The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-04-27

Just remember that. II takes two TO ge: up
a quarrel fairly going, SO hold your tongue the
moment storm is abrewing, and you are with
out the pale Of discord.. ,,Irfr f.,.,., .,,yv.er
What allow my husband to tyranise over
me, and in fit ofanger regardless of my feel
ngs, accuse me Of neglect; when am striving
my very best to please hima' s,s q, e,g,ol
"WeIl. let us see. He comes home--Inay
DO worried with business that has gone all
wrong; ), for, notwithstanding some spiteful bod
les would fain t,ach that men never have any
trouble, or any hard work to,do, a few of the
sterner sex are industrious,, and sometimes, O.
ven they get as tired as poor, prosecuted wo
man. He notices, unnecessarily, perhaps, some
little break in the domestic arrangement, which
his wife with slight dose Of good nature,
might make all correct. Instead of that, sho
snap does not sweeten bis temper at all, nor
provoke very amiable answer. Retort follows
retort quick and angry recrimiDations succeed;
one taunt is paid with another; the fend Of i'll
temper filings his vinegar into their faces, and
every feature seemed screwed out of place; Tho
tea is upset upon the toes of ono i'll fated ur-
chin; another tips over the kettle, and tho
squal commences Each one sets up private
cries OH his own account. The wife stands
scoding with arms akimbo, while the foul smoke
of burnt buiscuns lends its odor to the scene;
the husband boxes tho baby's ears, and spring
ing hastily to his feet, upsets the supper-table;
Mrs. raises her voice above the din, fierce. ter
ribie shrill; Mr.. jerks on hts overcoat with such
violence as to jerk out sleeve; Billy crawls on
tho broken crockery and cuts his hands; Sally
essays to take oui the suffering biscuit. and
burns her fngor; Jimmy runs in the corner to
get out ofthe way, aud down he sits upon the
hat of his paternal parent, which is immediate
ly transformed into squash., \, r,a4,r ,l,i,.
But, after all, tho latter uniucky incident
has ono good effect. it breaks up the fathers
projected visit from home, and as Jimmy sinks
away, cast doleful. .sidelong gances at his a
chievcment, the RIDICULOUS predominates over
the wrathful, and after the mischief is all done,
the parties set about a restoration, which is al
most equal ;olfastening tho pantry door after
the thief has gone out with his booty, hsvi.,s
Now behold, and see how much misery tho
joint effort of two can effect. began with a
mere triile; little cloud which the breath of a
pleasant word would have scattered from the
domestic sky; no triumph has been enjoyed, no
pleasure, no satisfaction, except of giving as
good as was sent--and that is mean and ptiful.
IL takes two to make quarrel; ohe cant
possibly scold himself, because self is dear
little darling that rarely provokes one. let It do
what it may. So wo hope this little fancy
sketch--for we have luckily never bcheld fam
lily jar--may stop soihe good wife's, or good
mans tongue that might otherwise cause an
unlucky catastrophe; md II they should feel
any disposition to assert their rights, in def
ance Of each other, lei them remember that it
is better to suffer wrong than TO do wrong; a
bove ALL Just bear in mind that it takes two 10
make quarro.-[Olive Branch "" s'~