Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-08-10

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1 There are nine engines on board the
craft. All these are under not less
than seven feet of water and can not
be reached by shot or shell. The De
stroyer is ninety feet long and has
cost Mr.. Ericsson about 81, 100 pei
! foot, or upward of 100000 He says
that ten such vessels could destroy
the finest navy extant, and amply
protect the harbor of New York from
/ the heaviest force known to modern
warfare.
How Wife Cured Her Husband.
After having been married some
weeks it came into the head of q
young husband, one Sunday, when
he had but little to occupy his mind,
! to suggest to his wife that they should
plainly and honestly state the faults
that each had discovered in the other
since they had been man and wife.
After some hesitation the wife agreed
! to the proposition, but stipulated that
the rehearsal should be made in all
/ sincerity and with an honest view to
the bettering of each other, as other
wise it would be of no use to speak OF
the faults to which marriage had
opened their eyes. The husband was
of the same mind, and his wife asked
him to begin. He was somewhat re
luctant, but his wife insisted that he
! was first to propose the matter, and as
he was the head of the house it was
his place to take the lead Thus urg-
ed, he began the recitation:
My dear, one of the first faults
that | observed in YOU after we began
| keeping house was that you good
deal neglected the tinware. My moth
er always took a great pride in her
tinware and kept it as bright as a dol
lar. =
Il am glad you have mentioned it,
DEAR said the wife, blushing little
thereafter you shall see no spot on
cup or pan. Pray, proceed.
Il have also observed, said the
husband, that you use your dishrags
long time without washing them
and finally throw them away. Now,
when at home, [ remember that my
mother always used to wash out her
dishrags when she was done using
them, and hung them up where they
could dry, ready for the next time
when she would need them"
Blushing as before, the young wife
promised to mend this fault
The husband continued with a
most formidable list of similar faults,
many more than we have space to
enumerate, when he declared he could
think of nothing more worthy of
mention.
''Now, my dear, > SAID he, "you be-
gin and tell me all the faults you
have discovered in me since we have
been married.
The wife sat in silence Her face
flushed to the temples and a great
lump came in her throat, which she
seemed to be striving hard to swallow
Proceed, my dear; tell me all the
faults you have discovered III me
spare none
Arising suddenly from her seat, the
little wife burst into tears, and throw
ing both arms around her husbands S
neck, cried:
NJ Y dear husband. you have not a
sfault in the world If you have one,
my eyes have been so blinded by my
love for you that so long as we have
been married [ never once observed
it. In my eyes you are perfect, and
all that YOU do seems to be done in
the best manner and just what should
be done.
But, my dear, said the husband,
his face reddening and his voice grow
ing husky with emotion. lust think,
7 l,.,o cro,,o ,nl fo,,,,J Ill ,o,o,,,o, - 6
fault with you Now, do tell me some
of my faults; know [ have many
ten times as many as you ever had or
or will have Let me hear them"
Indeed, husband, it is as I tell you
you have not a single fault that | can
see. Whatever you do seems right in
my eyes; and now that l know what
a good-for-nothing little wretch l am,
/ shall at once begin the work of re
form and try to make myself worthy
of you.
Nonsense, my dear; you know that
sometimes | go away and leave you
without any wood cut; | stay down
town when ought to be at home; |
spend money for drink and cigars
when / ought to bring it home to you
T."
mo, you don't cried his wife,
you do nothing of the kind | like
to see you enjoy yourself. | should
be unhappy were you to do otherwise
than just exactly as you do.
God bless you, little wife, cried
the now subjugated husband; from
this moment you have not fault in
the world Indeed you never had a
fault: | was joking; don't remember
a word | said
And he kissed away the tears that
eyes.
Never again did the husband scru-
tinize the tinware nor examine the
dishrag-never so much as mentioned
one of the faults he had enumerated !:
but sood after the neighbor women
were wont to say.
1T is wonderful how neat Mrs. -
keeps everything about her house.
Her tinware is as bright as a new dol
lar. and l do believe she not only
washes but irons her dishrags
And the neighbor men were heard
to say: What steady fellow
has got to be of late; he don't spend a
dime where he used to spend dollars.
and can never be kept from home half
an hour when he IS not at work. He
seems to worship that wife of his.
The inhabitants of Middleport. n.
Y. were witnesses of curious pheno-
mena about 80 one morning. recent
IL. The clouds entirely covered the
horizon, were dark aud moving raid
Iy to the northeast, when suddenly a
rushing sound was heard, and dark
ness as of coming night spread over
the landscape, and numerous clouds
We're seen coming up directly from
the north and passing south with great
commotion, at speed Of apparently
forty miles an hour This stratum
was lower than thnsa r,assinn To the