The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-27
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COMFY A JORE."
4 Eit OF Good Advice tor Young
Husbands.

! hlI oil NOOu AuVlce Tor Dung
Husbands.
}I,. Annie A. Preston, In the trgutIOHaIist.l
"a difference Of taStcI In jokes Is great strain
1901 The Affections ELIOT,
"l was always fond Of good joke"
-ai Uncle Moses Fuller to the friends
who had assembled to commemorate the
GOLDEN wedding OF his good wife, Aunt
Patty, aud himself. "Gut jokes have
their proper times ind places, and that
teminds me Of little story that / will
icnte to you, young people, while mother
u IN the other room tcsriug down the
I'D china.
Some Of you are married now, and
'OIne OF you are likely to he at no distant
!av-it there ia any truth in signs or in
Aearssy-and none OF you will object TO
receiving mild lesson from an old man.
III was always fond OF u 'joke,' as
vas saying, but / never 'oked' my wife
bat once. That was alter we had been
married about week, and had got nicely
to housekeeping. Tie old minister who
had married us and who had known us
10th all our lives, and his wife, came to
make US call, and Patty urged them 10
,;ay to tea. They accepted the invita-.
non no cordially given with evident
pleasure.
AS they were out tiEsL VisItora, Patty
wanted to put her beat foot forward, Of
course; so she made hot biscuit for sup.
per. | remember as fit we're only yea.
Ierday, how pretty she looked in her
blue homemade gown, and clean, freshly
-tarched check apron, as she was stepping
around In her shy, quiet, womanly way,
making the biscuit, looking at and turn.
ing them in the tin baker before the open
fireplace, setting the table and pleasant.
" talking with her guests at the same
line; for We had no parlor then.
II ieit quite proud OF her, assure you
Shen we drew our chairs around the
neatly spread and bountiiully loaded ia
Die, and Just at that moment thought
more, Tear, Of Parson and Mrs. Ban
crott's opinion Of Pntty's cooking and
housekeeping than | did OF the grace he
sas saying. Both OF our guests praised
the Light, short, properly Drowned biscuit,
and Patty's girlish face flushed with gen.
zine pleasure as she shyly glanced up at
ny face for her husbands approval.
But l did not speak, and presently she
.sked timidly Il hope you like them,
Moses, for they are the first biscuits
Lave made since-since-' Since YOU be-
clme Mrs. Fuller said the parsons wife,
.onsiderately helping out her speech.
"Oh, yes, l replied tlippantIy, think
,ug II would not do 10 praise my wife
yeiore company, and not relishing the
possibility Of losing an opportunity to
get of one Of my Jokes, 4 like them, to
he sure but should hate to have any
5oly throw one Of them at my head, for
the consequences might be serious. Pat
Us Countenance changed a. il she had
received blow; and wiie.like she tried
10 throw of her ill.concealed mortifica.
lion at my thoughtless speech. Although
could find no fault with the way she
performed her duties as hostess, noticed
'he ate very little OF the supper.
"llr. and Mrs. Bancroft started Tor
lheiF home Just before dark, and as was
lacking them up in their comfortable old
cdaise thought what happy, contented
i'd couple they were. When handed
the parson the reins, after everything
VA ready, and they had hidden Patty
gOod.nig6t,' and she had gone back
throngh the gate into the yard, he leaned
DOWN toward me, and, putting his trem.
Ling hand on my shoulder, said: My
'on, bear in mind that pure, FURNISHED
9od even, may be scratched and defaCed
by rough usage
IF felt like brute all the time WAS
getting the cows and milking and doing
the chores. When ! carried into the
hltchen the trimming pals Of milk, Pat.
" was washing and polishing and putting
t"ay Ihat very china she is now taking
Town, and | could see in the gathering
Twilight that she had been crying. ]
Kissed her impulHvely with my heart in
my throat, and catching the empty water
pail started Tor the we'll didn't make
sOypromise to anybody but myself.
The moon WAS shining high in the
heavens, and as ran down the bucket, !
saw 1t reflected in the clear water at the
bottom OF the round, deep well. I felt as
i it might he Patty's love going down,
down, far beyond my reach, slipping
away from Inc forever. AZ drew up
The Drumming, messy bucket, the bril-.
liant harvest moon was reflected upon
hat, too, il broken flashes Of light,
Inning up Curiously from the dark
depths Of the we'll. hurriedly drew up
III, smooth pole, feeling that was re.
canning what had come near losing.
II set the overlooking bucket down
HPon the soft, green grass, and let il be
until the perturbed water became still
md smooth like mirror. Then looking
mo II l saw the moon peaceful and calm
once more emptied the bucket into
hy pail, and as did so said aloud ~
WI never Joke Patty again. She ia gen.
lie and sweet and sensitive; far too good
Tor trough fellow like me. will
"leye her tender, loving heart by my
peculiar Kind Of Joking again"
Ana have kept my word. We were
married nifty years ago to-day, and, al
though have had my jokes With other
PeoPIe-loSes that they saw arc rather
'ntung, though Uncle Moses don, mean
anything'-l have never ioEcd INV wife
She has provsd 10 be unalloved CoId
Ind, thSnks to the good old parsons ad.
wee, 1t has not been deIaced or had ia
Ia'tre dimmed by rough usage. / have
0evcr happened to zee the moon reflected
u the old we'll without the memory ri
hose supremacy unhappy moments com.
'ag back to me. Life Is short at the beat
'eunE people, and you can not lie loo
@retul about wounding the senaibilities
YOU"