Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-02-26
A HOMEOPATHIC CURE.
How Mrs. William .Matphin Cured Her
Husband Of Dangerous Vagary.

Mr.. William Matphin. of the Fifth
Ward, is q man who has been pos !
sessed of all the minor vices that |
poor humanity is heir to. He cannot
be considered as an absolutely bad /
man, but he has skirmished, as II ,
were, on the borders of all the yarle-
ties of smal. sins with great success.
He is possessed of a delightful wife i,
and one delightful son of seventeen
and should be happy in bis home'
but somehow he isn't. Mr.. Matphn
is, and always has been, uneasy when
at home, and spends as little OF his
time there as possible. He affirms
that he would not be without wife,
a family, and house to put them ill.,
on any consideration, for it is de-
light to him to have q comfortable
home to go to-when every other
place is shut up-hut he manages on
one pretense or another to spend the
major part of his tinle somewhere
else. He hurries down to his busi-
ness Immediately after breakfast, it
is too hot or too cold, or too wet or
too dusty for him to get home to his
lunch at noon, and the number OF
Lodges and other bodies that he be-
longs to, which take all his time
nights, is appalling. The time he
spends in the more immediate bosom
of his family is comprised. as a rule,
between the hours of IL midnight and
Sa m.
The awful fact is Mr.. Matphin does
not belong to any Lodge, nor has ne
any business which requires his pres
ence after the close. of business. He
might, did he so elect, stay at home
every evening in the week.
How does he spend his tine! Alas,
in a city like Toledo there are rooms
where the fascinating but oft expen-
sive game of poker is played; there
ere variety theaters where goddess men
assemble to taste OF doubtful pleas
ures; there are beer saloons where
pool is played, and back rooms where
rounce and buudoze and other wicket
games are affected. These places are
the Lodges at which MIR. Matphin is
supposed to be in attendance.
Did Mrs. Matphin believe these
stories? Indeed she did not. Mrs.
Matphin is woman of great discrim
nation, and when her liege lor.
would return at II at night, with {
breath like the crater of Mount Vesu
vius, and all odor of tobacco tha
would drive yellow dog out of
lanyard, and mutter something
about a especial meeting of the Lodge
she knew better. She knew man,
Masons and Odd Fellows and Knight
of Pithiss and Legions Of all sorts
and she knew them to be respcctabI
citizens, WHO do not 60 about breath
ing blast furnaces, and consequent
she knew that Mr.. Mstphin was te
ling her systematic lies. Oh, ye wan
dering husbands, don't fatter youl
selves that your patient wives are dt
ceived by your shallow lies! The
may endure uncomplainingly, bu
they know all about it. Sin, like
sore finger, cannot be concealed.
is always visible. Mems noses d
not grow red IN Masonic lodges, nj
are tobacco saturated clothes tlfel
obtained.
Last Monday evening, Mr.. Ma
phin hurried on his oyeacoat and r
marked to Mrs. NJ. that there was
be Council Meeting that evening
at which measure was coming up
which he bad an interest. namely {
ordinance permitting speeding hors
on Jefferson street, and he felt it b
duty to help kill it.
"What interest have You in tha
William!" she asked. I'VE don
live within miles of Jefferson street
..No, but women don't understal
these things. If the jockeys are pc
mitted to race on Jefferson stree
they will monopolize all the street
and the outrage must be nipped
the bud. To kill an evil you mt
tackle it while it is yet young"
And with this sentiment he b,
ried out of the house before furth
conversation could be had.
81 wish.s murmured Mrs. M
phin, ''ihat I had acted upon Il
principle. ! Isnould have nipped yo
lying to me in the bud many ye'
ago."
Then she picked up the. Blade a
turned to the amusement a,lverti
ments, and noticed that compa
composed exclusively of ''ladit
we've to appear in "An Aiaml,
Eden" at the Opera-house that ey'
ing.
Mrs. Matphin is a woman OF gr
resolution. The quickly donned
hat and wraps, and hailing a str
car, was on her way down town
mediately behind her husband. {
HE'D her to the hotel where the &C
pany of ..ladies" were domiciled, /,
disappeared for few minutes, {
then emerging Al about eight. too
position on the opposite side of
street from the entrance to the r.
pie OF Thespis.
She did not wait long, for her .
pose was soon accomplished