The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-10-11
Big Words and Good House.keepIng.

KAAsH
A little woman with a tear trembling
on the end Of her nose las been walk.
ing up and down the hall for ton min
utes, and as the last visitor departed
she entered the parlor where Biiah
superintends the operations Of Justice.
sank into the rocking chair and timid.
" asked:
''Mr. Joy, can trust your"
Madam, You cant" he promptly re-
piled. l don't like to hear q man
praise himself, but ] believe can go
to any grocery in Detroit and get
trusted for one dozen clothes pins with.
out having 10 leave any security what.
ever. now have in my possession
twenty-five cents which were handed
10 me by street car driver to buy him
some tinted noto paper, ind II I en-
bezzlo one cent OF L hope to be bald.
headed all my daysi Yes, madam, you
can trust me-"
III was married about three years
ago. began the woman, after consider
able hesitation.
Don't doubt Il in the least. madam
and l suppose il was a case OF loYe?"
IT seemed no. Ny husband seemed
70 think everything Of me, and / know
almost worshipped him. We we're
very. very happy until 4 year ago.
Yea, / suppose so, madam. AsAIil.
ton says:
.He called mo his hIrdie-his angel
| thought him the dearest on earth;
And well dance all night 'till broad DAYLIGHT
And--And-aBd 80 forth.r
"a few months ago, she softly CON.
tinued. "he began finding fault with
me because did not use more hic
words IN talking, aud he said that nv
grammar was perfectly awful. Not 4
day passes that he does not upbraid
me. and sometimes / even wish L were
deadF' "S.'
Madam, does he find any fault with
your cooking?"
NO, not any"
"And in making the bod Won don,t
get the foot the highest?"
"Oh, no."
And he never Ands the buttons off |
his shirts-never comes home to naaIs
md tnds the stove cold, and yon COS. |
sippiug over the gate?"
He mover has 70 wait one minute for
my Of his meals, sir"
Your husband had no fauIt 10 find /
or year or two-didn't seem to notice
1our lack Of. big words while the honey.
noon lasted?"
no"
Very we'll, madam, your husbands
'oat is too big 10 at him in the back
mt think We can put another ON him
vow o,. then, will you do as l tell you
''oh, sir. couldn't poison him
'ouldnt do such q thinggP she ex.
claimed. $50 %
"Pizen. madam? Do I reaembIa a
lend2 Do seem like murderer9 7
lon't want you to kill him, but / want
0 help you win back his love and oat
lis nose down where il used to ba
What time do you have supper?'
At six, SIR"
Well, you go home from here and
upset two or three chairs in the sitting
Dom, toss the broom ont door scsttas
ne contents OF the work-basket around
ne |, mouse, and make things look as il
mere mad been tramp meeting held
mere put IN Just half enough tea.
'urn your biscuit, and for sauce cut
y the hardest peaches you can find ia
ne market. As he comes home have
n an old dress ard your hair down.
nd the minute he enters the houee
'ou must remark that the loyelinees !
I the evening seems to percolate the
ntire catastrophe Of tho hyeenic in
uence. Big words, you see-Orann.
lar TILL his hair stands upl II he finda
luit with the supper, tell him that the
ncumbrance appears to elucidate the {
and IL that doesn't fetch him
on can continue TO affiliate with the
abnlistic enigma. Give him big words
nd bad biscuit-XXX grammar and
oppy tea-and I'll bet Ave hundred !
az .Puddings agin a penny whistle
iat he'll get mp from that table with I
Is nose as low down as the mereurv !,
January.-Detroit Free Press.