The henpecked man iz most generally married; but thare are instances on
reckord of single men being harrassed by the pullets.
Yu kan alwus tell one ov theze kind ov men, espeshily if they are in the
company ov their wives. They look az humble and resighned tew their fate
az a hen turkey in a wet day.
Thare aint nothing that will take the starch out ov a man like being
pecked by a woman. It is wuss than a seven months' turn ov the fever and
agy.
The wives ov hen-pecked husbands most alwus out liv their viktims, and I
hav known them tew git marrid agin, and git hold ov a man that time
(_thank the Lord!_) who understood all the hen-peck dodges.
One ov these kind ov husbands iz an honor tew his sex.
The hen-pecked man, when he gits out amungst men, puts on an air ov
bravery and defiance, and once in a while will git a leetle drunk, and
then go home with a firm resolve that he will be captain ov his
household; but the old woman soon takes the glory out ov him, and
handles him just az she would a haff-grown chicken, who had fell into
the swill barrel, and had tew be jerked out dredful quick.