The Nevada journal., 1854-04-28

tive perception of decorum, rigid adher
ance to rectitude. which leaves nothing IL
hope or fear, and very little to enjoy. Moth
ing can disturb her. When our infant wa
dangerously i'll. she moved about his cradle
with the same nnperurbed composure, anc
dropped his last cordial, as we thought, In
to the cup with an untrembling hand.
hardly see how you came to marry
her. remarked Edward, par parenthese.
She was pretty, and mistook her nat
ual roses for bushes, and her silence for
delicate reserve. was much moved when
she once left me in tears il have since
learned she had the tootbache. can never
hnd in her department anything to forgive,
and am tired CT praising where correct
ness seems inevitable. Besides, she don't
care for praise. She was wound up at
birth, and her heart pulsates with the reg
ularity of pendulum. III should hang
myself Of pure cnnaa. 1 know she would
arrange everything for respectable Burial
| My condition is desperate. In passing
through New York last winter religious
ly avoided seeing Lola Nontez, for Iknew
| should be smitten at glance. The slight
est touch of human frailty seems absolutely
refreshing. Speak, brother, he added after
brief pause, and in mercy point out some
defect in Mrs Charles Spike
Mrs. Charles Spike responded the per-
son addressed, is not absolutel y strpid, nor
entirely Indifferent in matters of feeling
She gives some variety to life in point of
temper, and permits me TO hope to please,
as we'll as fear to offend. But like your
Rectina, she has ; alas paramount ideas
Order is Heavens first law and it is not
less that Of my Immaculate Vesta. Espec-
tally does she insist upon the most spotless
neatness, at the expense of all other consid-
eratiors. | discovered soon after my mar
riage that the world was little too good
to live in. The parlors were shut up to
exclude the flies E; the chambers to avoid
the dust The dining room furniture was
robed in Holland covers, and ugly mats de-
formed every square yard of carpeting.
Canaries we're banished because they litter
ed their cage, and my pet spaniel dismissed
for neslecting to wipe his feet. Then pick
les spoil the cutlery, and eggs corrode the
silver; coffee is liable to stain the linen.
and even butter If incautiously used, may
be the parent of grease spot. Cigars |
have long since abjured, because spitoons
are al abomination. If | sit, it is, 'Mr.
Spike. your chair mars the WALL" or
Charles, you are rocking on the rag. If l
walk. it is, pray leave your boots at the
door, Mr.. Spike, and let me bring your
slippers sometimes think will remove
to hotel and send home my compliments
daily in a perfumed note paper shall ex-
pect soon too see the whole establishment
modelled in wax and reposing under glass,
like collection of fanciful wonders. Come,
Edward, your wife is no paragon. Confess
your misery, and don't detain US long,
Mine is not pattern wife, certainly was
the response of the younger brother. She
is not distinguished for order, nor faultless
in neatness, nor unerring in discretion She
is very far from piece of clock-work, and
there is great uncertainty, sometimes de~
lightfu sometimes painful, as to what she
will attempt, and whether she will succeed
or fail. There is room for doubt as to
particulars; none at all as to the general
tendency Of her conduct. She is as true
hearted woman as lives, 'and that which
she delights in must be happy You may
smile if you choose, but do most frankly
assure you that am happy. | know not
what Beatrice is doing at this moment, but
feel sure that in aims and efforts, she is
true to herself, to me, and to her maker.
am sure that she loves me more than all
the world besides, but not so much as she
loves truth and duty and selfrespect. Her
errors are all mistakes. They are the
redundancy of a loving, generous, richly
gifted nature. She is no model housewife,
but she has made great Improvement, and
she has the strongest incentive to improve
ment, sincere and unselfsh affection. 1t
is true that was delayed to-day by waiting
for few last stitches from her practiced
needle, not however upon my clothing, as
[ see you imagine, but upon PAIR Of slip
pers she has just wrought for uncle Jedu-
thun. Let me see them tried, my dear sir.
| have an idea they will fit you
'Why, yes, tolerablv,' said TIE good man
who seemed more grati6ed than he cared
to acknowledge The truth is he added,
speaking with hesitation, as if he felt the
need of an apology, 'the truth is, am going
to live with Edward, and give lessons to
Beatrice in housekeeping ?
4 Woaaaa Eaten By Dogs.-The Cork
! 0reland) Eransiner states that tie skeleton
of q woman was found inside Of fence,
in the vicinity of the town of Bantry, on
the 29th Of January, which had caused the
greatest sensation among its inhabitants
Strange to say, the face remained unin-
jured, while the bones Of the limbs and
body were literally bare of flesh, they bsv-
ing been torn and devoured by aocs-
What remained of the body vas inme-
dlately recognized to be that OF a woman
named Sullivan, the wife of comfortable
farmer living IL tbs neighborhood, who
generally attended the market and bought
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