Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-09-12
For The Beacon.)
Hasszias csLl' : ii'Iss's ices d Tlnnlrs, E..ss
BY EDlrH sonEoN.

Busy wus / gifiin dinner FOR the
hands an you may be ebure my hands
wus full, since as how il was .hrsshine
time. Well Jest in the middle Of my
Operations, in walked Zacliariar Snob's
vile, her he'd so high as ter make her
honnit look as ifit was faliin OF.
Far mimi; she looks st me an
Icoksback at her. Then sez she, "Hes-
ikiar Cobbs wife, lsy down them things
an make EN- gin yer rites" My
rites !" sez !. ayes, yer rites. We
wimmin folks has been trodden under
the heales OF the Duggernaut long annf.
Biz up an jine the ban. The day has
KUN when the childron is 10 20 out Of Ca
s1an, a leeder has KUN, an we IS ter glf
cur rites" Look a here, Zschariar
Sncb's wife" SEE 4, ''what does you
mean2 I've got much eddicaiion as
YOU has, but. don'tkno what YER mean
by rites and Daggernauts. They amt
nobody got bis heales on me as kneSs
Of Ifthey has, they il oncom mon lite,
canse don't feel EN-"
Yer Jest orter seen ber--such a com
preston did KUN over her face She
couldn't aiook.d more scorniuller If
had ter cnsed her uf rcsimilatia with
them yailar folks as bas lately kun
acyoss the ocean. | cant think uf the
name. Wait--lem see. All, it's place
called Stoney. No, that amt IT, Oh,
yes, know now, that cup Hesikiar
drinks out is the sarre name. / rekol-
lect now. Them folks KUN from Cha
ney. Yer see know d II was sumthin'
bout crockry.
"Well," sezI, "why don't yer speak,
''H-e-s-i-k-i-a-r C-o-b-bs wife" seq
she, I'm ershamed uf yer. Eddica-
ton indeed Leastwise yer don't no
what rites is nor Duggernaut. Well,
Use sorry for yer, an I'll tell yer sides
yer wasn't ter the revocation las night.
Ah. ii yer wus, yer wouldn't be such a
nonothing. Yer see, me an a lot uf
other ladies went down ter here the
lady as is tellin' ot her sistem how we
has been misinstructioned an deposed
on by our husbands
"U-m-P-h, +" sez l. "nisinstruchoned
an deposed on by our husbands, how
did she know that I'd like Ter know.
Zachariar Snob's wife, thot yer was
a woman with sense in yer he'd. Suit
yer all better Ter be nj home atalkin' ter
yer ole man or mindin' the childron."
"Talkin' ter our ole man, very like
IL / Ireckon as how they'd abeen mi-
tey glad ter ahad as akum an iine lit
ical congUsions on the state ofthe craps
II reckon as they alius say sGmthin'
'boutthe country. No, indeed, wife aint
got no rite ter her husbands company.
she don't know nothin'. All she is good
for is to cook, wash, iron an be his
slave. Amander Crackbones has took
away the curtain as has hung over our
eyes, an we see we have been doring
calls, our idles in clay, We muss jerk
'em. of the alter--tdSn some kind a
clast an smash 'em up, less they take
Us up OF the thso1esw4h EN-. Yes,
VIC is his eqgpss; 8 got much rite a.
he hss ..2ef Erxskx 0eFselves. Ii be IS
man besat aint no fe2son We We got ter
be IKE dnnib oxen. No. Hesikiar
Cobbss wife, duty is afoFe US. II we
wants ter, we kin have our name sorin'
down the currisone of fame an set in
Ia the MICH where Miss Litterture used
10 Eot. Yes, we ken set in the Corte
House an make Jeslice see by pullin'
OH them rags as is tied round her ewes.
Think uf That. sister, an tell me aint
yer reddy ter join the ban as is march
ia on fer glorie. saw"
aNo,s SEE / II don't want any sieh
rites. has got all the rites as | want
Use got helth, strengsh, nut TO wear,
drink an eat, a comfortable house ter
live 10, an' better than all, has a good
husband as loves me, an Use glad ter
make happy, an then besides. | has
good ehiiGron as is the iFnerage OF their
Par. Them E all The rites want. an
no true woman don't want no other
rites 'ceptin ter make lother folks hap
by an tend her 5ooty A.mau viii be
a man, an lf he wants ter talk bout
sliticai things. LET him. Don't we wim-
min folks like ter git together sunItamess
Rites--ugE-jest let nay ole man be
kind an sentiye 10 me, lei him show he
is glad ter have me an proud Of my
love, and let nv children lore an obey
as an / don't want no moro rites, with
out il is Ter help 4 neighbor on the way
to happiness. Won't yer stay ter dia-
ner there my ole Eian romin. No.
Well, take my advice. Be true, kind
an INDUSTRIOUS let that CFacxbenes wo-
man aloae--ef yer don't. she'll be the
5ssak-bone Of yer hsppiaess."