The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-05-13

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A prominent and wealthy farmer and
his wife were constantly quarreling
over their respective duties. The wife
was eternally sticking her nose into the
business affairs of the larm--Inuch to
the disgust of the husband. The old
man said, sit is a woman's duty to run
the household and mans duty to run
the business. TO prove it to you | am
going to send our Oldest boy Jawn down
to the village to make proper inquiry
of the Merchants and you must abide
by the results" he admonished his wife.
So he called Jawn and Informed him
that he wanted him to hitch up and fill
his wagon with chickens and also
take an extra team of horses to the vii
lage-a black and a roam.
"Now, Jawn, | want You to. ask each
merchant ON the n n street of the vile
Iage whether or not he runs his busi-
ness himself. If lie says yes give him
chickt and if lie says he runs both
the business and the household give
him hOss."
So Jawn did as directed ard called on
Merchant Jones to whom he said:
"Paw told me to ask you if you ran
your business and your house, too
"No," said Merchant Jones. 81 run
the store and my good wife runs the
home We do not interfere with ach
{ other. am SUPP eme here and my wife
is queen of the household"
"Well," said Jawn, "paw tUld me to
give you chicke (which he did.
Jawn next called on Merchant Smith
:. and put the same question to him and
recsive substantially the same reply.
And thus he went up and down the
main stl eet asking the same question
and eceiving practi6 ally the came an
swer from all the merchants until he
came to a Mr.. Brown, who ran grO-
cery store, having apartments overhead
. for himself and wife.
/ Jawn said: "Mr. Brown, paw told
me to ask you if you run your business
| and home"
t "Run my business and home! You
let l do. l run the whole burned
shootin' match-upstairs and down
> everything"
:. "Well," said Jawn, ''paw told me in
: that event to give you hoss. Which
one will you have-the black or the
roanI"
"Jawn, just wait a minute" he said,
"until ask my wife,
:, "You lose,r said Jawn, "you get a
chicken"
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81 Here's one by Richard Karle, the
- actor:
A prominent professional man whose
! mind had become deranged through
= oyerwOrk was sent to private sani-
y tarium for those suffering from brain
- fever. After he had been there nearly
- year the head physician came around
one day and said; "You are nearly al
. right old man. Wen let you go home
- in about three weeks. He then HANDED
nlm b SIl0Ct VI lCtNOl EopCA ouu q HOol
age stamp and suggested that he writ,
a letter to his wife informing her o
II: the good news. The patient placed tn
ey postage stamp on the corner of tn
ed table while he wrote a very sweet an,
encouraging letter to his wife inform
,r- ing her that he was once again in pei
"a feet health, enjoying all of his norma
~ faculties. He finished the letter, eu
closed it in an envelope, sealed 1t 81
me curely and wrote-the superecriptiO
very carefully. Then he reached owe
- for the stamp but it was gone. Jul
W then his eye caught q cockroAch climl
Vill ing the wall slowly with th6 pOstae
stamp stuck on Its back. He looked {
inc the envelope and then OF the disappea
h;e ing cockroach with the stamp glued
n'' its body. -
aThe doctor says I win be ont of.he1
ks in three weeks" he muttered He
erv stringin' me. Hell an damnatiOnt t9ien
eno ing at the disappearing cockroech)
wont be out of here in three yeaEs.
70 And he tore up the letter.