The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-30

wait six months or year, aud I'd try
and 10 with her, but she said she'd rath-
Or 20 alone-wben q woman was trav-
cling, . man was au out-and. .out-Lum-
bag.
So gave her seventy-fve cents, and
- Ser to go off and have good
sins. I never begrudge money where
ny wife's happiness is concerned. My
first wife never could complain of not
going anywhere, for Pm dreadful fierce
10 60 of on q good time myself, and
always was. I don't pretend to tell
how many times I took heT out to see
shs engine squirt, and there was no end
60 the free lectures let her 60 to. The
naighbors used to say
&c does beat all how the SINNERS
do go"
When Signcr Blitz was in Skunk
vile, with his wonderful canaries, he
gave my wife q complimentary ticket.
I not only sold that ticket for my wife,
bat I gave her half the money. I don't
beast OF It, though; only mention it
. show how much thought OF my
wiEs's happiness,
don't think any man ought to get
married until he can consider his W lies
happiness only second to his own.
John Wise, q ueighbor et mine, di!
shusly, and when got married / con-
cluded TO do like Wise.
But the plan didn't work in the case
Of my second wife. No, should say
not. l broached the subject kiRdly +:
Matilda / saic, Il suppose you
are aware that am now your lord aud
master
Not much you amt
'Mrs. Skinner I replied, 'you are
searfully demorali1ed You need re-
organizing At .epce. You are cranky
And j brandished my new sixty-two-
cant umbrella wildly around her. She
aeok the umbrella away from me and
locked me up in the clothes press.
am quick to draw an inference and
she inference drew was that | was
not success as reorganizer of female
women.
After this / changed my tactics.
let her have her own way, and the
plan worked to charm from the very
Eirst. It's the best way of managing {
wife that I know of. Or course this is
between you aud me.
So when my wife said she wa
bound to 90 of on a bridal toar. !
eordiaily consented.
60, Matilda said I, and rtay a
long as you want 60. then, it you fee
e though you would like to stay
lis9le longer. stay, my dear, stay
She told me TO stop talking and g
uEsaairsand get her red flannel night
cap, and that bag of pennyroyal TO
her STUNT Abigail.
My wife rs very smart woman
She was . Baxter, and the Baxter
are very smart family indeed. lie
rnosbeF, who is going on eighty ca
Try more sIaplacks now than bali thos
pgimped-up city girls who rattle on tn
psano or else walk the streets wit
their furbelows and 6xings, pretendin
e get mad if youth looks at FER
psssty hsrd,-bnt getting mad in earnei
Ryou don't notice them at all.
Al +! girls aiu't what they used t
hsswheu was young, and the fellow
ere worse still. When I went court
ing for instance, I never thought p
staying after ten o'clock, and onl
vent twice week. Now they g
ssyen nights in the week, and cry be
canss there Amt eight. Then the
write touching notes to each othe
during the day:
'Dear George. do you love me .
snch now As you did At a quarter pal
swslve last night2 Say yon do dea
sss, and IL will give me courage to G
down 20 dinner and tackle them col
beans left over fro1 yesterday
Well, well. I suppose they enjO
ssslyes, and Il amt for as old folk
wEsse hearts are 8 little caIIonsed i
long wear, 70 intcriere. Let them g
ana conEt il they like it-au
Iihfnk they do. / was fOrty-seve
vixen couTted my present wife, but
ss inst 90 nice to SIC on Q li:t
egiehs 10 her fees And let her smcot
~ haif - ii aid thirty years ago.
AeI mia before, my wife 10 vel