Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-10


never ending one; for, ! need rot tell my
readers, that a disposition for setting to
rights is not conlenied with one great
radical change, aud an aiter.conllnua-
llon OF its principles. No, no. every
morrow brought It's alterations and I'M
provements; there was IA genius at anhl-
ION even IN the house maids pail, and,
having set the example, Mrs PringIe
knew it required continual exertion Ia
keep IN advance; but, as unrem'tiing
attention., (whalever be It's obIect) is al
WAYS rewarded with success, MIS- lrln-
. lc soon distauced all competitors, and
vas lelt without a slngl rival; but some
hing more than nolablenrss is necessary
~ woman 10 give her that place ~ an
intelligent mans ESTIMATE n, that shall
make her, in every sense of the term, n
help meet for him. And Marx, no lon-
ger under the thraldom Of passion, be-
gan to wander at his own want ln dis
,crnmen IN the choice he had made.
Your mariiEeIs IN ultra cleanliness have
seldom much Of the dove IN their dspo-
'ltlon, and have much the same idea Ia
.cnlding their maids, that sea-captains
entertain IN swearing at tier seameD,
VIZ "duiy is not to be done without IT,"
and therefore, Mark had frequently lis
tened Ia the rehearsal al the dAv's grIpc-
nncCs - Sally's pert answers and pruvuk-
mg ways, how she was found rubbing
The table The wrong way Of the grain,
and used the plate leather for the fire
irons Poor man! hat could he do
IN such bgsnessi llls common places
were soon worn threadbaFe by frequent
using, and ms wife pronounced hIa the
most upat bette and indifferent person, be-
cause, IN the midst of these dlurnaI de-
taIIs, he frequently fell asleep.
They had chldren, specimens Of nee
die work and ucatness, looking for ever
like wax models ~ "A baby-lInen ware
house the wander and admiration Of all
the mothers in The vicinity. Poor Marx
be (aar'cd that IL them he should have
something on which 10 lavish the fond
ness Of h- nature, Unchecked by the fear
of dIsarranging the chereaHr, or coming
IN collision with clear slarchcd collars,
''but he was such bear" he huggco
the lille things so close that their lace
borders were crumbled, and their Iona
robes, or short frocks (as the case might
be, rendered aliog unfit to be seen;
besides, he made them so wild and not
sy, she really wished he would not give
her mGre trouble lhln was necessary
with lhcm.'
So Mark grew later in coming home
of an evening; his quiet good temper be-
came lrascIbIe and peeylsh; and frequent
altcrcaIinUS widened (as a matter OF
COURSE the breach 10 their domestic
"omiult; the uphra'dlng her husband
with change, and he rctalia'Ing that she
had but herself TO blame, having, by her
eLirGrdodnt notions OF cleanliness, made
his comfortable home purgatory to him,
and everything III II Il source OF fault
finding And when she. upon this, grew
pathetic and hysierica, assuring han nf
her never ending eycriIons TO make his
house The observed of all observers, the
envy of husbands with untidy wives, and
compared her sei-imposed continuous
ness Of action 10 the unrest OF galley
slave, horse in wheel, toad under
a harrow, and several other touching
asSImlla'inns ot enduring exertlon, Mark
Pringle pu, Oh his hat, coDsignng clean
Illness 10 dark places, and her ideas of
comfort to the-(We may not write lt)
and then sought, IN the parlor OF an nn,
The enloyments denied him in his own
Years passed away. Mrs PringIe's
eyes were bright as ever, bat her cheeks
were thinncd, and the lines upon her,
brow repeated I'll they had brconc indei- /.
ihle, She had tasted real vexalions,
had grown intimate with many bitter
cares; and these things always exercise
one of two efirC's-they either hunanzr
or harden the heart. She thought of
Marks Astounding love for her a 1.-THE
Of which she had not deserved, iu the /.
early days Of their marriage, Of his long
endurance Of her wiiulness, and even
violence; she looked aroundft do Justice
to her system at the we'll preserved I
comforts, aye even luNuries, with which
her rooms were filled; she thought of
her husbands resprCiabllty, ol hls nat
uraIly kind disposition, his ltreproacha- \
Bile character, slowly falling away INTO .
negligence, mpiOsrnrsS, and alas, il was
TO be feared, dissipation, and she trlt how .
utterly worthless of such sacrifice had
been the ,mbeclIo vanity that had induced J
II.
Sclf-rcproach, III reviewing the bless
Ings We have lost, wears magnllyinr-
glasses; and poor Mrs Prlpgle al once ]
saw that she had iiiiied away happiness
for prOii,leSs pre- eminence, n comfort \
less distinction, affecting rather her quail |
lfcatIons Tor an upper houScma'd than
her outcs as wife and mother; and !
heIe pSng &c possible more sharp than /
those occasioned by her husbands Gc-
queni absences pierced her heart as
she recalled To herself how, IN The midst \
pl their pleasant play, the sound ot her
coming footsteps Tell like the fore shad- \
owing Of somc dreaded thing, stlIlng 7.
The laughing voices Of her children into \
Imid whispers, and throwing an luyis- \
Die chan over their free steps and grace
ul molionsl Alas, could It be olhrrwl,ci
when thread dropped on the carpet /,
he print Of warm IItlle finger on the Y
Inning table, n soiIrd lrock, an acclden- I.
al ioot-,rcac on the flower beds, or n bud I
roken 10 their play, WAS visited with II
uch out-pouriugs Of wrath as only real N
ice should have elected! Poor chll- II
rcn' in their moiher's presence the,
,oyed IN fear and trembling, aud escaped ,
'o,n II with rejoicing, to seek ~ the IN
ulgence Of servants, and tho privilege
I their apartments, that freedom that the
oung oi all created 'hings delight IN -