The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-30
lie Wouldn't Swap After All.

There is an old ballad of the farmer
who boosted that he did rs much work
in Il day rs his wife could do in seven.
She answered his challenge by propoS-
ing he should stay 1T home and she
would 90 into the field. After giving
him careful directions lor his work next
morning. she lett the house and did not
come until night. She found the old
man with his head tied up where the
cow had kicked him blind; the milk all
soaking in the ground; the hens strayed
away and all their eggs laid where the
old man could not find them; tie calf
missing and everything gone wrong.
everything topsy-turvev- The old
farmer took it all back and agreed tina;
it was hiS wife who could do more
work in = day than he could do i'll
seven
A New York young fellow, hauled up
last week before 4 magistrate for lazi-
had very much the same notion of
woman's work as the Old farmer in the
ballad. In answer to the Judges queS-
rions he grumbled that he was sick and
tired of standing behind \ counter all
day. and therefore took Il mu :h-needcd
rest. but the baby and | starYe in the
meantime demonstrated the wife. He
said he loved ner too well for that, but
she couldn't expect a fellow to Kill him
self. could she? she naturally thought
there was very little danger of that.
Then I sudden thought struck him.
I'll tell YOU what I'll 10. Neilie.' said
he. ''iou take my place in the store
and | will attend to the household
de.l of amusemeut at the idea, but he
repeated his offer. You must have =
nice tine said he. ''your work is
aw.u,ly easv.' The wife answered she
would be only too glad OF tie change.
and agreed to swap occupations.
..>Ow.' said she, You must ret p in
the morning and mike the fire. prepare
the breakfast. mind the baby" The
husband stopped he r;g.t there. AMI
gave her T. understand tiat She would
have to take the baby to the store with
her. ''NOt Il bit of it, vas her
answer. "fou are taking care oi the
no .Sehold and that's a part of H. He
protested that Is she knew, the baby
crying MAZE him almost crazy, bat she
insisted that ii he took her place he
must iOOk to her duties. She toll the
magistrate she was willing to take her
huS,an,t's place in the store, II that
Official WAS about TO arrange the affair
on that basis. just her. her husband
was Very skeptical about her being able
tn stand it thought she had better at
ted 70 the house ,old ard he would 20
lack to- the store. The Justice re-
marked that 1.-The baby settled n m,'
which was 4 much wiser observation
than some of the more elaborate and
longer decisions which come from the
bench.
AS Il matter of fact a man IS not
weli-ii,tel to endure the petty annoy
anccS and has no patien e wi:h the
petty cares which make up = large
part of womeu's domestic o II
women have no business ract or capa,
city, men, Oh the ot!irr nan !. hare lit
tie OF the iniin t. pain>t.AiDg in the
duh routine of house Serv CO that
women attend to every day in their
Ii! Is. The affair seems to ha c been
pretty well arranged by Providence.
The backs and the burdens of the sexes
seem muyualiy and respectively nd
justei to one another. and SD the world
wobbles on after its fashion of the last
thousand Years. and is lot
likely. in this respect at least. to 1y
the track Tor a gool many years tc
come. -Detroit Free Press.