The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-21
HHggin's Wife.
BY MAX o'RILEY.

BY MAX o'RILEY
Mr.. higgins shall I give you my ideas Of
mode husband? You don't care? No, you
don't care for anything, you have become
one of the most -penurious-good-
for-nothing men 1 ever knew in my life. Its
a wonder to me your heart don't cease beating
because it has to send out blood. You don't
want to be penurious? No, you don't want 10
be anything, and you're succeeding admire
bly,. If would do IS some women, give you an
oecasionals tirring up, you might be OF some
account, but am always so kind, so indul-
gent, so good-natured, and treat you with
such womanly affection, that ysu are not
the man you were when | married you. Oh,
that / could whisper this experience of mine
in the ear of every young wife. How many
broken hearts l might save, and how many
husbands might live to bless me for it.
You'd write to them? Yes, much time you'd
have for writing, il you were a wife with
such a worthless husband as [ have to slave
foES / need'n get out of humor? I'm not
out of humor, nor Pm not scolding. l sim
ply sat down for few minutes rest and tell
you my ideas OF 4 model husband. Proceed?
Yes, l will proceed In the first place, its
necessary for the husband TO be a man,
which you are not, or you wouldn't sit
there like a goose and let that baby cry.
DO you think l can talk with such noise?
How can you stop ii? Why carry it about
the room. You're tired Y es, you're always
tired, you were born tired, wesn't you?
You don't recollect no, you don't want to
rccoilect. But as l was saying, every hus-
band should be man, and being man he
should have heart to love, honor, and pro-
tect the woman with whom he has exchang
ed VOWS. The poor fragile, trembling, trust
iylCy INCH I 40 bn
shield OF love thrown about her. You do
love me? No you don't. You haven't a soul
capable OF any love, except for other women.
GU don't love other women? es you do.
Didn't l see you smile at that old maid,
Clara Calcium, last Sunday when you help
ed her on her horse, and didn't she smile
back to you? And didn't you hang on to
that bride rein a little longer than was
necessary for horse rs gentle as that to be?
You were only acting with courtesy Well
maybe 1t was, but that wasn't what l call
ed 1t when l was gal. But as l was going
to say. The husband should throw around
his wife the strong shield of love; know how
to be useful in the kitchen as we'll as in the
COW yard. Sing to baby as we'll as cuss the
horses, and If there Is q button of, and his
wife Is busy, sew it on without dropping the
under jaw. That's my idea OF model hus
band. VIII l take the baby? No, I wont.
change and my hair to put in papers; pve
no time TO tend babies. Besides, what have
l got you for? Should l ever have the
unpleasant experience of marrying, lll
Know how to train the second husband
TRY DR.. c. P. Duncan's celebrated
Vegetable Liver Pills-a sure cure for
headache, swimming in the head, bad taste
in the mouth, pains in the back, ssde, chest,
and limbs. Nothing better for constipated
bowels, sour stomach. One box will go
further than two boxes of any other pill
VIII act ON the liver as we'll as blue mass or
calomel. (Warranted) Try them. For
sale by II. NJ. HanSuer, druggist.
FALCON, McNAIRY Co., Feb, 9th, 1873.
MEssRs. EDITORS Seeing in your val
liable paper correspondents solicited and
seeing no communications from this part of
the country, thought perhaps you would
like to hear from this little village. Although
| see a great many letters, yet l have no
recollection of having seen one from lady,
but hope however you Will not think mo
presumptuous in writing. The health OF
the neighbOrhood is better than has been
heretofore. Falcon is situated on the Mo
bile and Ohio railroad, forty miles south Of
jackson, and seventeen miles north of Cor
rinth; though small, yet Is improving. Only
four years ago there was no sign of d build
ing in the old field where the little village
now stands, there are three dry goods
houses, one drug store, one family grocery
and a hotel And this is all carried on by ac-
tive, energetic gentlemen. Mr.. J. NJ. Mel
son Is doing very extensive business in the
mercantile line. Messrs Adams & Debbs,
their clerks, are polite and accommodating,
and greatly aid them in the sale of goods.
Mr.. Horn is also doing a good business in
that line on a cash system, his kind and
obliging clerk Mr.. J ohn Taylor has no su-
pcrior as salesman.
Little attention is paid to schools, howev-
er. 1t should be taken more into notice by the
citizens, as there are great many children
growing up without an education. DR. Adj
kins, formerly of this place, has re-
turned and claimed the hand Of one Of Fal-
cons fariest maidens Miss Julia Young
We congratulate him ON his success. May
they live long and happy and their future
pathway be strewn with the purest and sweet
est flowers. There has been 4 deep gloom
thrown over this place and vicinity by the
sad intelligence of the death of Mr.. r. D.
Stone, one OF Falcons most worthy citizens,
who died at PUcahontas the Sth inst, with
pneumonia, wlsere he had been called
twelve days previous to a dying brothers
bedside. Immediately on his arrival, was
taken violently i'll. He leaves wife one
child, aud large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn their irreparable loss. We
extend them our heartfelt sympthy, esPeci-
ally the heart-broken widow, and little
Robert scarcely three summers old, who will
never know the tender and loving care of
a fond father a word in regard TO your
worthy journal, and will close. 1t is a well
come guest at our house, hence we look for
ward to Saturday, as the evening mail
brizgs the Bulletin, and theu we gather
around the fireside eager tose what's afoat
in dear old Hardeman. We had cGntempla-
ted sending you some subscribers ftom this
place, but owing to indieposition and, the
inclemency of the weather, have not made
an effort. Respectfully, n. {. Z.
Stop That Pain.