Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-22
MISCELLANEOUS.


poverty. he SAID. In one OF these letters
+ Cniharine, my dear rib, salutes ,ou.-
She i quite well thank God; gentle, obe-
dent. and KIM, IN all things; qui'e beyond
my hopes. would not exchange m,
poverty with her, for al the riches Il
Croesus without her" A dozen wears If.
ter. he said. "Catlarine thou hast pious
man. who loves thee: thou art very EN-.
press" Yet Luther had his litlie ,ronbles
IN connection with his married lifr. Carh-
arine Was lnnd of smal-,aIk, and. Wien
Lnihrr was husly engaged in solving ,hr
difficulties Of the Bible. She would inter.
rupt him with such questions as--e heiher
The king Of France was richer than his cou
sin the emperor OF GERMANY If The Ital
IAN women were more beautiful than the
Grrmani if Rome was as big as Wittrn-
berg? and so on. To escape these little
inquiries. Luther saw no other way than to
Inck himself mp in his study. with a quan-
rity Of bread and cheese. aid there hold to
his work. But Catharine still pursued
him. One day, when he was thus locked
up, lahornR at his translation OF the tw en-
ty-second Psalm. the door was assailed
hy the wife. No answer was given -
More Knocking followed, accompanied by
Catharne's voice, shouiiug-"if you don'r
open the door, | will go fetch the lock-
smith" The Doctor entreaied his wife
not TO interrupt his lahors. Open! openl"
repeated Carharnc The doctor obeved
Il was afraid" said she, on entering, "that
something had vexed you, locked up ia
this room alone" To hich Luther 1T.
Piled. ''the only thing that vcXes me is
yourself" Bat Luther, doubtless enter
lainrd a steady. though sober affection for
his wife; and in his will, Of which he leii
her sole cxccutrix. bequeahing 10 her all
his properly, he speaks Of her as "alwuys
a gentle. pous. and faithful wife to me,
and HAT has loved me tendcrly. What
ever" lie adds. "may happen 10 her after
my dralh, have, | say. full confidence
that she will ever conduct herselfas good
mother towards her children, and will
couscienllously share with them wha;e, er
she possesses."
The great Gcnevcse Refnriner, Calvin.
| proceed, d in his search for wife. il mat
ter oi-iact way. He wrote TO his friends
describing 10 them what sorl Of an article
he wanted, and they looked up "A proper
p, rson for him. Writing to Fare. one of
III, correspondents, on this su ulject, he said
Il heseech YOU ever to hear in mind
" hat | seek for in wife. am not one of
/ YOUR mad kind of lovers. " ho dote even
| upon faults when once they are taken bv
beauty of person. The only beauty thai
eniices m. is, that she be chastc ohedieni.
humble, economical, patient and hat there
b. hopes that she Will be so,icIions aboni
my health If therefore, YOU lhuk it ex
redirnr that should marry. hestr yonr-
SELF lest somrhndy else anticipate YOU
! But, If you think oiherw lse. lct US drop
tie SUI jcct altogether" A rich ypnn.
Gcruan lady. Of noble birth. was prcpn.
I'd; hut Cali objected on the ground of
lhe hish birth Another was proposed to
| INN. but another failure resulted All last
a widow. with considerable family Of
children. Odrlettc de- Bnre-. the rclict of a
Sirasi urg Anabnpiist, whom he had con-
vcrtrd, was discovered suited to bis no.
rions, and he married her Melting is said
about their edded life, and, therefore, we
presume ii Went on III tie quict. iog-trot
way Al her death, he dill not shed IA tear;
and he spoke OF the event only as an ordi-
nary spectator would have done.
The brothers Corneilr married two sis.
ters Lampericre; and the love of the whole
laulil, was cemcntcd by the double union
! They lived IN contiguous houses. which
| op"ned iuio each other. and there they Iiv-
ed IN = community ofttsle and scntiment
They worked ro4e,her, and shared each
Others fame; the sisters, hAppy in The love
and admiration Of their husbands. and in
each others sympathy, The pucl Racine
was greatly blessed in bis " lie; She Wa.
pious. good, sweet tempered, and made
bis HE happy. And YET She lad no taste
for poetry, scarcely knowing what verse
was; aud knew little other husbands great
tragedies except by name. She had an
utter Indifference for money. One day,
| Racine brought from Versailles a purse oi
ihousaLd golden louis; and. running to
his wife embraced her: Congratulate
me, said he, here is a purse Of IA thousand
lnuis that he king has presented to mel"
She complained to him Of one of the chill
dfen. who wonld not learn his lessons for
two days together. "Lrt us talk Of that
another time" said he, ITO day we give
ourselves up 10 joy" She again reverted
10 the disobedienl child, and requested the
parent to reprimand him; when Boileau
tat whose house She was on visir) lost
patience, and cried. "wbat nsepsbiIitvl--
Can't you think Of a purse Of thousand
LOUISE" Yet these t~o characters, though
so opposite. consoried admirably, and they
lived long and happily together.
To please his riends, ia Fontaine mar
ricd Mary Hericar. the daughter OF lieu
tenants general. 1t was mar iage Of con
venicnce, and the two preferred living sep.
arate.-be AT Paris, she IN the county,
Once year La Foniaine paid her visit,
ID the month Of September. II be dIi not
see her, he returned home as happy as he
had gone He went some other day
Once when he visited her house. lie was
told she was quite well. and he returned to
Paris, and told hi friends he had not seen
lis wife. because he understood she was
IN very good health. 1t was state OF IN
difference on both sides Yet the wife
WAS woman Of rirtue.l eanfy,and intelli
geuce: and La Foniaine himself was man
Of oiherw ise irrepfoachablc character.
There were many such marriages ol lndIf
iercncein FIanre il those days. Boieau
and Bacne both tried to bring The married
pair together but u'fhont success: and. in
coursc Of time. La Fontaine almost forgot
that he was marred.
We know nothing ef the married life or
Shakespeare: indeed, we know bur little Of
any portion cf that great mans life. But
We know that be married young. and we
know the name Of his wife. Anne Hath
waye the elsughier Of a yenlnan in the