The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-28
"B'S BURTHEN.
A Few Suggestions Which Will
be of Practical Benefit to
Him.

planned of his wife's relatives recently
through the columns of this paper,
may furnish that gentleman with
some new ideas, if nothing more. 1t
will be seen that the writer is prac-
teal philanthropist, since he is willing
to take care of part of the "bur.
then" aud for this peculiar phase of
his character, should Miranda, fail
to send him her address, we would
recommend that some of the other
obliging and sweet-temrered old
maids or widows of this city will take
pity on him. Ed. BAzoo.
HoUsToNIA. Mo-, Sept. "a, 1886.
EDITOR BAzoo:
Dear Sir see in No. 2S7 that my
fellow B., is in want of counsel aud
help and as it is my nature to sympa.
thize with humanity of all classes
when in trouble. | will venture to
offer some suggestions and remedies.
But as he has said there is but" it
Providence is controlling bis case and
directing his offering, then l cannot
give any advice or offer any help that
would avail or bring relief.
Some, hold that by our own
acts we bring on our trOub-
les or our happiness and if
we are greatly damaged by our
mistake, we must suffer, so | am in
clined to think that my friend B., is
now being punished for his folly, for
he must have known that his wife had
relations and that his wile's relations
would be about like other peoples
wife's relations. Then he had no bust
ness to have a house that was so
roomy, for he might have known that
his mother-in-law and grandmother
In law always love to go wishing where
there is plenty of room an nothing
in The way of worldly comforts Is so
supremacy and admirably adapted te
to the list of old maiden aunts as a
house with many rooms and you may
say about the same Of sisters-in-
law now if your house had been so
roOmy, perhaps only one sister
would have come at time and only
brought the baby and it is very
likely it would have been the same
with cousins and the school chums.
They knew you had plenty of room
and plenty TO eat and they came in OF
purpose 10 have q good time generally
and they had it and who Is 10 blame
for it, | think you are. for YOU laid
the foundation for ii and you have
TO suffer the consequences and the
book says, The soul that sinneth
shall die"
Some may call this universaIist
doctrine, and may be it is, ifis is so,
then it depends ON how patiently We
bear such Affections, if we say bad
words and wish those wites relations
were in he-l or some other bad place
We may be punished for it
hereafter, but if we take ii cOOlly
we will be rewarded for our patience
and long suffering.
Now for the remedies, Cor the moth
er-in-law, is an much as she is a good
worker, just before she comes, send
her note letting her know that you
want TO nave some one come and clean
house for you, that will not be longer
than one week about 1t, for you want
to have it done and off hands before
you and your wife START away TO the
Hot Springs where you think of
spending a couple of months, and if
she can't come at once and get through
and go home before YOU START, then
she need not come, and you will get
some one else, Il don't think she viii
Gomez and two months stay would
somewhat break into the aunt's time
of putting in their appearance.
But in this case | would advise some
thing like this: | would have Aunt
Drusilda's life insured for my own
benefit and some windy day l would
persuade her to take walk with LIE
and Aunt Miranda, and / would
manage to get on to the highest hill |
could find and when the.e came
strong gust l would pretend there IVES
something hanging to her skirts,
and in the act of getting it off would
spread them to the wind and let her
90 up to that country where women
have equal rights and then it could be
said of her that she was so angelic
that she was taken up to the angel
world soul and body, and you can
get the insurance and your wife the
legacy.
But as for Aunt Miranda, L have
use for her. | love stout, ieshy
women, and | need one the very worst