Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1881 — Boss in His Own House. [ARTICLE]

Boss in His Own House.

He waltzed out of the front door, followed by a wash-board and two bars of soap, and, as he straightened himself and walked firmly down the street, he remarked : “ A man must draw a line somewhere, or he can’t be boss of the house, and I*ll be hanged if Pll pump more than one tub of water for no washing, and there ain’t a woman can pinke me do it unless she locks me in.”