Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-11-10
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SHEPHERDsT0WN JEFFERSON COUNTY, VA SATURDAY MORNING

times week ,or whenever his wife happen !
ed 10 be out of humor, which invariably
occurred if the children were cross, if the
servants were careless, or if any thing went
wrong in the household. Mrs. Hudson
had oeen pretty as girl, and having been
much admired, had gradually become
spoiled by selishness, so that, when she
married, the inevitable troubles incident
10 the station of wife, kept her constant
ly in a state of irritation. Instead of re-
alizing that every position in life has lis
unpleasant duties, but that the married
state, if only blessed by love, yields the
largest amount happiness of any, she
acted as if wife ought TO be being ex-
empt from all trouble. A dozen times
week she would say, that if she had not
been a fool, she would never have left her
mothers house. The servants and chl.-
dren, but especially her husband, were
the victims of her ill-humor. She could
not long retain cook or chamber maid.
They generally left, at the end OF their
month, each declaring in turn, that they
could not endure her temper. The poor
children were cuffed one hour, TO be pet.
ted to excess the next, so that the little
things hardly knew whether they feared
or loved their mother. As for Mr.. Hud-
son, with every desire TO live quietly, and
indeed with disposition for the sake Of
peace, to yield too much, he could not,
do what he would be sure, when he went
out, of kind reception on his return.
Often when he left his wife in the best Of
humor. on going 10 his store in the morn
ing, he would have her scolding the mo-
ment he opened the door, when he came
back.
Affection, though it will endure much,
cannot bear all things. Dropping water
will wear out the hardest rock-and an
Iill-tempered wife, in time, will ALLEVIATE
the most forgiving of husbands. Had Mr..
Hudson, on retiring from his store, come
home angry, because things had gone
wrong, and had he visited his spleen on
| his wife, she would have hal some excuse.
But though there are husbands who do
this he was not one of them. lie had
early learned 10 control his temper, and
hence, though money was often scarce,
trade dull or clerks egleclful-& though
in consequence, his patience was frequent
ly sorely tried, he never permitted him
self 10 vent his i!l-humor, at home. But
at last he did what thousands of husbands
had done before, he began to be at home
as little as possibIe-and he would have
begun earlier if it had not been for his
children.
Il tell you Lowery," he said ,one night,
as he sat, half inebriated, tipping at the
tavern with friend, "a man can't stay al
home when It's a second Bedlam. The
very children have had !her tempers
spoiled, and fight like cats and dogs, So
that, b,tween a scolding wife and quarrel
some brats might as well be in Pande-
monium as at my own ireside. They
say It's the love of liquor thai makes
drunkard's, but it's as often scOlding
wife, and The uncomfortable home that
follows. Now | didn't care for drinking
in itself, but when I'm here forget my
lroubIes--and that's something gained. :"
This state of things still continues, only
Mr.. Hudson is fast losing caste as busi-
ness man, because he is rapidly sinking
into sot. AS consequence his wife is
more unamiable than ever, and his chill
drcn--God help them ARE growing up
in ruin. Mrs. Hudson tells everybody
that drunken husband is breaking her
heart and bringing her offspring TO beg
gary, but she does not add that she gave
HIM the first incentive of iltemperance by
rendering his home unhappy. At the
Last Day each will receive from a right
eous Judge exact justice. Letus not al
tempt to measure out too nicely their pro-
portion of guilt.
Far be it for us TO say that all, or even
the largest number of husbands who fire.
queni drinking saloons, are driven thither
by bad wives. BUTT cannot be denied
that many are. Often also, where the
husband escapes falling into evil courses,
IL is because of his moral strength, and not
because his hearth is more comfortable.
Wives be just to your husbands, and
you will be none the less true TO your
selves. There is a way of being amiable
without losing self-resPect. Above all
remember there is no state of affairs in the
family so bad tha, il cannot be made worse
by your unamiability. Avoid being
scoLDING WIFE.
DoN'T BE IN A HURRY.-'It's no sort Of
use. We never knew fellow who was
always in a hurry, that wasn't always be-
hind-hand. They are proverbial, all over
the world. for bringing nothing at all 10
pass. Hurry, skurry, buster. splatler-