Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-12


sent to our boarding houseT"
ooh, youmean things for the house?"
replied his wife. "Why, you don't sup
you?"
"And we're not going to move in to-
morrow" demanded the husband, in
voice eloquent with disappointment.
"Certainly not, unless you think
can keep house with two glass pitch
ers," replied the wife with dignity and
some trace of injured feelings. "Tve
been going through one store after an
other all day long till I'm dizzy with
all the things I've seen. Where do you
think had time to buy anything?"
The husband begged her TO buy pro-
visional utensils, so that they could
move into their house certainly in an
other day. It was in trembling hope
that he returned home on the following
evening. He found his wife lying upon
the bed.
"Tve such headache!" she sighed
wearily.
The husband looked around the room.
Upon the mantelpiece he saw the two
glass pitchers of the day before, and
at their side vinegar cruet. He eyed
the cruet hard.
"Humph!" he grunted, with strong
disapproval in his tone.
His wife's eyes had followed his. At
this reproach she arose proudly from
| her bed, took him by the arm, and led
him to the window. There was to be
seen heavily laden truck, from which
| men and boys were busily engaged in
carrying packages of all shapes ana
sizes into the house. She pointed 10
it. =,
"There," she said, with reproach and
n headache and forgiveness and unrec-
ognized merit all mingled, those are
kitchen things"
| With the unreasonableness of men,
he bounded from one extreme to the
| other.
"Great Caesar!" he exclaimed, you're
bankrupting me-"
The patience of the woman, though
tried sorely, was not upset for mo-
ment. She displayed a large roll OF
bills.
"You misiudge me-" she said, tapping
him affectionately upon the cheek.
"You have not yet learned to know your
wife. There are 81 different packages
there, and for them l have spent less
than SIS, few cost ten cents apiece, and
the others cost five cents. So,' she add
ed, with a little pride, "you see am not
so extravagant as you thought"
pardon me, dear" said the husband,
both penitently and anxiously. "Then
the kitchen is furnished and we can
move in tomorrow"
"No-o-o," replied the wife, mot quite
yet. You see, these things are only
some of the things we need. Pots and
kettles and pans," she added, with
sweet smile, "cost more than five or ten
cents"
The husband sighed and resigned
himself to the boarding house for an
other week. The history of what has
occurred since then is not worth giving
in detail. You can see the wife in the
stores any day at this time. She is still
patient, industrious and sweet natured
The husband sometimes accompanies
her. He began going with her while he
still retained the impression that man
ly decision could hasten the slow, tor
tuous process of shopping. He still is
her companion nowadays at times. be-
cause he is possessed of the notion
that it may some time be possible fol
him to discover how she spends hel
time at the stores. but he knows that il
4 is best that he should not accompany
her. The two natures of the male ant
the female CRATE. The man cannot grasI
the subtle distinctions that are seiZet
by intuition by the finer sense of the
woman. For instance, one day sh'
showed him four-quart saucepan.
"The price of this" she said, sis q!
cents. Now in the other store we car
get saucepan like it for Al cents. Now
which one ought we to buy?"
"The other" said the husband
promptly.
But" objected the wife, "they ar
! different, and I don't know which il
the best"
"Buy both," said the husband
promptly.
But" objected the wife, 1--WE nee'
only one of them"
fnp cent, salu une nuspanu
promptly.
"And perhaps get the worst of it.,
said the wife.
"Then don't buy either" said tn
man, promptly.
; Of course the proper solution of tn
difficulty was to go to third store an
find third saucepan of third pric
and quality; but it never occurred t
the husband to suggest such a thing
and as for the wife she was so confuse
by the unkind behavior of her husban
that she always failed to remember tn
proper procedure in such cases unit
she got home. Then she was accus
toned to tell her husband where he ha
been mistaken, and intervals of COO
ness would arise between them. So tn
husband has given up accompanyin