A makeied woman in Decatur, Ohio, the other day, pining for her husband's society, went with her three little children to the billiard-room and took a seat by his aide. "It's disgraceful," said he, looking daggers at her. "I know it," continued the injured wife, "and you have borne the diigrace bo long, my dear, that I am determined henceforth to share it with you," and she took out her knitting-work and settled down for the evening. He went home much earlier, and it was the last of him seen in that billiard-room. A man from San Francisco who had not heard of the Chicago fir», arrived there lately. After looking at the ruins, he turned to a stranger and asked, " How long did the earthquake last, old sport ?"
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Southland Times, Issue 1732, 25 April 1873, Page 2
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129Untitled Southland Times, Issue 1732, 25 April 1873, Page 2
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