Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-05-05
CLARKsBURG WEDNESDAY, MAY Sth 1859.

Einstitution-when It does not continue toe
long. 1t is the prelude to union. thal
nothing but death ought to dissolve and
if it should appear impossible to execute
harmoniously the Duet which has nov
commenced, there is yet time to break Il
off calmly. ses-3
: The first discord that disturbed the du.
EFT between my wife elect" and myself,
Was-nor her deep voice, but, alas pre-
cisely that very thing which, at first, had
reconciled me to it. VIZ her love of truth,
or rather, should say, her unmerciful
way of uttering it.
That we are all sinners in thought, word
and deed, is matter of fact, and nobody
was more willing TO admit it than myself
but to be reminded of it every moment by
ones best friend is by no means agreea-
BILE; nor does it do any good, especially
when the plain-speaking friend never fan
cies himself, or herself, capable of SHINING,
or being faulty in the slightest degree
And the worst of it was, that apparently
Abba had no faults. All if she had but
one; or, better still, il she would but have
admitted the possibility oft, then ! should
have been ready to throw myself at her
feet But she was in temper and in char
aeter as unimpeaehable, as regular, as
perfect, as she was in figure she was so
correct and proper, that, sinner as was,
1t drove me into a rage. felt that Alb
las righteousness, and especially her mode
of educating me, would, in time, make me
aprodigious sinner; more particularly, as
she would never yield to my wishes. 1t
dawned upon me, before long, that her
self-righteousness and want of charity to
others was, indeed, one of the greatest
conceivable faults. One fine day. there.
fore told her my mind, in good earnest
terms, and the following Duet occurred
between US:
She. cannot be otherwise than
am; 1fyou do not like me, you can let
l. If you will not be amiable toward
me. must cease to love you.
She. That is of no consequence can
go my own way by myself
T. So can 1.
She. Goodbye, then, sir.
l. Goodbye, Miss A.
Thank Heaven, it was not too late |"
thought to myself, as, after my dsmis-
sal, hastened to my little farm in the
country. Although this abrupt termina-
ton to my second love affair caused but
little pain to my heart, 1 felt considerable
modification, and a secret hostility sprung
up in my soul toward the whole female
sex. 1t happened, however, very luckily
for me, that while remained in this state
of mind met with ono of my neighbors
who was precisely in the same condition.
He had been for some time divorced from
a wife with whom he had lived very un-
upon which he had motto inscribed in
golden letters
1t is batter to be alone than to be Ill accompa.
MED"
The sentiment struck me as very excel
lent; and my neighbor and often met
and agreed admirably in our abuse Of the
ladies. In the meantime, occupied my
self with books and agriculture.
have a great esteem for books, and l
bow myself to the dust before learning
but, know not how iG is, further than
that cannot go; esteem and veneration
l feel, but assuredly my affections never
grew in that soil. My love for agricul-
ture took me forth into Nature, and Ma
ture is lovely. But Adam was uneasy in
Paradise, and did not wake to life and
happiness until Eve came and l, who did
not possess paradise, found myself very
lonely and melancholy at StenbAcke."
Trees, after all, are wooden and dull things
when we crave for human sympathies
and echo, the voice of the rocks, is the
most wearisome voice know. No heart
to heart, eye to eye, that is the life and
to live together, = happy and healthy ru-
raj life, to work for the happiness Of those
who depend upon us--to regulate the home,
to live, to think, to love, to rejoice tpgeth-
er. All! "my wife" still stood SiVidly
before my imagination.
My experience in the realms Of love had
however, made me suspicious. I feared
that could never be happy, according 10
my ideas of happiness, which my. Neigh
bor-friend characterized as "reposing in
the shade Of pair Of slippers" was
in low spirits and accordingly. one day
after having finished the last Of six dozen
Of cigars. and quarrelled with my neigh
Dor, who bored me with his everlasting
and doleful TRADES against the ladies. ]
set of in my own sulky to amute myself
by drive.
drove a considerable distance to the
house of friend, sWho had been fellow
student with ME at the Military College at
Cralberg, and who had often invited me
to visit him. He was now married, and
was, in fact, the father Of eight children.
A large family, thought at first, but not
one too many, said / to myself, after day
spent in this family, which had given me
the impression af heaven upon earth.
The mistress of the house, the wife and
mother, was the silent soul of all. cit is
she who is my happiness ~ said the fortu-
nate husband; but she said, +" 1t is he ! it
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