Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06
Bridal QHarrelS.

A trifling disagreement about a triaing
matter may destroy life of enjoyment,
and it usually happens that when married
pair do quarrel. the occasion is so despica
BILE they are ashamed to think of it. Yet
that silly circumstance, like drop of ink
discoloring whole vessel of water, often
spreads its influence over the whole life.
Just as sa5 p zEal sa s- Es.
IA PEBBLE in the streamlet scant
,: Has turn'd the course of many q river,
A dew drop on the baby plant
Has warpd the giant plant forever"
I find an exceeding painful illustration of
these ideas in an English publication, for
the truth of which the author pledges his
word. t
4 A young couple had passed the first week
of their marriage at the house of a friend
Having at length occupied their new home,
they were taking their first breakfast, when
the following scene occurred: i@f%-t@s
The young husband was innocently op-
ening a boiled egg in an egg-cup. The
bride observed that he was breaking the
shell at, what she thought, was the wrong
end. Show strange ii looks said she, 'to
see you break your egg at the small end,
my dear! No one else does; and it looks
so odd.' s:Hzs as.-..sE s5s at. .~L..s
@, think it's quite as good, in fact bet
ter than breaking it at the large end, my
love; for when you break the large end, the
egg runs over the top replied the husband.
But it looks SO very odd, when no one
else does so,' rejoined the wife. or
well, now, [ really do think it is not a
nics way you have got of eating an egg.
That dipping strips Of bread and butter into
an egg certainly is not tidy. But I do not
object to your doing as you please, f=you
will let ME break my egg at the small end :
retorted the husband. ~. r'@s's. ..a.@-e.
Il am quite sure my way is not so bad
as eating fruit pie with knife as you do,
instead Of using the fork; and you always
eat up the syrup as you were not aecus-
toned to have such things. You really do
not see how very bad it looks, or am sure
you would not do so,' added the wife.
o The syrup is made to be eaten with the
pie, and why should send it away in the
plate p asked the husband. s'zEls.s.--.
mo well bred persons clear up their
plates as if they were starved,' said the
bride with contemptuous toss of her little
bead. Seta#5 - -#fr5 t3E3---&
1sWell, then, am not we'll bred per-
son. replied the bridegroom, angrily. 5
But you must be, if we are to be COM
Portable together was the sharp answer of
the fastidious lady. ia IA = .995Gy1ea
sWell, l must break my egg at The small
end, so it does not signify; and must also
eat the syrup @5>i '-s'-'
sThen, I will not have either fruit-pies or
eggs at the table, -aaae a
'But 1 will have tbem,' petulently ex-
claimed the husband. - .
i= sThen I wish had not been married to
you,' cried the young wife, bursting into
tears.
and so do H. added the now incensed
husband, as he arose and walked out of the
room. 5=- @1=%.
81 This domestic quarrel was followed by
Others equally trifing in their origin and
disgraceful in their character; until the sill
ly couple made themselves SO disagreeable
to each other that their home became unen-
durable, and they separated.
Now, l have no doubt, the reader is rea-
dy to pronounce this quarrel about opening
an egg, foolish affair. 1t was so; and I
seriously question if the first quarrel be-
tween newly married pair ever has a
much more elevated beginning. Little
things do great mischief. - Bridal Greet
ings. 5.i.'