Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-17
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! that she was too humble and docile too
much like his lost Hanna but perhaDs
a box on the ear might call out spark
of temper, just enough to require an
! ether box to subdue her. The marriage
took place in the afternoon before
| justice of the peace, and the counle
drove home The bride entered tha
house, while Jacob put out the horse
When he finally arrived at the kitchen
door ii was to find several chairs in the
yard, all the curtains pulled down and
a dozen dishes thrown on the ash nile
Il don't like 'em and want new
| things" explained the bride, as he
stood with open mouth.
Jacob walked over and boxed her
ears and a second later some one was
pulling his hair and scratching his face
He boxed again, and the bride stepped
| back and flung the teapot. the rolling
pin and the dishpan at him. and he had
to get outdoors to avoid the rain o.
missiles. That was the beginning Of
the honeymoon. and Jacob had TO beg
| his young wife's pardon to save the
rest of the dishes He had been taken
| by surprise, but he had hours to think
! things over. and next morning he laid
! the law down to her and took his hoe
and departed for the field When he
came up to dinner there was no dinner
ready. Jacob cuffed he rears and she
pulled out handfuls of his hair. He
ready Jacob cuffed her ears and she
kicked the door off its hinges. threw
the cat into the wall and hit Jacob with
| tie leg of a broken chair. Again he
nad to come down" to bring about 2
cessation of hostilities, but it was only
to save the clock and the cook stove.
| He had been boss too long to give up
| in a day. and the idea of giving up to
chit of a wife was not to be thought
| Of He got his own dinner and sup
| per. and he attempted no more moves
until the next morning. Then, at the
| breakfast table, which he had been
Obliged to help prepare. he laid down
| the law For her INSTRUMENTATION The
young wife must pass two days and
nights in the dark cellar on bread and
water. She must also expect TO go
without tea to make good the damages
| to the furniture. Rather to his amaze
ment the bride was humble and spirit
less, and in due time the cellar door
was locked against her Jacob set off
to work feeling that darkness and hun
ger was perhaps better than box on
the ear, although the box would come
later, and as he toiled he reflected that
he was an instrument of Providence
Meanwhile the bride crawled through
the cellar window without much trou-
BILE. but not until she had opened the
spigots of the vinegar and cider bar
rels, upset the soft soap and smashed
the jar of picked peaches When she
got out she filled up the well with the
chairs from the house, broke up the
table and the rest Of the dishes with an
AK, and as sort of farewell went
around and smashed out every pane OF
glass in every window. Then she made
a bundle of her trousseau, gave the cat
last kick and departed for her faith
er's house. Jacob came up to dinner
in due time. wondering if the prisoner
would knock on the cellar door and ask
forgiveness. When he saw the ruin
wrought he staggered outdoors and sat
down on the grass to get his breath,
and he was fishing for it when Aunt
Sarah Weldon drove past with her old
white horse and called out:
Eyes, Jacob. III go as far as to say
that Providence works in mysterious
ways, and if them ways are jerky and
wobbly and full of collie We've got to
grin and bear it and be thankful we
wasn't drowned in the Cistern when we
was babies'"