Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1879 — Matrimony as a Paying Institntion. [ARTICLE]

Matrimony as a Paying Institntion.

“Every man should provide liberally for his family* says Mr. Smith. “ Ever since my marriage I have kept my wife provided with 'a sewing-machine, surmounted by a fine mirror.” ** What is the mirror for ? ” inquired a party present “ Well,” said, the oracle, “ I tell her that when she gets so lazy that she can’t run the machine she eon and se§ herself starve to death.” (Ofkio)