Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-10-26
Mr.. AND MRS. sOWSER.
The Heat of the House HIS Considers-
bic Trouble with HIS shirts.

at the ends or sto ID stiff under hi,
as. | admired his nose and hair and
eyes. and was in love with the shape
o! hS head. and that was all sufii cient.
! suppose he wore clio. he's. and | sup
p S ii h. had shirts and collar, bat rs
10 VINO ma le them. what they cost OF
how they set was a mystery | II, vei
sought solv. Mother hal h n eye
on that young man, however. After
loo ing him over two or three times
she said to me:
Sarah, if you marry him ycu'l have
trouble -lots of trouble
why. mo her?'
There's no why ab nut it. II g too
Particular with his slrts IN co lars.
If they don set just 50. he's rs uneasy
as fish out of water cured your
father. and in tbs course of ten years
got him so that he woul ride out on
Sunday with one of my stockings for
collar but you can never cure thi,
chap"
bat l can m Ike shirts AMI collars,
and you know how nicely | can iron"
"Ol. well, we shall see. l don't
like he end of his nose and that sneer
o. his lip, but shan't oppose mar
riage. When he be gins to jaw AMI
tear around. you just remem Der what
said"
had forgotten all about it long
enough before the wedding. but two
weeks after that event MI. Bowser
himself called my attention 10 it. We
hal just got home from or wedding
tour when. one morning as he was put
ting on collar. he blurted out:
I'D like TO know what in tin and
rosin ails This Internal thing?'
"Mr. b ,wser!"
"And this COMPOUNDED shirt sets as
if it was made to 90 over aclothes-
horse! 1cS a wonder to me l haven't
Killed somebody before ;his!"
ID, you have trouble with your
shir and collarsP"
ID /! Don't L! There ism + a hut
man hycna on the face of the earth
who knows enough to tit meP | We
tried a dozen places. and every man
in them is a malicious liar!"
II Il like to try"
"Can you make shirts and collarsp"
"B ,autiful ones"
''Ihen you are n treasure. indeed.
I'll get some cloth this very day."
He was as good as his word, and in
the course of ,uple of weeks had
several fine samples on hand. hadn'
doubt of being able 10 please him.
Mother smiled Knowingly now and
then, and now and then irotteI her
foot and observed that 1--WE shall see"
but the storm which burst foun me
totally unprepared. l finished and
roned three beautiful shirts aud six
collars and placed them in the drawer
planning to give Mr.. Bowser sur
prise. He gave me one instead. He
woke me up one morning by snoring
around in a great furry, and before
my eyes were fairly open he sh ok
something at NE over the foot board
and exclaimed:
That's the kind of u hous, keeper
you are, is il! What's This hDur-s.. elk
and dog-collar doing in my shirt
lrawerp"
"F,our-sacksP Dog collarsp' l re-
peated.
Ger ainly! II re I've fooled away
half an hour of my time surprising it
was II shirt and collar Mrs. Bows T.
when April Fool Day comes 1 shan't
mind little joke, but this is the IS
of January"
Aud that shirt doesn't ftp
at might fit a telegraph pole or
convic T.
"And the collar is.-is--r'
is a good fit for pirate or some
one else who wants choki gp'
/ cried. Isobbed. l boo-hoocd. l
just made business of going all to
pieces, and l made grand success of
it When he had gone mother came
in. saw the rumpled shirt and collars
on he door and gu ely observed:
Il wasn't mistaken. you see. If
ever a man needed cow-hiding. it's
this husband of yours
There has never been a change of
linen on Mr. Bowser's part since then
that he has = gone through set pro-
gramme. He pulls from four to six
shirts ont of a drawer tumbles them
over each other several times selects
Que with n grab. and he ge's into it
about the way a man would climb
out of we'll. As soon as it is half ON
h. wells:
Mrs. Bowser, where are youp'
Here. dear"
We'll. what in thunder ais this old
shir ?"
us any thing wrong with it?''
Wrong! Why. I'd give a million
dollars to be locked in a room with
the man who male it for three min
utes! Irs-it' 81"
He's got into it by that time. and
then it's pull here and haul there. and
twist his neck this way and that and
he co ldn't be more tire if he had
baan SAVING wood Than con,as tLo