Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-01-04

81 reckon man has q right to have
things IN his own house ashe sees fit!"
'"Then I suppose you will concede
the same right to q woman when she
neglects her own work to slip out
doors and help the managing there?"
THAT'S another thing" grunted Mr..
Jones. ''Rachel Jane and | got along
like turtle doves, never had quarrel
IN our lives"
"And you meddled with the indoor
affairs, when she was alive, just as you
do now ?"
cit vas Rachel James pleasure to
let me have things just as | wanted
them"
'No wonder she died, then; but I
want you to understand, Jedediah
Jones, that I will have none OF your
interference in the house. You attend
to your own business and III attend
to mine"
81 will not be ruled by petticoats.
Rachel Jane"
"There, don't bring her up again,
One thing | noticed, you and Rachel
Jane accumulated g. very small por-
ton of this world 8 goods, a1d I don =
wonder, ii you let your hay rot in the
fields and your apples rot on the
ground, as you do now, to come IN
the house to oversee me. You have
had your say and I'll have mine if
you don't take my advice and leave
me alone. No woman with anysspirit
would stand it."
1t was almost g. quarrel and each
party finished the meal in silence.
I'd ~ 1@o
careful with her housekeeping the next
day than ever before, but all in vain.
Mr.. Jones came into the house and
gave his orders just as usual
cit is my turn now" said Mrs.
Jones, as she tied on her bonnet and
followed her husband out doors early
the next morning.
She paused before the wood.pile,
where he had stopped to saw a few
armfuls of wood.
"Jedediah," said she, "you are saw
ing that wood entirely too short-a
perfect waste of time"
Mr.. Jones looked up and scowled.
Mrs. Jones walked on, and entering
the barn, began to pitch more hay
down to the horses.
w hcOo cUAO yOo NAOAAAsS OhClC! hO
called out angrily, his eyes having fol-
lowed her.
"Mr. Jones, you don't give your
horses half enough to eat, they're
poor as snakes"
'EThe thunder they are!" shouted
Mr.. Jones. "Go In the house and
mind your own business"
81 am going over to Joe Browns
first to see when he is coming after
that corn in the south crib. The
'varmints' are eating it al up."
"The deuce you are," said Mr..
Jones, throwing down his saw and
strIding after her.
But she was far down the road,
almost beyond shouting distance, and
he feared attracting the attention of q
milk wagon that was just passing.
At g. quarter before twelve she came
up the walk and found her husband
sitting moodily on the front porch.
"Well," she said, sWeetly, 'Mr.
Brown is coming after that corn this
afternoon"
"Where is my dinner?" growled
Jedediah.
81 have been so busy all the morn
ny Will Jul 0ud4IS DubU GILL
ing we will both be obliged to put up
with g, cold bite"
"I'll break your ugly neck, if you
don't leave my business alone"
''There is a law against that" said
Mrs. Jones, coolly.
'Then I'll have g. divorce, the soon
er the BETTER" said he, as he strobe
out to gear up q horse, to 60 in
search of a lawyer.
But when that learned mau was
found, he advised Mr.. Jones to let his
wife alone in the house and he would
come out all right, for divorces were
not being granted in the state Of New
Jersey for such trivial causes, and so
Jedediah paid the lawyer SIS, and went
home q sadder but q wiser man.
''Le6 her have her own way and be
hanged" he muttered early the next
morning, and from that day hence
he never went into the house to di-
rect or to order, and to his surprise
things soon began to wear a better
aspect on the farm. He now had
more time to attend to his own az
fairs, and Sarah Ann, left to herself,
soon began to develop a wonderful
capacity Of saving. Mr.. Jones, more
to his surprise than ever, soon found
that they were growing rich, while his
wife grew roster and rounder every
day. Mr.. Jones is now of the opinion
that women are Just as capable as
men, especially in their own spheres,
and that every sensible man ought TO
leave them alone,
And this is the way Mrs. Jones
managed her husband
What Anarchy Cost Him.