New-York tribune., 1890-05-23
MARRLlGE 4ND COOKERY.

We don't know why IL Is. bat Brooklyn men
seem - be always getting into trouble. If
Broo,lyn man crosses the Bridge the policemen
chase after him and club him. and IL he goes by
the ferry ill.tcmpcrcd ocean steamers lie in walt
for him and run him down. Nature seems 70
throw all the obstacles possible IN the way Of
man irving 20 go 80 Brooklyn. ST.. man. wise
40 A!, own couccIi. continues 10 disregard the
warnings 81 natulc in this as IN many other
things And al home the BROOKLYN man alsp has
trouble Ten days ago Brooklyn druggist left
"a letter. In a woman, hand in his waste-basSct,
addressed 20 Dear John II had not been there
ten minutes when his wife came IN and read II, and
there Lac been nothing but trouble for this man
since 4 wicked and unfcelng partner refused 10
shoulder the letter. although hi, name Wa, John
also. and he might have done 1t well not.
Sow, Futonst. man has got himself into
trouble by even more foolish proceedings.
Ihi, Futon-st. man was o wldoWcr but did
not appear - know enough 10 remain IN that
condition. lie lived quietly with his sons and
one or two servants. Last fall he hired cook
named Susannah Baumann. She proved 10 be
remarkably good cook. turning 10 pork and bean,
or blanc-m,ngc with equal facility. Her pies
were always done the bottom and as for hcr
old In shioncd dOughnuts, they were twisted poems,
complicated rs Browning but paiatablc as Robert
Burns. She was also sunny tempered and open
to conviction. aud when her employer suggested
another dash of salt III the chicken gravy, she
complied with a smile. But did this brooklyn
man appreciate his treasure? Seemingly not-hc
married her. They were welded in November.
Arc good cooks then, SO easy to obtain In Brook
lyno asks the Newly or1er Not al all-thcy are
no more numerous there than ~rc. This foolish
Brooklyn man simply thought that he could marry
his cook and have her too.
We do not need 30 enlarge on what followed
it was the natural result She no longer broilcd
the bccfsteaks, but fried them over slow fire.
Boiled chicken gave place to something which had
apparently been dried in the sun. Mutton chops
She burned AT the stake As for pie and other
forms Of pastry she refused to make them at all
involving too much labor. Her temper dctcri-
o.aicd and her voice grew harsh and severe. In
April she insisted that her husband hire a cook,
which NE did Last week the matter eliminated.
Susannah went away. The Brooklyn man had
not of course since marrying her. given her
any noncy-womcn not understanding the proper
is, of money. But when she went she took all
the money that he had in the house ($30ol and
the jcwcry belonging 10 himself and his SONS
She wrote him letter. which she posted in the
iron lciicr-boX on the corner. lie got 1t the next
dav. and in it She told him that she had decided
to endure his impudcncc no longer She was going
tn Germany with a former lover, and in closing
She hopcd that these few lines would find him
cuioying good health and reasonable prosperity
She expressed the hope that his heart would re-
main true 10 Susannah Then she added pathet-
,cally, Write Soon,' and that was all; and the
Erooklvn man went around 10 the police station
and told the whole story substantially as we have
,ivcn IT, For us 10 offer further comment would
he mocicry.