The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-29
KICKED OVER
THE WINE JAR
And Visions of Home Made
Wine Vanished.
SPOT OF RICH RED
All That Remains for His
Wite's Hard Work.
Squandered His Jug Money and
Decides He Does not Want Any
Wine Anyway.

1t Is no unc cjmmon thing for some
one to spill the milk" in fact
scarcely a day passes that some man,
woman or child does not pass the
bounds of endurance or propriety and
upset the lacteal fluid and little at
tentlon is paid to the mishap, but it
is indeed SELDOM that a man Or wom-
an, who has taste for the juice
of the fruit after It has fermented,
is guilty of deliberately upsetting the
receptacle containing that juice and
spilling that which with little age
and proper attention will make it a
drink fit for the gods.
That is just what a Marion man
did the other evening. While he was
employed in one of the shops of the
city, earning bread by the sweat OF
his brow, his wife was busily en-
gagged at home making a little wine
by the same method. She was pre-
pairing FOR the time when Marion will
be "dry" and when 1t will be more
difficult to secure a little OF the
stuff that cheers. She had corralled
a quantity of elder berries and by
main strength had succeeded In
wringing a few gallons of juice from
them. AS she worked she had Wis
ions of the time when the wine
should be right and sickness should
require little of 1t to brace up an
invalid and boost him on the road TO
health.
Everything was lovely until the
work had been completed and q nice
lar of the stuff sat on the kitchen
floor. A search was made, but II
was impossible tc find jug in which
to store it until It Rad reached that
stage Of maturity when friends could
be invited to sample and pass judg-
ment The husband returned home
in the evening with the dirt OF the
shop upon his face and a smile upon
his lips, uttering praises for the good
work which had been accomplished
by his better half during the day
After supper, his wife brought out
the long stocking and gave him money
with which to go up town and pur-
chase jug for the juice Of the sue
eulent elder berry. He started, but
his thirst would not wait until the
wine was right, so he dropped into a
saloon and took Just one drink,
thinking possible he could cut down
on the size of the jug sufficiently
to make up the cost Of the drink.
One drink called ror another and
the second for the third and soon
an invoice showed that he had just
enough money to purchase a quart
/ Jug. the size of the jug Diminishing
with each drink taken. Knowing
! that a quart jug would he of no use
for storing away wine, he returned
to his loving wife for more money
with which TO make the purchase
1t cannot be denied that he was
slightly under the influence when he
crossed the threshold of his palace
and when he stated the case to his
better half, she became wise TO con-
ditions and promptly refused to allow
him any more money, Then the
trouble began. He just kicked over
the lar of juice which his wife mad
labored so zealousy and decorated
the kitchen floor with large
sDot of rich red No blood was
spilled, but visions of good old home
made elder berry wine vanished
There was nothing LETT to do bu'
10 scrub out and this he helped tc
do, while the wife shed few WON
anly tears,