Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-12-07
IRON THE HOME JOURNAL.
w OMAN'S ODE DIEM CE

PROM THE HOME JOURNAL.
OMAN'S ODE DIE N c f
TALE FOR THE TIMES.
No, he never swayed nation.
vassals none befors him knelt, EaE
Yet his power of wealth and staiion
q Ruled the region where he dwslt. a's.
And h!s wife, that, In To graveyard,
sleeps-where naught her resting mars :
Gliding Oh hsr spirit Maynard. 4s-.s 81
Thought him higher than the -stars!
So she dwelt beneath his roof-sree.
And fulfilled each stern beheai,
Toiling Ger her household humely,
With longing in her breast.
That she crushed and stroye TO cover;
But il looked up, when she smiled.
Where an angel seemed TO hover, gaas. 3 81 b
Like mother Ger her child.
All! her footsteps never rested,
While she wrought his soverssgn viii,
But she pinned, and paled, and wasted,
Till her aching heart was still.
Then above her form uncherished,
Rose a monument ofpri de;
And. before The year had persisted, r
Home he bore another bride.
Twas gem Of puFest water
Famed, a beauty and 4 bells! a.ass1 Ha7-
And she knew that he who sought her,
Thought her charms were made to sell.
SO he pondered on the Golfer
Where his boundess treasures lay,
When she heard his lerdly Offer,
And she answered, Name the day."
sull she toyed with pleasures Idle;
But, beneath her eyelids meek,
While she waited for her bridal,
Dwell thought she did not speak.
Came the bridal time, and persisted,
As all other bridals do
Breaking lies from childhood cherished,
Forming links un.ried and new;
And the honey moon departed,
And The bride was in her home,
Where the old wife, broken-hearsed.
Felt life's gathering twilight gloam.
And she knew that poor wife's story,
And she felt the iron cold.
That, through worship Of its glory, ha@a'h
That poor heart hnd died to hold;
And tn unspokcn thought, in slumoer,
Meath her downcast eyelids lay,
As to his forbidden chamber,
Swept her stately form away.
Ather coming, up he start I'd,
And the oxestien, Why is thsf' & CID
From his flashing eyes Was daried,
Bu, abe sii.led it with a kiss
II nm weary" said she, lightly, '"
.sAnd the Maddern band is here;
Crowds have thronged to hear them nightly
Let them, TOO, our spirits cheer"
OF he shook her fond carressing,
With crushed word on his lip, rf
Sounding like ii left.hand blessing; q 81
:. Let who will such pleasures sip:
Blu, my cars endure no screcching,
Since came rom o'cr the sea-
@I.- .be said, have missed your teaching,
And iheir music pleases ne.
These wide hall. are still aud lonely,
was used to joy, you kAow; --.... g.
Fit be to please me, only,
You will not refuse to go" .t
"Ne,cr lis dissipation e.. y.
That can't ut all afford.
Home is woman's proper station, ...- ..E
And obedience TO hcrlord" f .r
ssWel, excuse me, but thought that
Since we twain were bound for life,
You might think that you. yourself, were
Proper escort for your wife.
But m cousin Belle is waiting
With her brother Charles, below
They have promised me their escort
fyou do not choose TO Co." ..-fE .
Sill he stood, with eyes n'saiiref ... "a.
Watchln;. sg1rcIU she 1~rcPt "Tr"T
Thinking of those friends in waiting
And her duty to obey; .--
Thinking how to spend the hours, hc
Nightly spent with Madde-n's band,
While a, home he cooped the heart that
He had chosen to command
Then discretion got the better
Ofhis ranking discomfort;
Atthe paror door he met her,
Bowed his sovereign will, and-wenl!
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Mex! time he was sterner, hrmer;
She, unshrnking, calm and pre- I'd,
Clad in lightly woven armour,
To no storm of wrath she bowed.
When he told her Twas isf duty,
II abroad he chose to roam-
To remain herself and watch the
Current of events 1t home.
she could find the Judge and lady,
Or some priced and noted friend,
Ever waiting, ever ready,
On her footsteps to attend.
So he raved, and chafcd, and altered 49,
Se'r a whit her spiIit3 calm; ..
From her lips her soft ords filtered, .
Cool as zephyrs-swee; as balm.
So he raycd. and chafed, and-yisidrd,
His commands meier met her ear; ~"
BY partial deafness shielded
When she chose, she could no! hear.
Well; he loved the admiration H"
That was yielded to his bride
Granted her at last, her station,
Asa sharer CT his pride;
And learned. by slow degrees, to
See his iyran, acts with shame.
She could throw the light upon them,
Though he ne'er knew whence it CAME,
And his mood grew mild and kindly;
And she proved matron good,
But The things she did not choose, abe
Never heard nor understood. ETLgS ERIE.
HoH0rdVs Pills and Ointment have
tired Bad Leg, Of Eighteen Years
tanding.-Mary Smith, of South Sixth
trcct, Philadelphia, (wife of Thomas
NTH. } was for eighteen years a great
bad lee, which was swollen
rom the knee to the ANGLE, as large as a
hild's body. the doctors appeared uncer-
ain how to treat her, as her health was
o impaired. that she was unable to move,
nd during the greater part of 1893. she