Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-12-18

UGLY Mr.. BoWSER.
His Patient Wife Tells How lie Treats thu
Baby and Herself


hold up as solemn warning TO sucl
young women es may be thinking o
marriage.
For one thing, Bowser doesn't trea
the baby right. For the first few week,
he made a great fuss over it. and one
little squcal at midnight would bounc,
him out of bed, ready to go for a doc
tor, without taking time 10 pull hii
boots on. Alas! what a change! The
other night poor baby had the collie OF
some otherailment, and it cried steadily
from eleven to twelve without Bowsei
moving an cyelId. Then | reused him
up to build fire and make n pepper
mint sling, and even before he got out
of bed he said ''thunder!' and called
The baby .'thing!n demonstrated
certainly did-and he turned on ME
with:
Il know what the young I'm needs!
He wants knocking down with crow
bar three or four times to take the
ugly out of hm!'
Eve lived with Bowser good many
years. bat never knew him in his true
light until that night He went off
down stairs, built roaring fire, heated
the tea kettle full of water, and he
! brought that up in one hand, the sugar
box in the other, and the peppermint
in his pocket. and sat them down on
| the floor and said
"There, now, either cure or kill him,
but don bother me any more
began to tell him what | thought
| of him, but he went to sleep and
choked me off. The next morning he
tickled baby's feet and tried to lessen
the enormily Of his crime in our eyes,
but we Were firm
/ knew just rs we'll as could be when
that child was only two weeks old that
Bowser would give me trouble. Be-
cause he can run a lawn-mower he
argues that he can run baby. and
though | tried to make him see that
there was vide difference between
the two | couldn't succeed, except to
gain a grudging admission that baby
didn't run on two wheels and work
with a ratchet. How did he weigh the
little darlingp Held him up by one
leg, same AS you would a rabbit, and
il took two days for the blood to get
back TO his toes againl The child
wnsn-t rval weeks ulu Nitcn I1OwnUi NC
gan to look for teeth, and because he
couldn't find any he turned on me and
said would probably have an offer
from some side-show to travel with the
monstrosity! When baby was six
weeks old Bowser came homo one
afternoon and insisted ON seeing him
walk. He said he walked at three
weeks, and his father at two, and that
if baby didn't begin then he was no
good. | tried to jam some sense into
his head, but in vain, and he had
fling about my family being bow-legged
and spinelcss. One afternoon left
baby asleep and Bowser to watch him.
In a few minutes the child opened its
eyes, and Bowser remarked;
"The old woman has gone over to
Blacks TO see about salve to cure
your sore toe. and If You make me
amy trouble I'll warm your jacket good
and stoutt'
The baby began to cry. What baby
wouldn twhen threatened in that cold
blooded manner?
shut upn shouted Bowser.
Baby wouldn't.
'Look-a-here!" continued Bowsor,
as he spit on his hands, "you' II either
dry up or leave my house! / don't in
tend to have any one around here who
won't obey all reasonable commands.
If you go out, you'll never come back
neyer!'
The baby almost went into convul-
sions, and all that saved its life was the
fact that | returned while Bowscr was
hunting the cook to ask her to be n
witness to the fact that baby left the
house rather than obey the parental
command!
The child was scarcely three months
old when BoWser wanted to put him
into pantaloons and boots, and because
] objected he roared out;
"Oh, well, make a fool of him if you
will, but wash my hands of the whole
ailairIN
When the boy was five months old,
Bowscr sat down one day and asked
him his age, name, etc, and when the
dear thing put mp its lip and began to
cry as what baby wouldn't whom
jumped on in that manner-his father
shook his great big fist at him and ex-
claimed:
Young man, this is the third or
fourth time you have impudently deiied
me in my own house, and | give you
notice that it is the last!'
Last night | had the minister over
talking with Bowser, but | don't
suppose it did him much good, rs |
suddenly heard him slap his fist into
his hand and protest:
But the idea of young TN waking
up in the middle of the night to howI
Why not do it all in the daytime,
when he's nothing else On hand.
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