Oxford eagle., 1892-06-16

I'D r - TIL DAYS of Aaam m
amt Eve. and without a Shasisi..r Of a
t1ubt it VII eonti1re. more or less. a.
bong ~ the world stands. Of course a
man amt apt 70 aeIsuovvlsis isss that he
Is ruled by a woman. and they seem -
shins because they were created before
her that they arr about tuic~ ~ much
consequence amt reteriu' 70 Beuia-
ruIn-tut dear sHz. I uevsr thought il
wux much If feat her in their caps.
Accorriin' TO the BibIe. the animals
and sseh lice uux made and then man
was created a superior bein' over them
CrseterS. Then there being still great
chance for improvement. woman wuz
misie last. and WIZ so nigh perfection
there wgzu-t ever noth1n' made 20 out
do her. To b. sure curiosity WIZ n
great draw back. but have always felt
that Eve WIZ 50 Pesterpd by Adam n
wonderiH' and E1essin' and h1n-in'
round that tree. that she Jest tasted ot
the apple 10 satisfy him rs mus.h as her
self There wuzu't nothing selfish
about her. for accurJtin' 10 all accounts
she -lve hin the biggest half and ali
the core of cDtrSs. h. Laid IN sIl u her
and she wuz honest enough 70 own I'D.
and ! suppose took most al the bIlrus
/ sartinly think IL any one taInt II
hereditary its curiosity. It's handed
down frou1 one generation 10 the other
| recollect Jes!esiiah Bampus heard
noise IN his cellar one nixhs and he v-1iz
dretfuI curious 20 know what IL WIZ.
but Ike Adam. didn't iest Ike 10
venture hmSeif so finally h- liz the
randle- and says he To his wife. Come.
Hanzah- you 10 down cellar and IL
hcid th- light. Dou't be scared. frr
I'm rstc here Hovsumsver. when
Hannah drove an old stray eat a bissiH-
and sFIttin' up them stairs. Jedediah
dropped th> candle and departed for tho
bedroom considerable lively. seared
nigh out Of his senses haiu's no call
To tell folks his senses wasn't ANYTHING
20 boast on. and n dcn't believe in
sayin' spttsful things of anybody. /
than's mention the fns.t-
Vow nv other half rs n dretful Gu
Eious man. but he amt no hand to
tneaS out Of a difficulty and lay it on
his wife The fact Is, Beniarnin's worst
faHlt Is earelessuess. and have had
tr-tfIIl hard work - break him Of IL
IL aInt my wav to fuss and scoId- T.
h-lI-ve in se~pin calm and inhuencin'
folks
Nlu- I usesiisased quite spell. and
At Last | decided en- i way OF br-alsin'
hun ot 1ss hesstleSs wav& OF course
consulted Benjamin ti-sts I always do.
and think every wife sisouId show hsr
husband respect IN that natter. IT. n
s.rssfHl good sfsea II ron want 20 have
yo1sr own way. for naturally vcur ether
half VIII be pleased - think you have
srIeh nigh opinion Of him amt VIII nest
always show his appreciation BY teIIin'
you ~ do iest as you think best
Wall A. usual nv other half con
=-ntsa to NV plan. which was a. fol-
lows Everything vhieh xuz lawn
round instead OF oein put away should
be carried ~ the aftir IN a certain
ptare and he wUx 70 snd them without
nv help. For day or t@yv. everything
waz hung up. I vuz heginuin' to think
! shouldn't hare no use for that -nptv
rsur barrel I had carried upstairs. but
lawful heart. before I knew it I was
gettln' leg weary. runnin up and down
with things. He didn't ask M ques-
tons. bur would frequently CONS. down
from the attic with his over-haIIs or
slippers, sorter smiiin' ike. and he re-
marked ouct twas kinder handy to
know Jest where 10 70
WaH. all run on peaceful till one sun
dav mornin' he wux drezsins fer church.
and his best vest WIZ mIssIn'. He
looked for quite spell. finally says he.
Huldah. seen NV vestS--
looked Up. Sorter Iaaghin- and says
L YES
Hang Il air SAYS Benjamin. Il for
got that pesl<y attic
Wall I decia-. II nv other half
wrxnt a little riled when he come
down brushin' of the four and
srrloothtu' out some wrinkles says he.
Il etl<eriAts I cant afford Tn buy -.s.od
clothes - have en- al jamuest up in n
barrel when there Is room for EN- down.
stars
I Kept calm aad told him IL he WIZ
tired of yotn' upstairs wouldn't make
hiEn any mere seeh trouble He imnae-
d1ateiy became quiet thought IL
wuzn't any use 70 tell him I WIZ is<s
rHcxer-d cut myself a trapesin' up
there 30 often After that decided 10
to wait a spell and things run on the
old way quite awhile I used To pile
en- up IN chair At the table. but dear
snz- Il wux an easy matter for him TO
LIT EN- out INTO another one.
Wall. one mornin' he went out. ard
eaIxerlate the seerin-rooun and kitchen
locke I Ike an old curiosity shop. only
more 50 I stood right still few min
utes. meditasir, After due cousitera-
tion placed his rubber boots one eaeh
sitie the settEn room stove, arrznyia'
some eat-'o-nine-tsils and ferns in EN-.
The eject wuz fus as plsasin' 10 the
eye As gilded shovel hung onto The
wal, or pigs trough upholstered n
Pinsh for a foot stool I then pro
eseded 20 the kitchen and drove about
r<w dozen -aexx mo the wall 70 han1
things ca There was the boot brush I
Wnefstoce. slippers. hammer. has. Az
hancle and 50 forth. sufficient TO cover
oce SIDE OF the wall Oce or two 1oIysx
came Il Tat zorrf-' and ASKED y wy
ksePin a seeond-hard store Itold EN-
| WIZ Jest naaSin' things convenient for
Benjamin
To say that he WIZ dumfuunered
when he zrriv home dou't begin 10 ex-
press it.
Heavings and airth. HgId1h. = SAYS
De- De you n eIeanin' houseg-'
-'Oh no." says-L Only piesfn' M
thIags for yoa--
= vIrinv, says he. I never left all
those lsyin' rognd-
les iva I'D, s-gs !, '-aEG 20 have