson is happy.