The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-02-28

call q mead tor her husbands dinner.-
Noihing of this could be trusted to
ihe cook, for TO trust any part ol
i's preparation 10 her was 10 have i,
spoiled. age e.l-ssa .4t.a} t,1.i
With a sinh, Mrs. Balm arose from the
bed. A, first she staggered across the
room like one intoxicated, and The pain
which had subsided during her briel
slunlber, returned again with added vic.
Elrnce. But, really sick as she felt, she
wen, down 10 The kitchen and passed
full two hours there in the preparation of
dele cics for her husbands dinner
And what war her reward?
This is the worsl calf 8 head soup you
ever made. What have you done 10 il q
said Mr.. Balm, pushing the plate of soup
from before him, with an expression Of
disgust on his face. 4 ,.a77s 3.4,s ,
There were tears in The eyes of the
suffering wife, and she lifted them TO her
husbands coun'enance. Steadily she
looked at him for few moments; then
her lips qnvered, and the tears fell nyer
her checks. Hastily rising, she left the
di' ing room. i@
'Ii is raiber hard that can't speak
wi hout having scene,' muitered Mr..
Balm, as he tried his soup once mora
II did not suit bis taste at all; so he
pushed it from him, and made his
dinner Of something else.
AS his wife had been pleased 10 90
on up Stairs in huff just at a word, Mr..
Ren did not feel inclined 10 humor her.
So, after finishing his dinner, he took his
hat and left The house, without SO much
as seeking to offer s'oihing word.
Does the reader wonder that, when
Mr.. Balm returned in the evening, he
found his wife so seriously i'll as 10 make
il necessary TO send for their family ply.
.ician' No, the reader will no, wonder
at this. But, Mr.. Balm felt little sur
prised. He bad not anticipated any
thing of the kind.
Mrs. Balm was not only III, but delir-
ious. Her feeble frame, exhausted BY
ma,ernal duties, and ever beginning,
nerer-ending household cares, had yiel-
ded under the accumulation of burdens
too heavy TO bear.
For while after Mr.. Bain's return,
his wife talked much, but incobcrenily; {;
then she became quiet. But her fever
remained high, and Inflammation tended
strongly towards the brain. lie was slit.
ing hy tie bedside about ten o'clock,
alone with her, when she began to talk in
her wandering way again, but her words
were distinct and coherent. ltas g.,
Il tried TO do il right said she. sadly:
'but my head ached so that did not
know what ! was doing. All me-! !
never please him now in any thing. /
wish could always look pleasan'--cheer-
tul. But Ican'l. Well! well! it went last
foiever. | never feel well-never-
never-Dever! And Pm so faint and
weak in the morning! But he has no
pa'ience with me. He dosn't know what
i, is TO feel sick. All me!'
And her voice sighed itself away into
silence.
With what a rebuk;ng force did these
words fall upon the ears Of Mr.. Bain!-
He saw hi,nseifin new light. He was
the domestic tyrant. and not the kind
and thoughtful husband.
A few days, and Mrs. BAN was moving
about her house and amorg her children
once more, pale as shadow, and with
lines Of pain upon her forehead. How
differently was she now treated by her
husband! With what consideraie ten.
derness he regarded her! But, alas! he
saw his error too late! The gentle,
loving creature, who had come to his
side Ten years before, was NOT ,nuch
lnnser 10 remain with him, A few brief
summers came and went, end then her
frail body was laid amid the clods of the
valley. - ~
Alas! how many, like Mrs. Balm, have
thus passed away, who, if truly loved
and cared for, would have been the ligh,
OF now darkened hearts, and the blessing
and Joy Of now motherless children and
bereaved husbanis! '' -i~
SLAVERY IN NEW Mexico. core.
spondeni of the New York Tribune,
writing from Santa Fe, Nov. 30,, 1850,