The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-04-18

never 90 business WIN d NoAuan
that l don't think of a little incident
which happened when / was first mar
RED TO your ma. We set up h~ousekeep-
ing In one Of those cottages that you
read about in the story books, but that
you want to shy away from when It's
put up to you to live in n of them.
1t was Just the place to go for a picnic,
but it's beel my experience that a fell
low does most Of his picnicking before
he's married.
Your ma did the cooking and 1 hus-
tied for things to cook, though l would
take a shy at 1t myself once In awhile
and get up my muscle tossing fapjacks.
1t was pretty rough sailing, you bet,
but one way and another we managed
to get a good deal Of satisfaction out or
1t, because we had made up our minds
to take our fun rs we went along.
With most people happiness is some
thing that Is always just a day on. But
/ have made 1t a rule never to put on
being happy till tomorrow.
/ was clerking In a general store at
that time, but / had a little weakness
for live stock even then, and while
couldn't afford to plunge in 1t exactly
l managed to buy a likely little shote
that l reckoned on carrying through
the summer on credit and presenting
with a bill for board in the fall. he
was Just a plain pig when he came to
us, and we kept him in a little sly, but
we weren't long In finding out that he
wasn't any ordinary root and grunt
pig. The first 1 knew your ma was
calling him Toby and had turned him
loose. Answered to his name like a
dog. Never saw such a sociable pig.
Wanted to sit on the porch with US.
Tried to come into the house evenings.
Used to run down the road squealing
for Joy when he saw me coming home
from work.
Well, 1t got on toward November, and
Toby had been making the most of his
opportunities. l never saw a pig that
turned corn into fat so fast, and the
stouter he got the better his disposition
grew. / reckon / vas attached to him
myself in a sort of a sneaking way, but
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and we needed Toby in the kitchen. So
1 sent around and had him butchered.
When | got home to Inner mex day,
1 noticed that your ma looked mighty
solemn as she set the roast of pork
down in front Of me, but 1 strayed of,
thinking of something else as / carved,
and my wits were off woolgathering
sure enough when / said:
"Wll you have a piece Of Toby, my
dearY'
Well, sir, she Just looked at me for a
moment, and then she burst out crying
and ran away from the table. But
when / went after her and asked her
what was the matter she stopped cry
ing and was mad In a minute all the
way through. Called me a heartless,
cruel cannibal. That seemed to relieve
her so that she got over her mad and
began to cry again. Begged me to take
Toby out of pickle and to bury him in
the garden. / reasoned with her, and
In the end I made her see that any
obsequies for Toby, with pork at 8
cents a pound, would be a pretty ex-
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last she had managed to take my appe-
tte away so that / didn't want any
roast pork for dinner or cold pork for
supper.
That night I took what was left of
Toby to a s~torekeeper at the Crossing,
who l knew would be able to gaze on
bis hams without bursting into tears,
and got a pretty fair price for him.
I simply mention Toby In passing as
ar example of why I believe women
weren't cut out for bustness-at least
for the pork packing business. I've had
dealings with a good many Of them,
first and last, and it's been my expert
INC that when they've got a weak
case they add their sex to 1t and win,
and that when they've got a strong
case they subtract their sex from 1t
and deal with you harder than a man.
They're simply bound to win either
way, and I don't like to play a game
where I haven't any show. When a
clerk makes a fool break, l don't want
to beg his pardon for calling his atten-
ton to 1t, and 1 don't want him to
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brine into a fancy pocket handkerchief.
A little change is a mighty soothing
thing, and I like a woman's ways too
much at home to care very much for
them at the Office. Instead of hiring
women / try to hire their husbands,
and then / usually have them both
working for me. There's nothing like a
woman at home to spur on a man at
the Office.
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