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THE WAY THE IRISH WOMAN TOOK TO
STOP HER HUSBAND FROM GETTING


DRUNK.


Mr.. Ep1reR: Our aged friend who has
heretofore furnished interesting matter for
your paper, called in this morning to say
That he had lately heard temperance anec-
.dote, which might be thought worthy of a
place in the Dew Drop. ss.. ,e.s


A rosy daughter ofsweet Erin was busy
at her wash tub, when some locker on OBJ
serving that she wrung out her clothes with
her left hand-"What,! !! Judy, are you left
handed:?D a H5a


\. "Niver," she replied. It's not left hand
ed | am, since there's only two things that
4 do with nay left hand. One is to do what
you see me doing now..' @ \


"And what is the otker?' 5 ..U


"An' the other is to whip Jenny


"What, whip your husband /! How is
that'''


"An'I'll tell you itis, please ye, Jenny
would get drunk, and SO whipped him."


"Well, did that make him leave Off"


aNever bit; for sure, the more j whip
ped him the more he got drunk-n


"And what did you do then, Judy ?''


ooh an please, ye, ! left of myself As
Jenny wouldn't leave off getting drunk for
my whipping, why 4 left off whipping him
for getting drunk. And took him on ano-
ther tack. Says 1 to him, oneibright even
ing, las we were sitting alone a.,8 .a
s1Jemmy," saysa. INN d
What is it, my Judy - says he.


So saysd ''Jemmy, if ye is not agoing to
leave off getting drunk, I'll tell ye what Pm
agoing to do next.''


"What's that2" said Jenny, docking to
ssee if was lin earnest.


"Well, l'll tell ye," "saysa. ss'm going to
getting drunk myselfa"


ssDon't do that Judy" says he


SAM sureI will" said |. ssAn'it will
mot be spree now and then that LII have,
'but I'll spreesit all the time. Itis not the
getting drunk every Saturday night that'll
do me, but I'll be drunk every day in the
week, and every night too ! An we'll sell
our table and eur chairs, and our bed, too,
Jenny, ito buy rum. AM we'A put little
Jenny into the works house, and we'll be
turned out Of doors because we can't pay
,our rint and then the officer shall come
land crrry us dfto jals" "


s'SteP! stops y says he; "and sure you
don't mean so ~ II.


eAll' sure do" said l.


Jenny hung down his head, and said
'nothing. Says |, "Jemmy!" I" But he sale
nothing, and soon he got up and went tc
bed. The next morning he was up betimes
and after breakfast says he to me-


ssCome Judy, my dear, put Oh yur things
and go along with me-"


Can where is it ye are going" said |.


teNever mind that" said he--sscome
along.'' 9


So went with him, and we both signed
the pledge, and niver drop of the critter
has he tasted since