New-York tribune., 1890-01-28
4 REMEDY FOR FORG ETFCLNESS.

4 REMEDY FOR FORGEIFCLNENS.
To Mrs A. ~ Nelson. of Abbcvllc, S. C., must
bc awarded the palm for being the most vigorous
champion of the wrongs of her sex reported so
far in 1890. Mrs. Nelson, Of Abbevile, organized
no societies and passed no resolutions. She knew
how little came of Ucrely dcnouncing the tyTant
man. While other women who feel themselves
oppressed have been wasting their time demand
ing the ballot the quiet Mrs. Nelson. OF Abbc-
villc has kept her faith in the bullet, and when
the trial came the other day it did not fail her.
Mrs Nelson had long borne with Mr.. Nelson
Nelson was the most forgctfu man in South Caro-
lima She would give him letter 10 her sis
ter. who lived in Tennessee to post and he wonld
carry it around in his pocket n week before ne
thought to do it, Indeed, sometimes he would
carry a hitter to her sister a month. and along
with II letter from her sister asking her why she
didn't write: and then perhaps at the end Of the
month this good-for-nothing Nelson would absent
mindcdly poke tie letter from her sister back into
the Abbcvilc postoflicc and come numbering home
with the one his wife had given him a month
hcforr On such occasions this MIS- Nelson
said little. but she would give the disrcputoblc
Nelson look which would have crushed a man
with spark of feeling left. and then go 10 her
room and take the sewing machine oil can and
squirt some more oil into the works of n 3S-col
brc pistol which she kept in her handkerchief
box. and continue 10 bear her troubles uncom-
plainingly. As the local schoomastcr has since
-ranhicaly put il. Nelson roosing on
,lecpinr volcano" hut he did not know H.
Nelson WAS Just as forectful about things she
sent him for az the stores. Sometimes when he
was going down 10 AhLcyllc she would tell him
~ get her n new huttonhook. sScin Of red yarn
u paper Of black pins. a small can Of allSpice,
ncw knob for the pantry door, pair OF shoe
strings. bottle Of soothing syrup, three pounds
and half Of dried apples and four Spools of
ihrcad-onc black 30 40; one white, no. go;
one brown 80 j0 and one to match n little
piece Of maroon cloth which she would give him.
Sometimes. We sav. on such an occasion as this.
this poor. miserable apology for man would
come srr,kinr home without the allspice. scttine
up The lame excuse that hc forgot il. And once
no had the cGroutcry TO show his face AZ home
with black thread 80. 30 instead Of 40. 80 with
the absurd plea that they were ont OF No. 30.
when n nciehhor had got some only two days
before Mrs Nelson looked al him-and then went
10 the handkcrchicf-boX and pat new cartridge,
in her pistol
Hgt this worthless Nelson got 70 tho cnd of
his rcthcr at last y frw days ago he went io
AbbNvilic. and she told him 70 get her pair
~ si.c, This Was all-hc positively had
nothing 20 remember except one pair Of shoes
40. 3l-2. I'D" lo.i. moderately thick soles
low heels, hli rot t.o hroad wide toes. rather
low IN tho ins'cp pa'cn' leather tips, silk lining
with the huttouholcs worked, the buttons seWed
on firmly. r, seams ou tho inside RANGING IN
price from 8; -, 20 =, %. and with the privilege
# returning tlcm b. t.cy wcr not satisfactory
This was aN. and it .ccns hardly credible hut
is nevertheless d. mct that this man Nelson cam"
sl,ulkinr home without "a shoc. except tie Ones
lie hal on. NJ, No.,.n spoke 10 lin about
tie matter MS 10 WIS fumhlng around tie ha'-
rack bur he only made some sort Of an inco-
hcrcnt rrmark about forgetting them. She
lcp, hcr eye on him n moment and hc then
muuablcd somcthing about getting them AMI
losing them ON tie way. Then as % laS'
desperate resort he tried 10 bc funny and tud
they didn't keep shoe, small enough for her,
and sucahcd into the parlor and crouch"d in
chair and pretended To read day-bci"rr-Nc''
tcrla-'s Charleston paper. This was too mncn.
Mrs Nelson stepped 20 the handlcrchiei-hoN ana
got her pistol. The sorry. worthless coycrr oi
the unhappy Nclsou was at n, end. I'm the
words of The local schoomastcr. the lonc Sinn-
hcrins volcano busted ou' under him al last.
How many other men are there in this country
Going about lightly forgetting cinnamon and
hutton shoes How many Of them ar" living
over a volcano which is only enjoying % nap
We fear not 50 many Of them are over TIE
colcano AS deserve to be- Few women are
strong enough 10 redress their WRONGS as dd
Mr., Nelson. But with "a few more such cN-
auplcs as Size has furnished. man Will pass
a lcttcrhoN without stopping and going through
every one of his twenty-five pockets looking for
maiablc letters. or see a dry-goods store without
pausing and thinking earnestly tor the space oi
five minutes Mrs Nelson may be the pioneer
in a great reform.