Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1871 — All about a Canary. [ARTICLE]

All about a Canary.

An incident really deserving the epithet of tragi comic took place lately at Antwerp. Madame, a young married woman, had a canary, which Monsieur, her young husband, had neglected to feed,'a forgetfulness which,-to'the grief and rage of the lady, resulted in the death of the pet. Resolved, however, on retribution, she began, so soon as her first accesaagof grief was spent, upbraiding her lord .and master with bitter reproaches and presently, on his adding fhel to the me, dashed a pot of milk upon tho floor. This was followed, by a general smash of crockery on both’ sides, and at length Madame went so far as to take a very effective shot with a fragment at Monsieur, who presently was bathed in blood. On seeing this the woman rushed from the house shrieking, “I have murdered my husband,” and positively threw herself into the river, but a boatman hauled her out just as the husband came panting to the rescue. Like the fairy stories, it all onds very happily, for the two fools returned home, where tho husband, who lit a big fire to dry her, will now probably recognize the soundness of the advice, “Never quarrel with your wife, as you will only have to make it.up, and pay for the reconciliation." A Lansino, Mich., creditor bet the man who owed him S2O that he would collect the amount of the little bHI inside of two weeks. The money was put up, whereupon the creditor garnisheed the stakes and secured his claim.