Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1868 — A Little Rousing. [ARTICLE]

A Little Rousing.

During the last four years Tom has often’wished that fils wife would roll dowrt stairs and BVeftk’hfci* ftmfisli head, for the reason that tho sleians and apothecary’s bill# made a serious inroad upon his income. About three months ago, (foe coiuplainodwa' paTH'firtior sllwraiicl. as usual, the doctor< was summoned. Alter prescribing two pr-threl buttjes ol different,compounds, he said: “All you want to assist, medic in nftbeting a cure is a fittie rogsing. Although your ailment is eeriotts, it is not daugexous. Assume a little energy jiijd you will recover. ReUH'inber, rouse yourself!” A lie/ tho doctor had retired, the patient flirtcribd at Hist sortie serious diVeat4> was beginning to 'manifest itself, and like a fool she went to bed in despair. , Tom .understood the case thoroughly from long experience, and said mentally: “She wants t rousing, does she? Well, I’ll give her asuprise that will etartlo her.” t, •/ 1 Hake,, an attractive widow, was'engaged to act in the capacity of a nurse ttf Mis. G. The widow is young, buxom, amiable, and Tom thought her attractivo qualities might be.made available in giving the patient the necessary rousing. A short consultation with Airs. Hake resulted hithe arrangement of a plan, the execution of vHiicft was to induce Mrs. G. to lbrei*er throw physic to the dogs. Late next eyeiyng. while the patient was tYettjng and groaning, and announcing her intention of giviirg up the ghost, Toni tailed Airs. H* aside,’ahd said to heir, iir a; pretended wdiisper, but loud enough to be heard by the invalid ; “Poor Fanny ! She is about to die at last; so you and I may as welj arrange for our marriage.” Tom thfew a glance bvtfr his shSuF der as he epftk-e,: and observed the dying patient cease her groaning, ;u:d. begin so .arouse herself -Arising quickly to a sitting' posthre in ihe bsd, to ficte evel*y Word of fli<? conversation, she stared at ,them with eyes as big as small onions boiled. “'Twill be .a relief to her,”-'‘con-tinued Tom, “for she has always been aiV invalid. I, too, tmve-suffer-ed asweli as she; but with you, the picture of health, as my w ile, * my happiness will be complete." . ‘ The widow threw herself upon Tom’s shoulder, her arms around Lis neck, and began to. chew hut vest in lmnuhiUlls to smother her laughter. “How soon shall .we get married after she is dead ?" sipipered Airs, Hake, as she leaned her head on his shoulder, and took another mouthful of vest,. ■ * _T 1 lg. Ip v alid uttj?red an lion, and landed 011 the floor. “You think I am going to die, do you?” she exclaimed. “I’ll live to spite you both! And as for ymi,”—the turned and grasped Airs. liake by the iiair—“out of my house, you designing vixen 1 Til act as my own nurse hcroatter.”— From that day to this, Airs. G. -hae-enpyed- gtrcrd-'-hßirfd?ri[rgt"d«sr iuisband j Tom has enjoyed good spirits, because he has not had a doctor’s bill to pay. fie knew how to euro her; for She only needed r ti Uttie rousing, and Tomrouaeifeifaer. -*vn-: -a—■ i! «L..tc : !■". ■■ ,-i I The New Postage Statute. The Postmaster Geoertif has jttlsi awarded the contract for the supply of stamps to, the Department for P.e four years to tfo> NaliQijal bunk Note’Company or Aew Tofk. Tho now stamps w'fl'l be somewfifet «mailbr : thaw those in obo ktprssont, but, they aro«f aiuperir* or stylo and fining, with ;a .novelty id doaiga. Tho two cppC Btnrop contains an engravinir/of a post boy on horseback iiTfufl speed. Thetbroe cent’hnß a locoraotiUo under fttllibead of stoaa», ihe great carrier of cur domastic service. The five cent stamp contains a head of Washington. The ton chnt, tFe’ffhejft of afl fn design and execution, has a miniature engraving ol the Doelatatfon of. Independtmbe, executed deilipacj- apd precis {on, that the picture suffers nothing uuder the ra'a'gnTfyfng glass. The twelve cent stamp has an ocean steamship, -and tiio thirty pent has a finely executed engraving pf the surrender of Burgoyne. When it, is considered that over « million Stamps are dhily/the importance or Hh3 contract !* nt onoeovident. —The explosion of ’ iverosene' lamps may almost always be traced to CaPeleas tuanagetreoC jaTbooWis suffered to .down so, low tbg.l tho. top of the lamp becomes unduly heated. By ‘this mcaris sjei is in the-lamp,- amid becomes heated there almost to the point iof la the meaotiipe, ! ou,vJ & fhi, cavity, the oxygen of whioh unites Wftb th« !l ‘gaS, tia'tfse'r explosion. A partially filled (trap liquid noser be agitated by! ea.iyy n mmm ha vagi ten above. N 01; ahquld such fkbipa be pfitOAd e^ongb ! to h! stove to receive a cohßdefdble amount (T'faifift&dheaLT vjiqiso., airgfim* to o 6el« caW «p daithat £ ’vGtebi' been agitatedy-aa bV fiat*

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